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，入门生物学实验室的效果最好。我们正在遵循万花筒计划（PKAL）的先例，将CLU的生物学导论实验课程转变为强调科学的主要过程：假设的形成和测试、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来开发一个新的课程，生物实验导论（IBE）。IBE提供实验室练习，支持基于探究的方法。在入门阶段强调研究性生物学，可以更好地为理科生的高年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、临床和商业环境中工作的成功前景。加入CLU科学教育者项目（与CLU教育学院合作开展）的学生，由于我们新的IBE课程，在科学方法方面得到了更好的培训。该项目有助于实现培养更多有能力的K-12科学教育工作者的重要国家目标。这个项目的设备也扩大了参加我们的科学向上发展暑期项目（高中少数民族学生）的年轻少数民族学生可以进行的实验类型。我们正在评价新的实验室，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.