Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Keyword
-
- Gifted (49)
- IMSA (49)
- Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (49)
- Residential high school (49)
- STEM (49)
-
- Biology (46)
- Curriculum (46)
- Bioinformatics (21)
- Evolution (10)
- Nature of science (7)
- Diversity (2)
- Equity (2)
- Genomics (2)
- Syllabus (2)
- UNSDGs (2)
- Assessment (1)
- Bacterial culture (1)
- Biochemistry (1)
- Biodiversity (1)
- COVID (1)
- Case Studies (1)
- Chromatography (1)
- Clean water (1)
- Climate science (1)
- CoVID teaching (1)
- Daphnia (1)
- Dialysis (1)
- Diffusion (1)
- Ecosystem disruption (1)
- Ecosystems (1)
- Publication Year
- Publication
-
- Faculty Publications & Research (17)
- Evolution (12)
- Ecosystem Disruption & Climate Change (9)
- Professional Learning Day (9)
- Nature of Science (8)
-
- Protein Folding & Structure Prediction Posters (8)
- Genomics: Past & Future (5)
- Course Information (4)
- Sequence Alignments (4)
- Model NGSS Lessons: 4th - 5th Grade (3)
- Research Project (3)
- Publications & Research (2)
- Sequencing & Genome Mining (2)
- Teacher Resources (2)
- Goal 3: Interpersonal Intelligence Narrative (1)
- Introduction to NCBI (1)
- Primer Design (1)
- Staff Publications & Research (1)
- Publication Type
Articles 61 - 90 of 92
Full-Text Articles in Education
Poster 8: Predicting Structure: Current Techniques And Challenges, Arun Arjunakani '16, Joseph Jagusah '16
Poster 8: Predicting Structure: Current Techniques And Challenges, Arun Arjunakani '16, Joseph Jagusah '16
Protein Folding & Structure Prediction Posters
No abstract provided.
Poster 5: Quaternary Structure, Arun Arjunakani '16, Joseph Jagusah '16
Poster 5: Quaternary Structure, Arun Arjunakani '16, Joseph Jagusah '16
Protein Folding & Structure Prediction Posters
No abstract provided.
Poster 7: Importance Of Protein Structure Prediction, Michael Qian '16, Sarah Dovgin '16, Esther Chung '16
Poster 7: Importance Of Protein Structure Prediction, Michael Qian '16, Sarah Dovgin '16, Esther Chung '16
Protein Folding & Structure Prediction Posters
Initially, drugs were discovered by either chance or by trial and error through screening methods. Because scientists did not have the ability to model protein structures, drug discovery was a very expensive process. Currently, researchers are working on technologies to determine protein ligands and potential drugs through the usage of predicted protein structures.
Poster 3: Secondary Structure, Michael Qian '16, Sarah Dovgin '16, Esther Chung '16
Poster 3: Secondary Structure, Michael Qian '16, Sarah Dovgin '16, Esther Chung '16
Protein Folding & Structure Prediction Posters
No abstract provided.
Poster 1: Protein Functions And Relationships Between Structure And Function, Mara Cardona '16, Max Shramuk '16
Poster 1: Protein Functions And Relationships Between Structure And Function, Mara Cardona '16, Max Shramuk '16
Protein Folding & Structure Prediction Posters
No abstract provided.
Poster 4: Tertiary Structure, Grace Carlberg '16, Andy Xu '16, Andrew Adams '16
Poster 4: Tertiary Structure, Grace Carlberg '16, Andy Xu '16, Andrew Adams '16
Protein Folding & Structure Prediction Posters
When proteins form polypeptide chains, they form primary structure - their amino acid sequence - secondary structure - their local shapes - and tertiary structure - their global fold and shape. Tertiary structure and its prediction are of vital importance to the biology community because of its importance for manipulating gene expression, cell-wide processes, and more. Because of the innumerable possibilities for even a simple primary structure protein, prediction is incredibly difficult. As bioinformatics technologies advance, though, our understanding of tertiary folding advances.
Poster 6: Chaperone Proteins, Grace Carlberg '16, Andy Xu '16, Andrew Adams '16
Poster 6: Chaperone Proteins, Grace Carlberg '16, Andy Xu '16, Andrew Adams '16
Protein Folding & Structure Prediction Posters
No abstract provided.
Readings On Current Biology: Bibliography, Imsa Biology Team
Readings On Current Biology: Bibliography, Imsa Biology Team
Nature of Science
No abstract provided.
