Inquiry Oriented Laboratory Experiences in Microbiology for Biology Majors

该奖项提供资金，用于购买设备，用于修改城市大学城市学院的一门非医学微生物学入门课程和两门高级选修课--微生物生态学和海洋微生物学。实验经验将是广泛的，使学生更积极地参与到学习过程中。只要有可能，学生们将被要求思考和解释他们的结果。例如，他们将与一株多营养缺乏症F菌株和一株对链霉素敏感的原养HFR菌株进行经典的交配实验。他们将被要求确定基因转移的联系和方向。在补体结合试验中，他们将被要求确定哪个患者有针对试验中抗原的抗体。接受资助的机构正在将这一NSF奖项与非联邦来源的资金相匹配。

This award provides funds to purchase equipment for the revision of a non-medically oriented introductory microbiology course and 2 advanced electives, microbial ecology and marine microbiology at The City College of CUNY. The laboratory experience will be a broad one, making students more active participants in the learning process. Wherever possible students will be challenged to think and interpret their results. For example, they will do a classical mating experiment with a polyauxotrophic F strain and a streptomycin sensitive prototrophic Hfr strain. They will be asked to determine the linkage and direction of the transfer of the genes. In the complement fixation test they will be asked to determine which patient has antibodies against the antigen in the test. The grantee institution is matching this NSF award with funds from non-Federal sources.