last update 05/11/05

Summer 2005 Workshop - August 22-26, 2005

FORENSICS: CSI in HCK @ UW, Who done it?

click on Summer 2005 above to register

 

Summer 2004 Workshop - August 23-27, 2004

Hot Topics in ........... : A little something for everyone

1. Courses for non-majors

2. Molecular Ecology and Evolution--systematics and cladistics

3. Marine Science (maybe thermal vents)

4. Parasitology and mycology

5. Issues in Ecology-

Summer 2003 Workshop -- August 25-29

The Immune System- the real homeland defense!

 group picture

Autumn '02 Quarterly Forum, Saturday November 2, 2002 

9:30-11:30 speaker: Dr. Jim Staley, member of the UW Astrobiology group

Microbes in Extreme Environments

• some spots at west end of Boat Street
• parking in S1 (lot behind hospital- through Gate 6) is $3.00 for Saturday morning
• parking in E 1 (student lot on Montlake) is $2.75 for day -- MUST use quarters
• map of campus

Summer 2002 Workshop- successfully completed

MICROBES - in you, in the ocean, on land, and in space

Quarterly Forums -

Winter 2002-- Saturday, Feb. 2 from 9- 11:30 in HCK 132

• Speaker- Scott Freeman
• Topic- Evolution and HIV
• Scott is a lecturer at the UW (teaches Biology 180) and
  • he is the author of 2 textbooks:
    • Evolutionary Analysis
    • Biological Science

Summer 2001 Workshop----Genetics across the Disciplines

e-discussion on misconceptions in genetics

Other linked sites

PBS series on Evolution (September 24-27, 2001--- 2 hours/night)

Winter Quarterly Forum - Saturday Feb 2, 2002 ----9:00 am-11:00, Hitchock 132, UW

Spring Quarterly Forum-- Saturday May 12, 2001

Antibiotic resistant microbes in the 21st Century.

Marilyn C. Roberts, Ph.D. Professor, Pathobiology, UW

 

Winter Quarterly Forum ----February 10, 2001--Saturday--9 am - noon in Hitchcock 132

Essential Study Skills of the Successful Biology Major

(building opportunities into the curriculum to help our students think critically)

What skills do our students need to become successful in science?

Discussion lead by Mary Pat Wenderoth

 Overview of Learning to Learn methods.

by Janet Hofmann-- from Project Coordinator, Health Sciences Educational Enrichment & Transition Services

 Helping students learn from graphs. (Jenny's Power point presentation)

Jenny McFarland, Edmonds Community College

Use of "General Models", flow diagrams and summary pages to help students understand Physiology

Mary Pat Wenderoth, UW

 What have we learned today--

 

• workshop will help you learn how to help your students
  • read the textbook in a meaningful manner (purposeful reading)
  • understand how to make and read graphs
  • get information out of the figures in the textbook
  • make her/his thinking visible --discover student's misconceptions
  • make connections between the facts they are learning
  • build an argument and defend it
  • see the power of comparing and contrasting, and cause and effect
  • seek a deeper understanding of the material
  • how to make study groups more effective

   Web sites of interest

  • Learning to Learn program by Marcia Heiman
    • LTL organization web site
    • background of learning to learn organization
  • How people Learn-- Book published by National Academy Press

    -based on findings from National Research Council

    entire book is on line-- this is a superb reference

  • "How to help understand physiology? emphasize general models" by Harold Modell

    Advan Physiol Educ 2000 23: S101-S107. down load a copy from this site

  • SCOPE: SCIENCE CONTROVERSIES ON-LINE: PARTNERSHIPS IN EDUCATION

    web based learning environment developed at the UW

    topic include-- declining amphibian populations

    genetically modified food

    malaria

  • About Learning--Funderstanding
    • discusses various learning theories
  • learning to learn web page
  • ISS learning center at St. Thomas
  • Learning circles
  • learning pyramid-- from National Training Laboratories in Bethel, ME

   

Nov 18, 2000- Saturday ---CCUP Autumn Quarterly Forum

• Agenda-- Hitchock 132----VIDEO TAPES of this meeting are available upon request

  • send e-mail to Mary Pat Wenderoth (mpw@u.washington.edu)

• 9:00-10:15 am Changes in the Biology curriculum
  • Barbara Wakimoto,Ph.D., Director of Biology Program
  • Bette Nicotri, Ph.D. Associate Director of Biology Program
• 10:30-Noon- Invited Speaker

New Hypotheses on the Origin of the Chordates

by Billie Swalla, UW Department of Zoology

2002----Summer 2002-- August 26-30.--- pictures

MICROBES--in you, in the ocean, on land, and in space!

2001---Genetics across the discipliness--Program

2000---Evolution as a Unifying Concept in Biology? Program and pictures

 ****Pictures from summer 2000

1999---Anatomy and Physiology Updates. Program and pictures

1998-- Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

Other organizations of interest

• AIBS (American Institute of Biological Sciences)
• NABT (National Association of Biology Teachers)
• SICB Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology

• NWBIO--2002---Bremerton, WA (Olympic College and North Seattle CC, sponsors)
• Northwest Bio-2001---- meeting to be held in Vancouver, WA end of April
• Northwest Bio-- 2000---
• Northwest Bio-1999- informal organization of biology instructors of Washington, Oregon, Canada area.
• Biotechnology Education Partnership-- A fall workshop on Biotechnology Education sponsored by Bio-Links, Seattle Community College, UW Microbiology and UW Extension

 8/30/99- Title of Dr. Blandau's film on reproduction is "Ovualtion and Egg Transport in Mammals" put out by UW Press and in the Educational Media Services bank of films at the UW Seattle campus. Unfortunately the film is currently out of print. Am looking into how we can get more copies.

8/27/99 - Resource list for participants in Summer worshop 1999. e-mails and web pages of persons/topics associated with the conference.