SWANSON, BO; Northern Arizona University, : Comparison of fish feeding behaviors between laboratory and field: Do lab feeding analyses reflect ecologically important behaviors? Analyses of the kinematics of feeding behaviors have elucidated the mechanisms integral to fish feeding. Previous studies have demonstrated that differences in motor pattern and morphology produce a wide variety feeding behaviors […]

RYAN, W.L.; Kutztown University of Pennsylvania: Using AmphibiaWeb as a Model for Guided Inquiry The recent discovery of declining amphibian populations and its correlation with various human activities is one of a number of environmentally sensitive issues to arise in the past decade. It can be difficult for students, particularly undergraduates, to investigate a problem […]

THYS, Tierney/M; Sea Studios Foundation: The Shape of Life: The Story of the Animal Kingdom The Shape of Life: The Story of the Animal Kingdom is a nine part educational video series created and designed by Sea Studios Foundation in conjunction with AIT (Agency for Instructional Technology www.ait.net/products/shape_of_life/index.htm). This classroom series is derived from The […]

MYERS, Marcella J.; College of Saint Catherine: The Confidence to Use Confidence Intervals:Moving Students toward More Sophisticated Analyses As the result of much trial and error in the undergraduate classroom, I have become convinced that: 1) students require objective rules (statistics) to properly interpret their data, no matter how simple the experiment, 2) students learn […]

MORSE, M. Patricia; Univ. of Washington, Seattle: Teacher Scholar Partnerships: Civic Engagement for Undergraduate Biologists in K-12 Schools The Teacher Scholar Partnership (TSP) presents a model for partnerships in science and mathematics (S&M) education with the K-12 community. The primary focus is to draw the attention of undergraduate S&M majors to the rewards of working […]

BUTCHER, M.T.*; BERTRAM, J.E.A.; Florida State University; Florida State University: Newton�s Laws of Motion and jumping performance: A lab exercise investigating jump distance increases due to added hand-held weight. Learning is facilitated by both engaging students in the learning process and providing them with direct experience of the phenomena of interest. This biomechanics laboratory is […]

HOESE, WJ; ONO, JK; KANDEL, J; CASEM, ML; KOCH, R; DICKSON, K; Calif State Univ Fullerton; Calif State Univ Fullerton; Calif State Univ Fullerton; Calif State Univ Fullerton; Calif State Univ Fullerton; Calif State Univ Fullerton; ; : Herding Cats: Using Faculty Collaboratives and a Professional Facilitator to Reform Core Biology Curriculum at a Comprehensive […]

HIEBERT , S.M.; Swarthmore College: Facts and more facts: using general principles to help students make sense of biology In the classroom, I observe that most of my students tackle the fact-laden field of biology without a framework that allows them to sort and process these facts effectively or later to apply the underlying concepts […]

HOSSFELD, Uwe; OLSSON, Lennart; Friedrich-Schiller-Universit�t Jena; Friedrich-Schiller-Universit�t Jena: Ernst Haeckel and the 1908 Nobel Prize for Literature The Jena zoologist Ernst Haeckel became very disappointed when he heard that the Nobel prize for Literature in 1908 had not gone to him, but to his colleague in Jena, the philosopher Rudolf Eucken (1846-1926). French and Italian […]

BOILY, Patrice; Univ. New Orleans: Effectiveness using of computer-based tools to teach a junior-level physiology course Over the last five years, I have gradually increased the use of computer-based tools to teach an upper-level physiology course. Specifically, I use computerized presentations for all my visual aides and a web site to provide course materials, such […]