Introductory Biology Labs: An Investigative Approach

本提案的目标是提供所需的设备， 教授新的和创新的实验室， 细胞生物学与大卫贝克尔博士合作， 波莫纳学院，新的入门生物实验室， “激发学生对科学的兴趣， 他们对科学的调查性质的认识 开发 太多时候，生物学入门实验室只是 一系列的“食谱”实验室，不刺激学生的 创造力或天生的好奇心 这些无聊的实验室，在 与强调记忆事实的讲座联系起来， 很多学生都去学科学了。 这些新实验室首先引入 学生基本概念。 然后学生们设计，表演， 并分析他们自己的实验， 在课堂上和课程中学到的。实验室的设计 为期两到三周的模块化单元。 第一周 每个实验模块中有一到两个专门用于练习， 学生的基本技术和说明的基本 这方面的原则。 第二和/或第三周 模块，学生自行设计并实现 实验 然后，他们解释他们的数据，并准备一个 次报告. 随着学期的进行，我们将鼓励学生 发展出越来越复杂的实验 这种方法 生物实验室的入门课程应该对学生提出挑战， 向他们介绍科学研究的兴奋。

The goal of this proposal is to provide the equipment needed to teach new and innovative labs in introductory molecular and cellular biology. In collaboration with Dr.David Becker at Pomona College, new introductory biology labs that are designed "to stimulate students" interest in science and to introduce them to the investigative nature of science are being developed. All too often, introductory biology labs are simply a series of "cookbook" labs that do not stimulate students' creativity or natural curiosity. These boring labs, in association with lectures that stress memorizing facts, turn many students off to science. These new labs first introduce students to basic concepts. The students then design, perform, and analyze their own experiments, building upon what they have learned in class and in the course. The labs are designed in modular units of two to three weeks duration. The first week or two of each lab module are devoted to exercises that teach the students the basic techniques and illustrate fundamental principles in this area. The second and/or third weeks of a module, the students design and carry out their own experiments. They then interpret their data and prepare a report. As the term goes on, students will be encouraged to develop more and more sophisticated experiments. This approach to introductory biology labs should challenge students and introduce them to the excitement of scientific investigations.