Post-Assessment, Imsa Biology Team
Current Readings In Biology: Guiding Questions, Imsa Biology Team
Current Readings In Biology: Guiding Questions, Imsa Biology Team
Nature of Science
No abstract provided.
Essential Questions, Imsa Biology Team
Essential Questions, Imsa Biology Team
Nature of Science
Questions that must be addressed in order to understand the current state of biological life and how it has changed over time.
Nature Of Science Pre-Questions, Imsa Biology Team
Nature Of Science Pre-Questions, Imsa Biology Team
Nature of Science
No abstract provided.
Science & Spaghetti Monsters: Understanding The Nature Of Scientific Knowledge & Research, Sarah O'Leary-Driscoll
Science & Spaghetti Monsters: Understanding The Nature Of Scientific Knowledge & Research, Sarah O'Leary-Driscoll
Nature of Science
What is science?
When students are asked to define science, many of them define science as “a body of knowledge gained by performing experiments.”
A more appropriate definition, however, is that “Science is … a process of inquiry aimed at building a testable body of knowledge open to rejection or confirmation” (Shermer, 2005).
There are three important points that this definition makes:
Course Syllabus: Fall 2015, Imsa Biology Team
“Analyze, Acquire, Apply, And Write” As A New Learning Model In Science, Jeong Choe
“Analyze, Acquire, Apply, And Write” As A New Learning Model In Science, Jeong Choe
Faculty Publications & Research
I have developed a new teaching and learning model called AAAW, which stand for Analyze, Acquire, Apply and Write. This model grows from action research and unique experience in teaching a biochemistry course to high school students who are talented in math and science. In this model, students first "Analyze" lab data to generate questions that lead them to "Acquire" background knowledge. Students then go back to the data and "Apply" their new knowledge to better understand the data. Finally, students "Write" about the connections they make from their reading, data analysis, and application of the data. The rationale behind …
Addressing Misconceptions About Evolution, Sarah O'Leary-Driscoll, Don Dosch
Addressing Misconceptions About Evolution, Sarah O'Leary-Driscoll, Don Dosch
Evolution
"Leave with effective ways to identify and address misconceptions about evolution, with a particular focus on supporting explanations with evidence."
Addressing Misconceptions About Evolution, Sarah O'Leary-Driscoll, Don Dosch
Addressing Misconceptions About Evolution, Sarah O'Leary-Driscoll, Don Dosch
Faculty Publications & Research
"Leave with effective ways to identify and address misconceptions about evolution, with a particular focus on supporting explanations with evidence."
Successful Inquiry Based Activities In High School Physiology, Sowmya Anjur
Successful Inquiry Based Activities In High School Physiology, Sowmya Anjur
Faculty Publications & Research
Physiology and Disease students at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora employ inquiry driven activities to improve their understanding and articulation of the discipline. Students make heart models and make correlations with heart rate, lung capacity and blood pressure measurements. Students seemed to gain a better understanding of the cardiovascular unit as reflected in their heart unit assessment scores.
Session B-4: Foods Of The Future, Carmela Minaya, Aziza Darwish, Heather Richardson
Session B-4: Foods Of The Future, Carmela Minaya, Aziza Darwish, Heather Richardson
Professional Learning Day
Teachers will learn the simple science behind the most recent culinary rage, Molecular Gastronomy. They will have a cost effective example to bring back into their classroom with students.
Watts Cooking: Using A Microwave To Prepare Bacterial Media For Inquiry-Based Experiments, Judith A. Scheppler
Watts Cooking: Using A Microwave To Prepare Bacterial Media For Inquiry-Based Experiments, Judith A. Scheppler
Staff Publications & Research
Microbiology provides an excellent opportunity to capture student interest, encourage exploration, and to begin the development of research skills. With a low power microwave, similar to the type found in homes, and a short list of materials easily obtainable and/or found in many biology laboratories, you can begin to open this exciting world to your life science and biology classes. Microwaves are available at very reasonable prices, and can substitute for a much more expensive laboratory autoclave. Your students can choose and design inquiry investigations as well as learn basic laboratory techniques.
Understanding The Neuronal Controls Behind Heart Rate And Respiration, Sowmya Anjur
Understanding The Neuronal Controls Behind Heart Rate And Respiration, Sowmya Anjur
Faculty Publications & Research
Students in the course Physiology and Disease at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy learn physiology by designing, executing and evaluating their own experiments based on evidence. This semester, students designed laboratory experiments that involved the use of the same type of exercise to increase both heart rate and respiration rate. Students will collect quantitative data from these experiments to make conclusions regarding the correlation of heart rate and respiration rate. This will be followed by student research into the neuronal controls in the brain that were responsible for these correlations.
