Undergraduate Labs in Biological Physics

物理(13)这个项目的重点是创建一组可用于本科生生物物理课堂的实验室，除了物理外，还可以吸引化学、生物、工程和数学的高年级学生。生物物理学是物理学中一个快速变化的领域，它与许多其他学科相互作用。最终目标是探讨如何最好地加强学生的教育经验，使他们能够更好地准备利用当前的科学和技术进步。该项目在学生来自不同STEM学科的环境中评估以探究为导向、以案例研究为基础的实验室的效果。这些实验室利用生物物理学的四个主要领域：粘性和阻力、布朗运动、原子力显微镜作为表面形态的工具，以及力探测器测量和光学捕获来研究皮牛顿大小的力和克莱默速率理论。在适当的情况下，使用可视化和模拟的可视化和模拟。每个实验室都融合了两种创新的教育技术，以推动科学学习的过程和应用方面。案例研究被用来鼓励学生独立思考，并将科学方法应用到新的实验情景中。然后，该案例研究中的学生意见将被用于决定如何最好地进行测量、指导项目，并最终评估项目的成功。智力价值：该课程正在探索创新，并调整其他机构目前的成功模式，以在快速变化的生物物理学领域开发更多机会。对学生学习的评估被用来塑造定制和评估教学方法，有助于创新的循环。广泛的影响：学生使用当前研究的尖端技术。该项目使用需要讨论、同行指导和反思的问题来将学生的知识扩展到实验情景中。这个项目在物理学界引起了广泛的兴趣。

Physics (13) This project is focused on creating a set of labs that can be used in an undergraduate biological physics class that draws upper-division students from Chemistry, Biology, Engineering, and Mathematics in addition to Physics. Biophysics is a rapidly-changing field within physics that interacts with many other disciplines. The ultimate objective is to explore how best to enhance the educational experience of students so that they will be better prepared to take advantage of current advances in science and technology. This project evaluates the efficacy of inquiry-driven, case-study based labs in settings where the students come from a broad spectrum of STEM disciplines. The labs draw upon four principal areas of biological physics: viscosity and drag, Brownian motion, atomic-force microscopy as a tool for surface morphology, and force-probe measurements and optical-trapping to investigate piconewton-sized forces and Kramer's rate theory. Where appropriate, visualization and simulation in Visual Python are used. Each lab incorporates two innovative educational techniques to drive the process and application aspects of scientific learning. Case studies are used to encourage students to think independently and apply the scientific method to a novel lab situation. Student input from this case study is then used to decide how best to do the measurement, guide the project, and ultimately evaluate the success of the program. Intellectual Merit: The course is exploring innovations and adapting successful models currently in place at other institutions to develop further opportunities in the rapidly-changing field of biophysics. The assessment of student learning is used to shape the customization and evaluate teaching methods, contributing to the cycle of innovation.Broader Impact: Students use cutting-edge technology from current research. The project uses problems that require discussion, peer instruction and reflection to extend the students' knowledge to lab situations. The project is of wide interest in the physics community.