Institute for Biology Teachers in Organismal Biology

康奈尔有机生物学教师学院将是一个为期三周的暑期学院，为期三年，有60名纽约州北部的高中教师参加。该研究所将由三个主要部分组成：1)三学时的有机生物学课程，包括讲座、实验工作和旨在培训教师实地技术的工作；涵盖的领域将包括行为学、生态学、生理学和环境生物学。从进化生物学的概念将被用来整合单独的元素。我们将详细介绍讲授进化论的方法。2)讲座和实地考察，旨在向参与者介绍其他学科和更多的康奈尔大学教师和资源。3)一套实验练习，旨在带回参与者的教室。该项目的目标包括增加教师对有机生物学的知识，传播新的教学材料以加强生物实验室教学，以及发展教师网络和康奈尔大学的扩展系统，以继续开展活动。新颖的方面包括使用计算机进行教学和交流，增加使用康奈尔大学作为资源，以及与参与者合作开发新的教学实验室。相当于国家科学基金会奖金的40%作为费用分摊。

The Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers in Organismal Biology will be a three-week summer Institute for 60 upstate New York high school teachers over three years. The Institute will consist of three main parts: 1) A three credit-hour course in organismal biology, including lectures, lab work and work designed to train teachers in field techniques; the areas covered will include behavior, ecology, physiology, and environmental biology. Concepts from evolutionary biology will be used to integrate the separate elements. Methods to teach evolution will be covered in detail. 2) Lectures and field trips designed to introduce other subjects and more Cornell faculty and resources to the participants. 3) A set of laboratory exercises designed to be taken back to the participants classrooms. Goals of the program include increasing teacher knowledge of organismal biology, dissemination of new teaching materials to enhance biology laboratory teaching, and development of a teacher network and a Cornell extension system for continuing activities. Novel aspects include the use of computers for teaching and communication, increased use of Cornell as resource, and the cooperative development of new teaching laboratories with the participants. An amount equivalent to 40% of the NSF award is being contributed as cost-sharing.