Pbl Waste Not Want Not: Using Agricultural Plant Waste, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy
Pbl Waste Not Want Not: Using Agricultural Plant Waste, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy
Teacher Resources
This sample Problem Based Learning (PBL) lesson focuses on the best use for agricultural waste, using an apple orchard as the hypothetical problem. The unit is designed as a sample curriculum for educators learning the PBL process.
Integration Of Student Centered Physiology Learning Into Related High School Science Courses, Sowmya Anjur
Integration Of Student Centered Physiology Learning Into Related High School Science Courses, Sowmya Anjur
Faculty Publications & Research
Student centered teaching was previously found to enhance student understanding and even improve performance of students in other courses taken in the same semester in high school (6). In an effort to improve student performance in related science classes, the same student centered methods used in my Physiology and Disease (PAD) class were implemented in a Biophysics class this semester. Initial student surveys showed that students felt that integrating physiology concepts into Biophysics helped them understand the material from two very different perspectives, giving them a "more complete picture". Test scores from each of the four units were compared in …
2b: "Copy Of Carbon Dioxide Data Illinois Coal", U.S. Energy Information Administration
2b: "Copy Of Carbon Dioxide Data Illinois Coal", U.S. Energy Information Administration
Ecosystem Disruption & Climate Change
No abstract provided.
2b: "Copy Of Carbon Dioxide Data Illinois Petroleum Products", U.S. Energy Information Administration
2b: "Copy Of Carbon Dioxide Data Illinois Petroleum Products", U.S. Energy Information Administration
Ecosystem Disruption & Climate Change
No abstract provided.
2b: "Copy Of Carbon Dioxide Data Illinois Natural Gas", U.S. Energy Information Administration
2b: "Copy Of Carbon Dioxide Data Illinois Natural Gas", U.S. Energy Information Administration
Ecosystem Disruption & Climate Change
No abstract provided.
2b: "Copy Of Carbon Dioxide Data Illinois Totals", U.S. Energy Information Administration
2b: "Copy Of Carbon Dioxide Data Illinois Totals", U.S. Energy Information Administration
Ecosystem Disruption & Climate Change
No abstract provided.
How Our Health Depends On Biodiversity, Eric Chivian M.D., Aaron Bernstein M.D., M.P.H.
How Our Health Depends On Biodiversity, Eric Chivian M.D., Aaron Bernstein M.D., M.P.H.
Ecosystem Disruption & Climate Change
The eminent Harvard biology Professor Edward O.Wilson once said about ants, “We need them to survive, but they don’t need us at all.” The same, in fact, could be said about countless other insects, bacteria, fungi, plankton, plants, and other organisms. This fundamental truth, however, is largely lost to many of us. Rather, we humans often act as if we are totally independent of Nature, as if our driving thousands of other species to extinction and disrupting the life-giving services they provide will have no effect on us whatsoever.
This summary, using concrete examples from our award-winning Oxford University Press …
Constructing And Using Case Studies In Genetics To Engage Students In Active Learning, Sue Styer
Constructing And Using Case Studies In Genetics To Engage Students In Active Learning, Sue Styer
Faculty Publications & Research
One of the national goals in science education is to teach science in a way that mirrors the process of science as inquiry, described by the National Science Education Standards (NSES) Science Teaching Standard B and Content Standard A (NRC, 1996). Inquiry-based learning, including the use of case studies, is one of several types of active learning that allows students to experience critical thinking skills inherent in the science process (Handelsman et al., 2007). Using case studies also develops skills in group learning and personalizes and humanizes science, making it more relevant to students (National Center for Case Study Teaching …
1: "To Know Ourselves", The U.S. Department Of Energy, The Human Genome Project
1: "To Know Ourselves", The U.S. Department Of Energy, The Human Genome Project
Genomics: Past & Future
AT THE END OF THE ROAD in Little Cottonwood Canyon, near Salt Lake City, Alta is a place of near-mythic renown among skiers. In time it may well assume similar status among molecular geneticists. In December 1984, a conference there, co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, pondered a single question: Does modern DNA research offer a way of detecting tiny genetic mutations—and, in particular, of observing any increase in the mutation rate among the survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings and their descendants? In short the answer was, Not yet. But in an atmosphere of rare intellectual fertility, …