Project Materials

Maura Flannery: I present two models: the first illustrates how I was able to introduce bioinformatics into my non-major Scientific Inquiry course which focuses on evolution; it is a systems approach to curriculum change [see PowerPoint presentation below: "IT"]. The second model shows how I plan to use Biology Workbench and NCBI materials in enhancing student explorations of phylogenetics and of the relationships between different levels of biological organization [see PowerPoint presentation below:"phylo"]

Stacey Kiser: See attached current examples of modeling activities from Introductory Cellular Biology Course ("Protein Synthesis" and "Gauchers Model"). The course is taught in a community college as part of both majors and non-majors courses.

Raquell Holmes and Maryam Qureshi: We present materials based on our semester long undergraduate research experience that may be incorporated into biology courses. The materials are best used together. They provide two different views of the same activity. The powerpoint presentation [see Modeling Cellular Processes, powerpoint] best represents the exercises of the group. The course write up [see Modeling Cellular Processes, word document] provides a detailed description of the research experience as it might be performed in a classroom.  

Future Directions

We hope to develop materials for implementing a glycolysis version of modeling cellular processes for use in introductory majors courses.