Developing Bean Beetles as a Model System for Undergraduate Laboratories

开发豆甲虫作为本科生实验室的模型系统

• 批准号: 0535903
• 负责人: Lawrence Blumer
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Morehouse College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-03-01 至 2010-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0535903&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Developing; Bean; Beetles; Model; System

Biological Sciences (61)The goal of this project is to develop a species of bruchid bean beetle as a model system for inquiry-based undergraduate laboratories in ecology, evolutionary biology, and animal behavior. The bruchid bean beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus, is among most tractable, robust and inexpensive animal systems available but is not widely used outside of research laboratories. The project team is designing and disseminating a handbook that develops faculty expertise in using bean beetles in undergraduate laboratories, with specific advice to faculty on how to implement the exercises for active student learning using inquiry-based pedagogies. Additionally, the project team is designing, pilot testing, and disseminating five inquiry-based experiments in ecology, evolutionary biology, and animal behavior that use bean beetles as a model system.Intellectual MeritC. maculatus provides a unique opportunity to take a model system that is actively used in the research community and develop it into a readily adaptable model system for teaching laboratories at the undergraduate level. In addition, the development of materials for promoting the teaching of inquiry-based laboratory experiments in ecology, evolutionary biology, and animal behavior is integral to the proposed project. Evaluation includes several different measurements of student learning of content and methodologies, and appraisal of the developed faculty resources by faculty participants at workshops at appropriate professional meetings.Broader ImpactsThe development of the laboratory experiments involves undergraduate student assistants who are trained in research methodology. In addition, the majority of the students involved in the development and pilot testing of the experiments are at Morehouse College, an HBCU, thus increasing the participation of underrepresented minorities in the areas of ecology, evolutionary biology, and animal behavior. The materials developed in this project are disseminated through a dedicated website (www.beanbeetles.org), workshops and presentations at annual meetings that address undergraduate STEM education issues, and publication in journals of the undergraduate STEM education community.

生物科学（61）本项目的目标是开发一种豆象甲虫作为生态学、进化生物学和动物行为学本科实验室的模型系统。 豆象甲虫（Callosobruchus maculatus）是最易驾驭、健壮和廉价的动物系统之一，但在研究实验室之外没有广泛使用。 该项目小组正在设计和传播一本手册，开发教师在本科实验室使用豆甲虫的专业知识，具体建议教师如何实施练习，积极的学生学习使用基于探究的方法。 此外，该项目团队正在设计、试点测试和传播五个基于生态学、进化生物学和动物行为学的探究实验，这些实验使用豆甲虫作为模型系统。maculatus提供了一个独特的机会，可以采用在研究界积极使用的模型系统，并将其开发成一个易于适应的模型系统，用于本科层次的教学实验室。 此外，材料的开发，以促进生态学，进化生物学和动物行为的探究式实验室实验教学是不可或缺的拟议项目。 评价包括几个不同的测量学生学习的内容和方法，并在适当的专业meetings.Broader ImpactsThe发展的实验室实验涉及本科生助理谁是训练有素的研究方法的教师参与者在研讨会上开发的教师资源的评价。 此外，参与实验开发和试点测试的大部分学生都在莫尔豪斯学院，HBCU，从而增加了在生态学，进化生物学和动物行为领域代表性不足的少数民族的参与。 在这个项目中开发的材料通过一个专门的网站（www.beanbeetles.org），研讨会和年度会议上的演讲，解决本科STEM教育问题，并在本科STEM教育界的期刊上发表。