Home Page of BIOS 270 Life Science for Elementary Educators II

GENERAL

• Here's a List of Who Teaches Which Section and Their Office Hours (Click on the names to send them email):

  TH Section 10:30 am -12:50 pm		Eric Bushrow	9:30-10:30 am Tues. & Thurs. Wood 1127
  
  TH Section 1:00-3:20 pm		Melissa Howse-Willard	12:30-1 and 3:20-3:50 pm Tues. & Thurs. Wood 1127
  
  
  

• Here's the syllabus for both sections during Spring 2004.
• The student conceptions project proposal form.

• Here's a comprehensive list of the homework assignments and when they are due.
• Directions regarding how to access PIViT from the University's computer labs and a website where you can download PIViT.
• A downloadable version of the MI State Curriculum Framework for K-12 classes; the State of Michigan Science Education Guidebook that provides suggestions on how to implement the Michigan Curriculum Framework, an online version of the Project 2061: Benchmarks for Scientific Literacy and Science Education Resources from the Michigan Department of Education, which includes includes information on the Michigan Curriculum Framework, released items from the MEAP, and additional resources.

• A link to the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification (MTTC) web site; the most current MTTC Study Guides for subject-area tests will be available at NO CHARGE for viewing and downloading beginning in mid-September 2003.
• A brief introduction on how to do concept mapping. Here's a site that gives multiple examples of concept maps in the context of biology.

GENETICS

• A website devoted to Mendelian Genetics with problem sets and tutorials.

MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY

• An excellent overview of work on the origin of life.
• A brief review of the history of the discovery of the structure of DNA.
• An on line tutorial devoted to cell biology.
• An excellent introductory source of information the basic structures of the cell.
• A more detailed schematic diagram of an animal cell with links to micrographs of the various parts.
• The Virtual Cell.
• Cell biology problem sets and tutorials
• A short but detailed introduction to the theory of endosymbiosis.

ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY

• A comprehensive overview of malaria.

You may contact Dave Rudge either by email, by phone (616)-387-2779 or by fax (616)-387-5609.

Dave Rudge's Home Page.

The Department of Biological Sciences's Home Page.

The Mallinson Institute for Science Education's Home Page.

Western Michigan University's Home Page.

Last updated on 14 Nov 2005.