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These
Teaching Innovation Projects (TIPs) were develped by students in the Master
of Chemical and Life Sciences Program. TIPs are teaching materials related to course
content that the MLFSC students (teachers) feel will be useful in their
(and your) classes.
We offer
for your use a number of these projects. Please feel free to use them
in your classes. The developers of these projects would be delighted to
hear about your experiences as you attempt to use them so feel free to
comment at: mclfs@umd.edu
We also offer you
a set of lab experiments developed and tested by teachers. Lab
Bank
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Don’t
Bug Me
A Teaching
Unit on Integrated Pest Management including activities
and a Powerpoint presentation. |
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Pheromones
A Powerpoint
presentation and activities
describing pheromones and their use in agriculture |
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Mitosis,
Meiosis and Calico Cats
A set
of student activities
supported by a Powerpoint
presentation describing the genetics. |
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Pheromones
and IPM
The use
of pheromones in insect traps utilized in an Integrated Pest
Management program is taught using a Powerpoint
presentation and a series of student activities. |
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Crossing
Over
The role
of crossing over in genetic diversity is described in a Powerpoint
presentation and a set of student activities. |
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Reproductive
Adaptations
A number
of examples of unique reproductive adaptations are shown in
a Powerpoint presentation
supported by a set of student activities. |
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Recombinant
DNA
The use
of recombinant DNA technology in medicine is descibed in a
Powerpoint
presentation that provides numerous examples and in a set
of student activities. |
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RNA
and DNA Modeling
This activity
uses plastic beads to demonstrate the resulting effects of
silent, point, and frameshift mutations in the original DNA
strand on the RNA and amino acids. |
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Integrated
Pest Management of Mosquitoes to Control the Spread of West
Nile Virus
A Powerpoint
presentation showing the sources, effects, distribution and
control mechanisms of West Nile Virus and its vectors |
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Escherichia
coli 0157-H7
A Powerpoint
presentation describing the science and public health aspects
of this deadly food borne pathogen |
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GM
Foods
One of
several Powerpoint presentations
describing the advantages, potential health benefits, dangers
and science behind genetically modified foods |
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Genetically
Modified Foods
Another
Powerpoint
presentation describing the advantages, potential health benefits,
dangers and science behind genetically modified foods |
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A
Molecular Model Building Exercise
Classroom
exercises that use models made
from easily available materials to study DNA and other biological
macromolecules. |
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Animal
Defense Against Predators
A Powerpoint
presentation describing how animals defend themselves using
mimicry, chemical defense and camouflage |
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Food
Borne Pathogens
Students
learn about food borne pathogens though a
Powerpoint presentation and a series of activities
that includes case studies. |
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DNA
and Dinner
An examination
of the use of biotechnology, from ancient times to the present,
to provide superior foods through genetic modification. Examples
of classical selective breeding and modern genetic engineerig
are presented through a series of student activities
and a Powerpoint presentation. |
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Genetically
Engineered Foods
The purpose
of this TIP
is to introduce the students to genetically engineered foods
through lecture, discussion, and a webquest. |
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The
Blue People Are Coming!
The hills of Kentucky are dark and mysterious. Few
outsiders travel through them. Families have lived there for generations,
keeping the pioneering spirit alive in log cabins that they built
with their own hands. Rumors about such places are easily started.
One such rumor is that there are blue skinned people living in Troublesome
Creek. It is not a rumor. Blue skinned people have lived there for
more than 150 years. In this web TIP activity,
you will research the molecular biology basis, the classical genetics
and the resulting biochemistry of the condition. |
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