Building Bridges
Science Education at Bryn Mawr College

Tri-College Science Teaching Symposium
May 8, 2001
Bryn Mawr College

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SCIENCE TEACHING IN THE TRI-COLLEGE COMMUNITY

• Science Teaching Symposium
• Science Pedegogy Discussion
• Tri-College Science class web pages

Quantitative Skills Tutorial

Amy Cheng Vollmer, Department of Biology, Swarthmore College
"Making Papers Enjoyable to Grade"

• adopting a _______________________
  
  • bacterium,pathogen, plant, animal, protist,
  • symbiotic pair
    
  • cell type, tissue type
  • organ system
  • biochemical pathway
  • gene family

   

• can do this per student or per group of students
• write 1-2 pages, with references
  • turn in every week or every other week
  • grade and return before next sets are due
  • not grading the same thing again and again

   

• each paper is focused on what was covered in lecture or lab,
  
  • pertaining to the particular subject
    
  • can tailor so it is more likely to be original writing

Biology 17 2001
Outline for complete pathogen paper

• Background

• Name

• Discovery

• Geographic distribution

• Structure and physiology

• Shape, size

• Metabolism and growth conditions

• Genome

• Size

• G+C content

• Presence of plasmids, transposons and other mobile genetic elements

• Important genes in pathogenesis

• Host immunity

• Transmission

• General immunity

• Specific immunity

• Virulence

• Symptoms

• Invasion

• Colonization

• Virulence factors

• MHC connection

• Modern day context for the disease

• Detection

• Treatment

• Prevention

• References