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Schoenbohm, Lindsay M.; McMillan, Mitchell – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2022
In this integrative, team-based capstone project, students in an upper year Tectonics course built a planet of their own design from the basic concepts of plate tectonics. They created a tectonic map complete with plate boundaries, continental-ocean boundaries, motion vectors, and hot spot traces. In subsequent weeks, students produced a geologic…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Plate Tectonics, Capstone Experiences, Maps
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Evans, Hedeel Guy; Heyl, Deborah L.; Liggit, Peggy – Journal of Chemical Education, 2016
This biochemistry laboratory course was designed to provide significant learning experiences to expose students to different ways of succeeding as scientists in academia and foster development and improvement of their potential and competency as the next generation of investigators. To meet these goals, the laboratory course employs three…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Science Instruction, Course Evaluation, College Faculty
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Murthy, Pushpalatha P. N.; Thompson, Martin; Hungwe, Kedmon – Journal of Chemical Education, 2014
A semester-long laboratory course was designed and implemented to familiarize students with modern biochemistry and molecular biology techniques. The designed format involved active student participation, evaluation of data, and critical thinking, and guided students to become independent researchers. The first part of the course focused on…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Microbiology, Science Instruction, Molecular Biology