Date

Biology Institute

Lesson Study

Saturday

7-6-03

Arrived to NEWARK and caught the AIRPORTER to The Lawrenceville School Campus.

• This is a totally cool campus!  The academic facilities are awesome.

Here is a picture of the dorm we stayed in, Dawes Hall

And a special tribute to the DNA model

Sunday

 7-7-03

Campus Tour and Welcoming Ceremony

Guest Speaker Dr. Shirley Tilghman, President of Princeton University

and Molecular Biologist for the Human Genome Project

Monday

7-8-03

Group 1 RuleZ

• (Peggy, Julie, and Larry)

Skills Labs

Introduction to Lesson Study and Discussion of pedagogy.  We were presented with seven major pedagogical models and the teaching strategies that we sent to Tom via the mail before the institute were posted under each of the seven models.  We were placed in teams for the jigsaw activity.

Tuesday

7-9-03

Extraction of DNA High Tech and Lo Tech

This is the gel from the inquiry isolation of DNA, note the stained bands in lane #3.

This is the DNA I extracted from peas

Jigsaw Groups and Research

Problem-Based Learning

PBL Presentation

Examples

A Case of Confusion

Wednesday 7-10-03

Inquiry

Group Presentations

Thursday

7-11-03

PCR and load sequencer

Group 1 Waiting to load the sequencer.  Julie, Docia, Peggy, and Peter. 

Julie loading the sequencing gel.

Only a mediocre person is always at his best—Words of wisdom from Gene

Friday

7-12-03

Evaluate Sequencer results

Jurassic Park Video and Commentary by Rob DeSalle

Saturday

7-13-03

Lecture