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Brain, Education, and Inquiry - Fall, 2010: Session 14A

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Mon, 12/06/2010 - 6:26pm

Brain, Education, and Inquiry

Bryn Mawr College, Fall 2010

Session 14A

Facilitated by Abby EM

Carol Dweck's Mindsets and Consequences for Educators

Minds-on Activities for Teaching Biology

 

The resources include:

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Theosis: Humanity's Homology

Submitted by Aimee on Sun, 12/05/2010 - 11:27pm

 

Theosis: Humanity’s Homology

Aimee Heerd

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Dreamweaving: On the Body and Experience

Submitted by pfischer on Sun, 12/05/2010 - 7:49pm


Enzymes Help Us Digest Food

In this hands-on, minds-on activity, students investigate the biological causes of Maria’s symptoms and Jayden’s symptoms. To explore the causes of these symptoms, students carry out two experiments and interpret the results, and they answer additional analysis and discussion questions.

Students learn about enzyme function and enzyme specificity as they figure out that Maria’s symptoms are due to lactase deficiency (resulting in lactose intolerance) and Jayden’s symptoms are due to sucrase deficiency.

In the final section, students are challenged to generalize their understanding of enzymes to interpret a video of an experiment with saliva, starch and iodine. This activity can be used in an introductory unit on biological molecules or later during a discussion of enzymes.

Download Student Handout: PDF format or Word format

Download Teacher Preparation Notes: PDF format or Word format

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks in the light of the Reader's Response Theory

Submitted by maht91 on Sun, 12/05/2010 - 6:02pm

               The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks in the light of the Reader's Response Theory

 

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Class Notes from Nov. 30

Submitted by jaranda on Sun, 12/05/2010 - 12:17pm

 Doubting and Believing

 

Our third 4 page paper is due online Friday at 5. Anne would be interested in seeing collaborative papers. 

For Thursday, we should read the first half of Call of Stories, and think about the role of stories in our lives. The book might be a little outdated, but we should compare our stories to his, and think about the role stories play in our lives. 

Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis – Important Concepts, Common Misconceptions, and Learning Activities

These Teacher Notes summarize basic concepts and information related to energy, ATP, cellular respiration, and photosynthesis. These Teacher Notes also review common misconceptions and suggest a sequence of learning activities designed to develop student understanding of important concepts and overcome any misconceptions.

The attached files describe the key concepts, common misconceptions and suggested learning activities (in Word and PDF formats).

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The Problem with Public Education

Submitted by Smacholdt on Sat, 12/04/2010 - 1:30pm

 I thought that Sir Ken Robinson’s video that we watched in class the other day was a clever way to convey the problems with education in an entertaining way. The video was creative on so many levels- he explained the issue clearly and concisely, while providing entertaining illustrations that drew the view’s attention to what he was talking about. In addition, the way he “taught” this topic is exactly the way that experts in the field of education say that our brains learn best- though drawing and connected, “idea webs” such as the one that Robinson drew during the presentation.

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