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The Use of Biotin to Demonstrate Immunohistochemistry, Western Blotting, and Dot Blots in University Practical Classes
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Millar, Thomas James; Knighton, Ronald; Chuck, Jo-Anne – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2012
Immunological detection of proteins is an essential method to demonstrate to undergraduate biology students, however, is often difficult in resource and time poor student laboratory sessions. This method describes a failsafe method to rapidly and economically demonstrate this technique using biotinylated proteins or biotin itself as targets for…
Descriptors: Biology, Scientific Concepts, Science Process Skills, Molecular Biology
Collaborative Development of Anatomy Workshops for Medical and Dental Students in Cambodia
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Hayes, Jennifer A.; Ivanusic, Jason J.; le Roux, Cara M.; Hatzopoulos, Kate; Gonsalvez, David; Hong, Someth; Durward, Callum – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2011
After Phnom Penh was liberated from the Khmer Rouge in 1979, health science education in Cambodia had to be completely rebuilt. In this article, the authors report the results of a teaching collaboration between the University of Melbourne (Australia), the International University (Cambodia), and the University of Health Sciences (Cambodia). The…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Dentistry, Workshops, Biology
Food for Living Things, Teacher's Guide.
Australian Council for Educational Research, Hawthorn. – 1968
This teachers guide to "Food for Living Things," one of the units of the Junior Secondary Science Project prepared for use in Victorian (Australia) secondary schools, includes copies of all of the appropriate student materials in addition to information designed to assist the teacher develop the unit. This information includes hints on…
Descriptors: Biology, Curriculum, Food, Grade 7
The Development of a Curriculum Monopoly in Australian Secondary Schools: Biological Science: The Web of Life. 1. Origins and Spread.
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Lucas, A. M. – Journal of Biological Education, 1980
Describes the origin of "The Web of Life," as an Australian adaptation of the BSCS materials. Reviews various aspects of the influence of these materials on Australian secondary school biology since 1964. (CS)
Descriptors: Biology, Curriculum Development, Science Course Improvement Projects, Science Curriculum
Biological Science Education: A View from the Antipodes.
Nicholas, John – BSCS Journal, 1980
Describes the development of the Australian biological curriculum materials, "Biological Science: The Web of Life," as a result of linking efforts with the United States BSCS "color versions" in biology. (CS)
Descriptors: Biology, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Science Course Improvement Projects
Attitudes and Achievement in Biology: An Investigation of the Effects of Student Attributes and Teaching Styles on Attitudes and Achievement in Secondary School Biology.
Theobald, John Hamilton – 1977
Using a specially-constructed category system (CATS), biology lessons are analyzed for attribute-treatment interaction (ATI) and the data submitted to analysis. Relationships between fifteen individual predictors (general ability, four personality factors, two cognitive preferences, treatment, and seven first-order attribute-treatment…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research