Spring 2001: BIOL 050: Learning Biology By Teaching Biology

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overview location 402 Goddard Laboratories time T 12-1:30 syllabus BIOL 050 Syllabus + Schedule In this course, Penn students teach a series of hands-on activities to students in biology classes at University City High School. We begin the semester with two classes concerning successful approaches for teaching biology in urban high schools. Then we begin a series of weekly hands-on activities which teach fundamental aspects of cell biology, microbiology, genetics, plant biology, and human physiology. During the first session of each week, Penn faculty teach Penn students the relevant biological background and techniques for a hands-on activity. During the second session of each week, each Penn student teaches the hands-on activity to a small group of UCHS students.

	professors Ingrid Waldron 203 Leidy Laboratories email: iwaldron@sas.upenn.edu +1 215 898.8396 Scott Poethig 304 Mudd Building email: spoethig@sas.upenn.edu +1 215 898.8915 teaching assistants Rashmi Bhat email: rbhat@sas.upenn.edu

course information textbook The reading will be from: Biology, Fifth Edition, Campbell et al., 1999 Bulkpack The bulkpack should be purchased from Wharton Reprographics. With the exception of the first class day, all assigned reading should be completed before coming to class. (Reading assigned for T/Th dates should be completed before class on Tuesday.) In addition to the listed assignments, you should read the protocols for the experiments for a given week before our Tuesday class, beginning with the week of January 23. grading and exams Your grade will be based on the following: pop quizzes, 20 points reports on grading written assignments of UCHS students, 15 points 10 page paper, 25 points oral presentation on reproductive biology, 10 points subjective assessment of your participation at Penn and UCHS, 30 points lecture schedule Please refer to the BIOL 050 PDF talk schedule for more information on this course. academic integrity All relevant University policies regarding Academic Integrity must be followed. This includes no cheating, no plagiarism and reporting any knowledge thereof. Please consult the Student Handbook or the appropriate web-page: http://www.college.upenn.edu/responsibilities/integrity.html

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Courses
Department of Biology
School of Arts and Sciences
University of Pennsylvania

last updated September 28, 2001