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How Teacher Research Internship Experiences Change the Face of Science Teaching Bonnie F. Harris Georgia Intern-Fellowships for Teachers Casey M. Bethel New Manchester High School, Douglasville, Georgia …About Georgia Intern-Fellowships for Teachers (GIFT) • Founded in 1991, GIFT provides paid 4-7 week STEM summer internships for elementary, middle and high school science, mathematics and technology teachers. • Teacher internships include academic research in university laboratories, and industry assignments in businesses. Action (i.e. Lesson) Plans are subsequently developed to transfer internship experiences into classroom teaching. • GIFT places an average of 75-80 teachers a summer. 2 MARS CLIMATE ORBITER NASA and Lockheed Martin show us why collaboration is vital. "Mars Climate Orbiter - launch" by NASA/KSC http://images.ksc.nasa.gov/photos/1998/caption s/KSC-98PC-1839.html "Mars Climate Orbiter - mishap diagram" http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mars_Climate_Orbiter__mishap_diagram.png#mediaviewer/File:Mars_Climate_Orbiter_-_mishap_diagram.png Dr. Raquel L. Lieberman School of Chemistry and Biochemistry College of Sciences Protein structure and function: A multimedia-based inquiry education module for the high school science classroom Casey M. Bethel1 and Raquel L. Lieberman2 Journal of Chemical Education, 2014, 91 (1) pp 52-55. DOI: 10.1021/ed300677t http://pubs.acs.org/action/showLargeC over?jcode=jceda8&vol=91&issue=1 Protein structure and function: A multimedia-based inquiry education module for the high school science classroom This educational model matches the Three Dimensions of the NGSS. NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS http://www.nextgenscience.org/ Protein structure and function: A multimedia-based inquiry education module for the high school science classroom • The educational module is designed to achieve three goals. Improve students capacity for scientific investigation. Improve their conceptual grasp Inspire the next of protein structure and generation of scientists. function. • Plan and conduct a lab investigation. • Practice with authentic tools for biochemical research (PDB and Pymol). • Discuss the relationship between protein structure and drug design. • The central dogma of molecular genetics. • Mutations can lead to changes in protein, which can cause genetic disorders. • Proteins have 3-dimensional shapes. 1o, 2o, 3o, 4o levels of structure. • How structure is related to function. • How structure is determined. • Expose them to techniques that mirror what is done in current research. • Make them more prepared to succeed in college biochemistry. The Five E Instructional Approach STAGE ENGAGE EXPLORE EXPLAIN EXTEND EVALUATE GOALS Make connections. Promote curiosity. Get them involved. Broaden their exposure. Challenge what they know. Fill in conceptual gaps. Clear up misconceptions. Demonstrate skills. Build their understanding. Student driven. • • • • • • • • • • • Assess student mastery. • Measure lesson effectiveness. http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/nasaeclips/5eteachingmodels/ Protein structure and function: A multimedia-based inquiry education module for the high school science classroom • Getting students to think personally about genetic disorders. http://www.bioedge.org/index.php/ bioethics/bioethics_article/10198 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt124 4659/?ref_=sr_1 Protein structure and function: A multimedia-based inquiry education module for the high school science classroom • Lecture and activities explaining protein structure. http://www.piercenet.com/browse.cfm?fldID=7C 913112-2B27-4771-877D-25E3115FB8E1 Protein structure and function: A multimedia-based inquiry education module for the high school science classroom • Lab experience crystallizing lysozyme. http://lysozyme.co.uk/crystallization.php Protein structure and function: A multimedia-based inquiry education module for the high school science classroom • Culminating Project – Practice searching the Protein Data Bank and adjusting the representation in PYMOL. http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/home/home.do http://www.pymol.org/ Chain C Chain A Chain D Chain B Amino acids in Chain A Heme groups Structure of each heme group Protein structure and function: A multimedia-based inquiry education module for the high school science classroom % of Correct Responses • More than 400 students in 6 AP biology, 2 IB biology, 1 AP chemistry and 4 general chemistry courses. • In each case, the number of students responding correctly dramatically improved. Question Number Other projects • We have created 2 other educational modules that are being used (although not published). • Not Your Grandfather’s Hemoglobin – Improving students understanding of evolution. – Demonstrating how to collect and analyze biochemical evidence. • Think Like a Scientist – Improving students capacity for experimentation. – Re-defining the scientific approach to problem solving. QUESTIONS?