Project BioEYES Professional Development University of Notre Dame Danielle Kearns-Sixsmith
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- Project BioEYES Professional Development University of Notre
Dame Danielle Kearns-Sixsmith
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- In the beginning... Dr. Steve Farber Dr. Jamie Shuda The basic
principles of the life sciences need to be integrated early in the
K-12 curriculum (Sylwester, 2001).
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- Science Outreach Program To foster an enthusiasm for science
education, promote interest for future participation in a
biology-related field, and allow all students the opportunity to
learn life science through a hands- on, student-centered approach
to instruction.
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- Partnering School Districts Camden City, NJ Philadelphia, PA
Baltimore, MD Lehigh Valley, PA, New York City, NY, South Bend,
IN.
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- Making an impact Reaching Philadelphia Teachers 2007-2008 New
Teachers 7 Veteran Teachers43 Self Teach Teachers 8 58 Philadelphia
Teachers
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- Making an impact Reaching Philadelphia Students 2007-2008 514
Elementary 1,280 Middle School 1,099 High School students 2, 893
Since program inception: 13, 370
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- Why?
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- An excellent model for Research... Stem Cell Research at
HarvardOrgan regeneration at Duke Lipid metabolism at Jefferson
Liver development, regeneration, and disease at Mount Sinai
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- A model for science education reform efforts Inquiry-based
Hands-on Minds-on Cross-Disciplinary Standards aligned In-depth
Collaborative
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- The week ahead... Day One: Form a team and go fishing!
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- male and female wildtype female albino
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- Day Two 1. Harvest 2. Clean 3. Count 4. Observe 5. Record
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- Harvest Eggs v. Embryos Structure Function Reproduction -
Fertilization - Development
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- Clean The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly The Pooper Scooper
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- Count Observe Record
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- Youtube.com Annotated zebrafish development timelapse
http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/sgilber1/DB_
lab/Fish/img_fish/zebrafish_stage.jpg
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- Research Opportunities in our Classrooms
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- Accompanying Activities Tables/Graphing Mortality/Viability
rates Creative writing Lab reports Bulletin boards/School website
Assessment