Table 4.
Final projects of the students enrolled in the GESE course during 2006
| Department | Lesson title | Target audience for lesson | Instructional methods | Lesson plan model(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physics | Introduction to color vision for a museum audience | General public | Demonstrations and discussion | 5E |
| Pathology | Supersize me: mechanisms of obesity-associated insulin dependence | High school science class | Incomplete notes (lecture), case study research and presentation | ROPE |
| Biochemistry | Exploring microorganisms in the everyday environment | High school life sciences class | Case study, lab activity | Hunter |
| Biochemistry | Ecology | Undergraduate science or nonscience majors | Observation of natural world | 5E |
| Biochemistry | Introduction to RNA secondary structure | Physics/engineering graduate students | Individual and group hands-on activities and discussions | ROPE, Hunter |
| Physics | The infrared and infrared astronomy | High school science class | Hands-on activities, lecture | 5E |
| Toxicology | Cancer: biology, cause and treatment | Undergraduate biology majors | Case study, computer lab activity | ROPE |
| Biochemistry | Ketogenesis and the role of mitochondria | Undergraduate biochemistry class | Case study | 5E |
| Biomedical Genetics | A case study in the Drosophila GAL4 system | Undergrad biology majors | Case study | 5E |
| Microbiology and Immunology | Roles of TNFα in liver disease | Pharmaceutical company research and development managers | Small groups design hypothetical experiments | ROPE |
| Biochemistry | DNA structure and function | High school biology class | Case study, lab activity | 5E, ROPE, Hunter |
| Neurobiology and Anatomy | Action potentials: origins and conduction | Undergraduate biology majors | Lecture, hands-on lab | ROPE |
| Biochemistry | HIV and drug design | Undergraduate biology majors | Lecture, group activity | Hunter |
| Biomedical Genetics | Using genomics to identify drug targets for cancer therapy | Undergraduate biology majors | Lecture, lab activity, PubMed Literature search | 5E |
ROPE, Review, Orientation, Process (Presenting, Processing, Practicing, Producing), and Evaluation; Hunter, Madeline Hunter's Effective Teaching model; 5E, Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate.