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BSCS Sessions
On this page will you find session presentations given by BSCS science educators at national and regional science education conferences, all in downloadable pdf form. Click on session title to download presentation.
Please note: PDFs of session powerpoints will be posted within two business days of session presentations.
National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) Professional Development Conference
National Association of Biology Teachers
3-6 November 2010
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Friday, 5 November |
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
How "Educative" Curriculum Materials Help Teach for Understanding
Several of the biology teachers who implemented educative materials in Project PRIME describe practices that had the greatest impact on their teaching and student learning.
Nicollette C
April Gardner, BSCS, Colorado Springs, CO |
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Making Nanoscience Accessible to High School Students
Make nanoscience, an area of increasing interest in both scientific research
and
science classrooms, accessible to high school students.
Nicollette C
Brooke Bourdelat-Parks, BSCS, Colorado Springs, CO |
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Looking for PCK (Pedagogical Content Knowledge) in All the Wrong Places?
Learn about a study of pedagogical content knowledge among biology teachers
and how it changed as they participated in Project PRIME.
Nicollette C
Chris Wilson and April Gardner, BSCS, Colorado Springs, CO |
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Studying Rare Diseases to Experience Science as Inquiry
Experience an inquiry-based activity that uses the study of a rare disease to engage students
in medicine and scientific inquiry.
Nicollette C
Mark Bloom, BSCS, Colorado Springs, CO |
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Illuminating the Role of Evolution in Medicine
Participate in an inquiry-based activity that helps illuminate the role of evolution in medicine.
Nicollette C
Paul Beardsley, BSCS, Colorado Springs, CO |
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Thinking about the World's Resources--Decisions and Consequences
Experience activities to help students evaluate issues such as population growth,
resource consumption, and resource management, and consider consequences
associated with people’s decisions.
Nicollette C
Anne Westbrook, BSCS, Colorado Springs, CO |
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