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Workshop Offerings for Summer 2013
Photosynthesis and Respiration
Looking for new ideas to enliven and strengthen your teaching of photosynthesis and respiration? This workshop will provide hands-on activities to address standards-based learning goals including: 1) Energy for almost all ecosystems on earth comes from the sun; 2) Energy enters these ecosystems through photosynthesis, converting light energy into chemical energy; 3) All cells (plant, animal, fungal, or single-celled organisms) break down glucose to make ATP through either fermentation or respiration; 4) ATP is used to power most reactions and activities of the cell.
Several of the activities will use Pasco Probes to measure changes in CO2 levels as evidence of photosynthesis or respiration. Mark Little, who teaches at Broomfield High School, will share his expertise and extensive experience using Pasco Probes to teach respiration and photosynthesis. Participants will be eligible to check out Pasco Probes from BSI in order to incorporate these activities into their classrooms. There will be many opportunities to explore and carry out an independent investigation during the workshop.
Date: Thursday, June 20, 2013
Time: 8:45 am - 5 pm
Location: University of Colorado Boulder
Workshop Cost: Free
CDE Credit: .5 (free)
CU Graduate Credit: .5 ($60)
Designed for: Middle and high school teachers
Instructors: Dr. Kristin Swihart, BSI Outreach Scientist and Mark Little, Broomfield High School
Human Taste Perception:
Primates, Genes, and Culture
Like 9% of all primates, humans are omnivores who consume a broad array of foods. Modern human taste perception is a result of our primate heritage, human evolution, and the cultural behaviors that led to plant and animal domestication. Using genetic, paleontological, archaeological and behavioral data, we will conduct a series of experiments that can be replicated in your classroom so that students can explore variation in human taste perception.
Topics covered in this workshop include:
Primate Genetic Heritage: Hypotheses for our attraction to "sweet and sour" foods and the satiating effect of fructose enticement.
Human Genetics & New World Plant Cultivation: Hypotheses regarding our unique ability to detect "spicy" flavors.
Human Genetics & Old World Plant Cultivation: Hypotheses regarding PTC sensitivity relevant to "bitter" (cruciferous plant) vegetable consumption.
Human Genetics & Dairy Cattle Culture: Hypotheses regarding human deviation from the mammalian norm of adult lactose intolerance and historical and modern population variation in the allele distribution for adult lactase persistence.
Date: Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Time: 8:45 am - 5 pm
Location: University of Colorado Boulder
Workshop Cost: Free
CDE Credit: .5 (free)
CU Graduate Credit: .5 ($60)
Designed for: Teachers of grades 5-12
Instructors: Kimberly Nichols, BSI Science Squad and Dr. Kristin Swihart, BSI Outreach Scientist
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