Equipment for an Investigative Introductory Biology Laboratory

生物科学(61)当学生积极参与真正的科学探究时，生物实验室入门工作效果最好。我们正在遵循万花筒计划(PKAL)的先例，将CLU的生物学入门实验室课程转变为一门强调科学的主要过程的课程：假说的形成和检验、观察、解释、实验、分析和交流(口头和书面)。我们正在购买四个功能组的设备，以开发一门新的课程，生物实验导论(IBE)。国际教育局提供支持基于探究的方法的实验室练习。在入门课程中强调调查生物学，使我们的理科学生更好地为高级课程和研究经验做好准备，并提高他们在研究生课程、卫生专业以及研究、临床和商业环境中成功工作的前景。由于我们新的国际教育局课程，参加CLU科学教育者计划(与CLU教育学院一起进行)的学生正在接受更好的科学方法培训。该项目正在为培养更有能力的K-12科学教育者这一重要的国家目标做出贡献。该项目的设备还扩大了我们科学向上跳跃暑期计划的少数民族青年学生(高中少数民族学生)可以进行的实验类型。我们正在评估新的实验室，并通过印刷和电子媒体传播成功的实验。

Biological Sciences (61)Introductory Biology laboratories work best when students actively engage in genuinescientific inquiry. We are following the precedent set by Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) and transforming the CLU's Introductory Biology lab course to one that emphasizes the major processes of science: the formation and testing of hypotheses, observation, interpretation, experimentation, analysis, and communication (both oral and written). We are purchasing four functional groups of equipment to develop a new course, Introduction to Biological Experimentation (IBE). IBE offers lab exercises that support an inquiry-based approach. Emphasis on investigative biology at the introductory level better prepares our science students for upper division courses and research experiences, and enhances their prospects for success in graduate programs, the health professions, and jobs in research, clinical, and business settings. Students enrolled in CLU's Science Educators program (conducted with CLU's School of Education) are receiving better training in the methods of science as a result of our new IBE course. This project is contributing to the important national goal of training more capable K-12 science educators. The equipment of this project is also expanding the types of experiments that young minority students enrolled in our science Upward Bound summer program (High School minority students) can conduct. We are evaluating the new labs and disseminating successful experiments through print and electronic media.