Example Genomic Activities part of Teaching Genomics at Small Colleges
Getting Started A major goal of our Big Science at Small Schools initiative is to advance genomics pedagogy through the development of inquiry-based integrated instructional units (I3Us). Skip to search results ...

Workshop Participants part of Teaching Genomics at Small Colleges:Workshop 2008
Duane Bailey - Williams College Comparison of a Highly Polymorphic Olfactory Receptor Gene Subfamily in Genetically Diverse Dog Breeds David Baumler - University of Wisconsin Lois Banta - Williams College ...

Local Population Structure and Behavior of the Wood Frog, Rana sylvatica part of Teaching Genomics at Small Colleges:Genomics Instructional Units Minicollection
Assess population structure, genetic health, and behavior of your local wood frog population by determining microsatellite allele frequencies.

Integrative activities to study the evolution of nervous system function part of Teaching Genomics at Small Colleges:Genomics Instructional Units Minicollection
The overall goal of this multi-week inquiry-based project is to have students combine levels of analysis, including behavioral, anatomical, cell biological, molecular and genomics tools to study how specialized functions of the nervous system evolved.

Modeling Molecular Evolution part of Teaching Genomics at Small Colleges:Genomics Instructional Units Minicollection
Biology and Computer Science majors collaborate to model the process of mutation at the DNA level, and examine the consequences at the protein level.

Workshop Program part of Teaching Genomics at Small Colleges:Workshop 2008
Saturday, July 19 8:00-9:00 AM Breakfast in Mission Park Dining Hall for participants who arrive Friday night 9:00-10:00 AM Registration (Bagels, coffee, and juice available) Science Atrium, Integrated Science ...

"Big Science at Small Colleges" Curriculum Development Workshop part of Teaching Genomics at Small Colleges:Workshop 2008
Annual workshop bringing together faculty from the Columbia Genome Center Consortium, along with others, to learn about the development and implementation of effective genomics courses at small colleges.

Workshop Participants part of Teaching Genomics at Small Colleges:Workshop 2007
Eliot Bush, Harvey Mudd College Malcolm Campbell, Davidson College Lynn Caporale, Columbia University Genome Sequencing Center Tebbie Collins, Vassar College Cara M. Constance, Holy Cross College Derek Dean, ...

Background Information for "Reconstruction the Evolution of Cauliflower and Broccoli" part of Teaching Genomics at Small Colleges:Genomics Instructional Units Minicollection
Background Information for Instructors (Word) (Microsoft Word 37kB Apr28 07)Background Information for Instructors (Acrobat (PDF) 19kB Apr28 07) The domestication of crop plants over 10,000 years provides rich ...

Teaching Big Science at Small Colleges: a Genomics Collaboration part of Teaching Genomics at Small Colleges
This program supported a national consortium of faculty members from liberal arts colleges in learning about genomics, developing teaching materials, and devising tools to evaluate the efficacy of their genomics curricular innovations.