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BLC 11 Five Minutes of Fame

BLC 11 Five Minutes of Fame. Brenda Leicht Department of Biology The University of Iowa. The Lecture Hall for Introductory Biology. How do you make a huge intro course student-centered?. Clicker questions and surveys Student participation in lecture demonstrations The Lab! Small size

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BLC 11 Five Minutes of Fame

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  1. BLC11Five Minutes of Fame Brenda Leicht Department of Biology The University of Iowa

  2. The Lecture Hall for Introductory Biology

  3. How do you make a huge intro course student-centered? • Clicker questions and surveys • Student participation in lecture demonstrations • The Lab! • Small size • “Active” and “hands on” by nature

  4. Foundations of Biology • 1st course of two required intro courses for our majors • Launched in Fall 2012 • Co-instructed with Bryant McAllister • Both of us had attended HHMI Summer Institute in Summer 2010 • Both of us had attended TILE institute at UI (UI version of Scale-Up) • Laboratory exercises from old first semester course were completely overhauled.

  5. Project-Based Lab Design • Three multi-week Projects • Project 1 – Investigating Cell Organelles and Cellular Metabolism • Project 2 – Transmission Genetics and Linkage Analysis in Drosophila • Project 3 – Investigating Genetics Variation in Populations • Wet Lab – Dry Lab rotation • Two wet labs – experimental procedures first are learned and then performed • Two dry labs – hypotheses are explored, experiments are planned and results predicted; data are analyzed and interpreted; connections are made to lecture content • Guided Inquiry

  6. The TILE Classroom for Dry Lab TILE: Transform, Interact, Learn, Engage

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