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Carol Seemueller and Katherine Kiwimagi

Ideas for GK-12 and Rocky Mountain High School. Carol Seemueller and Katherine Kiwimagi. Big Picture Outline. Anatomy and Physiology Lessons New/Enhanced LabQuest labs Bioinformatics/Tissue unit Kinesthetic Activity/NMJ Biology Beetle Project (early detection) Introduce LabQuest.

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Carol Seemueller and Katherine Kiwimagi

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  1. Ideas for GK-12 and Rocky Mountain High School Carol Seemueller and Katherine Kiwimagi

  2. Big Picture Outline • Anatomy and Physiology • Lessons • New/EnhancedLabQuest labs • Bioinformatics/Tissue unit • Kinesthetic Activity/NMJ • Biology • Beetle Project (early detection) • Introduce LabQuest • AP Biology (next semester) • Collaboration with Slovenia (Phages and Bioinformatics) • Micro lessons that incorporate visualization software of molecular interactions • Regulation of cell cycle • Game/activity • Short presentation of current research involving regulation factors

  3. Anatomy and Physiology: Lab Quest Micro Lessons • Objective: • Emphasizing the connection between math, technology and human physiology • Our Plan: • Develop micro lessons that integrate these concepts • Grip strength lab (student write a hypothesis for muscle fatigue --- go to literature we provide to see what scientists today think) • Skin temperature lab (micro lesson that connects rate to slope using students collected data) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/DNA_Repair.jpg

  4. Anatomy and Physiology: Introduce Bioinformatics • Objective: Introduce bioinformatics while studying tissues • Our Plan: • Find a Clinical Study related to a tissue defect caused by genetics • Develop a lesson that has students use bioinformatics software such as BLAST to help solve or better understand the Clinical Case

  5. Anatomy and Physiology: Model a Neural Muscular Junction • Objective: • Students will increase their understanding of the neuromuscular junction through a kinesthetic activity. • Our Plan: • Introduce the Neuromuscular Junction • Students will build a model of the neuromuscular junction that reflects the relationship between form, function, and cell communication

  6. Anatomy and Physiology: Develop a VO2 max lab using lab quest • Objective: • To develop a new VO2 max lab for the LabQuest technology • To have students apply their knowledge of math to the data they collect • Our Plan: • Find a contact in the Exercise and Sports Science Department at CSU that would give a tour to students and talk about VO2 max • Develop lab that has student calculate their own VO2 max

  7. Anatomy and Physiology: Expand on the students understanding of Bioinfomatics • Objective: Using bioinformatics software, connect the dots between DNA and Cell signaling • Our Plan: • Find a Clinical Study related to a cell signaling defect caused by genetics (Cystic Fibrosis / Asthma…) • Develop a Micro lesson that has students use bioinformatics software such as BLAST to help solve and better understand the Clinical Case

  8. Anatomy and Physiology: Other Ideas • Possible collaborationabout testing the characteristics of Bone • Design an EMG controlled Device

  9. Biology: Beetle Project • Objectives: • “connect the dots” • relating rates of infestation “math to ecology” • To see the interdependence of science • Math, Engineering, Chemistry, Biology • State standards #2 and #9 • Introduce the Niche concept • Brief introduction of Evolution • (golden toad article extinction/adaptation) • Application of the scientific method • Experiment design, Data analysis and Presentation

  10. Biology: Beetle Project • Our Plan: • Have Students Design or do one of the following things • An Early Detection system (to detect beetles early) (or) • An experiment that validates current methods of detection • Present opposing opinions on beetle kill (Research Lead Discussion)

  11. Biology: Beetle Project Project idea Early Detection System • Introduce students to • Beetle life cycle • Properties of the blue fungus • Current methods of detection and prevention • Article about Global warming • (Pine Bark Beetles Affecting More than Forests: air quality and weather) –NSF- • Create a hypothesis • Design an experiment • Discuss results of experiment • Present to the class

  12. Biology: Beetle Project Project idea Test Current Methods • Help student Design experiments that would test current method • Few current methods • Pheromone packets • Spraying techniques up to four inches • Electronic Kit noise • Slash and burn methods http://www.estesparknews.com/wp content/uploads/2008/04/pitchtubes.jpg

  13. Biology: Beetle Project Project idea Example Student Idea • Ideas that student could come up with on their own • Hypothesis: • Placing pheromone packet on tree will send beetles to trees next to it. • Infected wood would be more acidic than non-infected wood. • Beetles favor lodgepole due to the resistance other trees have to pine beetles http://www.estesparknews.com/wp content/uploads/2008/04/pitchtubes.jpg

  14. Biology: Beetle Project Project idea Example Student Idea • Ideas that student could come up with on their own • Material and Methods • Observe current trees with patches and without patches (quantify) • Build a wood crushing and dissolving kit. Use a pH indicator to see if one sample is more acidic than the other • Identify different species of trees and graph vs presence of infection http://www.estesparknews.com/wp content/uploads/2008/04/pitchtubes.jpg

  15. Biology: Beetle Project Project idea Student comparison of cause • Human impact vs. natural cycle • Students conduct research • Students present research • Student discuss research with peers

  16. Biology: Beetle Project 1 Week Plan Beginning of week • Discussions and small readings • Discuss the concept a niche • Read about extinction and the interdependence of species on one another • Introduction to Experimental Design • Introduction to Project Design

  17. Biology: Beetle Project 1 Week Plan Middle of week • Students Draw Up Proposal • Give students time and help to develop a beginning to end research proposal • Break it up or all together • Build and test their apparatus

  18. Biology: Beetle Project 1 Week Plan End of week • Students Present to the class their findings • Help student develop presentation • Let student present to the class

  19. Biology: Introduce Lab Quest • What is LabQuest? • Objective: • Introduce the connection between math, technology, and biology in a 9th grade Biology classroom. • Our Plan: • Develop micro lessons that introduce and integrate these concepts • Use micro lesson in classroom

  20. Biology: More Ideas • Design Bug catchers (pitfall traps) for current Ecology lab • Learn how to design and work with limited materials • Model animal movement/migration (Monarch Watch) • Add GPS sensor to prairie ecology project and relate to size/scale of student drawn maps

  21. AP Biology: Slovenia, Phages and Bioinformatics • Objectives: • Expose students to international connections • Introduce and use Bioinformatic software • Our Plan • Design a parallel experiment with the students from Slovenia that involves isolating soil bacteriophages

  22. AP Biology: Visualization Software and Molecular Interactions Objective: Introduce concepts of bioinformatics while teaching molecular interactions Our Plan: Design lesson and lab that incorporate the use of bioinformatics software

  23. GLI1 Promotes CDK4 Activation? AP Biology: Regulation of Cell Cycle • Objectives: • Connect concepts learned in class to research currently being conducted • To create lessons that make the complex cellular interaction inspiring and memorable for the students • Our Plan • Have the fellow or a guest give a simplified research proposal presentation • Design a game or activity that relates to cell cycle regulation

  24. GLI1 Promotes CDK4 Activation? Science Olympiad Team • Rocky Mountain has a Science Olympiad team which must complete several building events for competition (robotics, bottle rockets, egg carrying devices, bridges/towers)

  25. Summary • Anatomy and Physiology • Lessons • New/Enhanced LabQuest labs • Bioinformatics/Tissue Unit • Kinesthetic Activity/NMJ • Biology • Beetle Project (early detection) • Introduce LabQuest • AP Biology (next semester) • Collaboration with Slovenia (Phages and Bioinformatics) • Micro lessons that incorporate visualization software of molecular interactions • Regulation of cell cycle • Game/activity • Short presentation of current research involving regulation factors

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