BLC11FIVE MINUTES OF FAME

Brenda LeichtDepartment of BiologyThe University of Iowa

The Lecture Hall for Introductory Biology

How do you make a huge intro course student-centered?

Clicker questions and surveys Student participation in lecture

demonstrations The Lab!

Small size “Active” and “hands on” by nature

Foundations of Biology 1st course of two required intro courses for

our majors Launched in Fall 2012 Co-instructed with Bryant McAllister

Both of us had attended HHMI Summer Institute in Summer 2010

Both of us had attended TILE institute at UI (UI version of Scale-Up)

Laboratory exercises from old first semester course were completely overhauled.

Project-Based Lab Design Three multi-week Projects

Project 1 – Investigating Cell Organelles and Cellular Metabolism

Project 2 – Transmission Genetics and Linkage Analysis in Drosophila

Project 3 – Investigating Genetics Variation in Populations Wet Lab – Dry Lab rotation

Two wet labs – experimental procedures first are learned and then performed

Two dry labs – hypotheses are explored, experiments are planned and results predicted; data are analyzed and interpreted; connections are made to lecture content

Guided Inquiry

The TILE Classroom for Dry Lab

TILE: Transform, Interact, Learn, Engage