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Pontrello, Jason K. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
A semester-long research project to synthesize unique compounds designed after published metalloprotease peptide inhibitors is presented. The research project encompasses a set of nine organic chemistry reactions traditionally taught in the second semester lab course, and the procedures are derived from scientific literature. The two principle…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Organic Chemistry, Science Laboratories, Laboratory Experiments
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Yang, Xinmiao; Hartman, Mark R.; Harrington, Kristin T.; Etson, Candice M.; Fierman, Matthew B.; Slonim, Donna K.; Walt, David R. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2017
With the development of new sequencing and bioinformatics technologies, concepts relating to personal genomics play an increasingly important role in our society. To promote interest and understanding of sequencing and bioinformatics in the high school classroom, we developed and implemented a laboratory-based teaching module called "The…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, High School Students, Genetics
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Rowat, Amy C.; Sinha, Naveen N.; Sörensen, Pia M.; Campàs, Otger; Castells, Pere; Rosenberg, Daniel; Brenner, Michael P.; Weitz, David A. – Physics Education, 2014
Cooking is a tangible, familiar, and delicious tool for teaching physics, which is easy to implement in a university setting. Through our courses at Harvard and UCLA, each year we are engaging hundreds of undergraduate students, primarily non-science majors, in science concepts and the scientific research process. We find that weekly lectures by…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, College Science, Undergraduate Students, Nonmajors
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Kulevich, Suzanne E.; Herrick, Richard S.; Mills, Kenneth V. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2014
The Holy Cross Chemistry Department has designed and implemented an experiment on buffers as part of our Discovery Chemistry curriculum. The pedagogical philosophy of Discovery Chemistry is to make the laboratory the focal point of learning for students in their first two years of undergraduate instruction. We first pose questions in prelaboratory…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, College Science, Undergraduate Study, Chemistry
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Setty, Sumana; Kosinski-Collins, Melissa S. – American Biology Teacher, 2015
It has been noted that undergraduate project-based laboratories lead to increased interest in scientific research and student understanding of biological concepts. We created a novel, inquiry-based, multiweek genetics research project studying Ptpmeg, for the Introductory Biology Laboratory course at Brandeis University. Ptpmeg is a protein…
Descriptors: Genetics, Introductory Courses, Biology, Inquiry
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White, Brian T. – American Biology Teacher, 2009
An awareness of the extensive diversity of living organisms is an essential component of a complete biology education. It is important for students to explore the spectacular variety of living things as well as to understand the many solutions to the challenges of living on Earth that have evolved in different organisms. The "National Science…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Biology, Science Laboratories, Undergraduate Study