Workshops & Summer Programs
Return-to-Campus
Spring 06 RTC Schedule of Activities
The first half of the day will be spent at Cornell's Lab of Ornithology, then we will move onto Cornell's main campus after lunch for the remainder of the program.
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Registration and Refreshments at the Lab of Ornithology |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Announcements |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | Activity at the Lab of Ornithology |
| 10:45 - 11:45 | Activity at the Lab of Ornithology |
| 11:45 - 12:45 | Lunch |
| 12:45 - 1:15 | Travel to Cornell Campus (Biotech Building) |
| 1:15 - 2:30 | Activity Session (See below for activities) |
| 2:30 - 3:45 | Afternoon Talk: "It's no Wonder Kids Love Bats" by Dan Riskin, G10 Biotech |
| 3:45 | Garage Sale |
Descriptions of Activities
- "Identifying misconceptions and making connections in Biology"
Have you ever felt really good about a lesson plan or unit only to be crestfallen when your students all blow the test at the end? Maybe you should start taking a pulse earlier.
Edu-speak calls it formative assessment, but your students will call it FUN and you will gain valuable information about misconceptions your students harbor when they enter your classroom, in the middle of a lesson, and unfortunately sometimes even when they leave at the end of the year. Are your students "getting it"? Or not? Let's do some activities to find out. You'll have fun and get lots of great ideas about how to modify your instructional methods to improve student learning. Oh, of course you'll also get FREE STUFF. Don't miss this one!
Presented by Beth Chagrisulis, CIBT Alum - CSI - CIBT
Most DNA analysis situations - both forensic and research - involve the need to make multiple copies of specific sequences of DNA. To do this a process called the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has been developed.
This activity is a paper lab that simulates the process of PCR and is designed for either high school/living environment or A.P. levels with slight modifications.
Presented by Mark Lee, CIBT Alum - The Ladybug Trunk
Designed by Dr. Claudia Coen and Cornell Integrated Pest Management, this trunk contains a cornucopia of insect-centric activites and resources for grades K-4. Come see the newest addition to the CIBT Lending Library.
Presented by Claudia Coen - Evolving Trees
This exercise introduces the basic methods of phylogenetic analysis. Students are asked to hypothesize the evolutionary relationships of groups of insects and to become familiar with the methods for building evolutionary trees using the basic principles of taxonomy and classification. We will then compare "traditional" classification based on physical characteristics with more recent molecular techniques.
(Please note: This activity involves phylogenetic trees, and does not involve real trees.)
Presented by Bob Suran, CIBT Staff
