ABLE Proceedings – Volume 29

An Inquiry-Based Enzyme Laboratory
Norris Armstrong
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Oviposition Substrate Choice by Bean Beetles, Callosobruchus maculatus
Lawrence S. Blumer and Christopher W. Beck
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Teaching the Teacher: Introducing and Training TAs in Inquiry-Based Learning Methods
Kelly Bohrer, Alma Ferrier, Dan Johnson, and Kristin Miller
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A Three-Part Laboratory Exercise Using Flightless Fruit Flies (Drosophila melanogaster) to Study Modes of Inheritance
Joseph P. Chinnici and Robert Ketcham
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Extraction, Sequencing, and Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA
Robert J. Kosinski and Brad Robinson
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The Yeast Two-Hybrid Assay
John Mordacq and Roberta Ellington
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Using Vernier Equipment to Convert Didactically Taught Human Respiration Lab to Inquiry –Based Human Respiration Lab
Timothy Bradshaw, Samuel P. Carmichael II, Jason A. Collett, Alma F. Ferrier and Jeffrey L. Osborn
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Conversion Immersion, Version 2.0: Working Together to Create Investigative Labs
Mariëlle H. Hoefnagels and Mark E. Walvoord
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The Genetics of Beta-galactosidase—Encoded by the lacZ gene in E. coli—Laboratory Exercises to Illustrate Gene Regulation
Susan J. Karcher, Kristene L. Henne, and Deborah A. Anderson
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Whodunit? A Murder Mystery for Teaching Biology
Joann M. Lau and Dave L. Robinson
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For Puppies or Children? A Case Study about Global Food Security
Joy B. Perry and Kathy Schwab
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Determining Human Blood Type by Non-Invasive Methods
Michael P. Martin and Stephen M. Detzel
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Food For Life: Nutrients and Energy
Jane M. Beiswenger and Ronald E. Beiswenger
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Building Retentive Understanding of Biology by Using a “Hybrid” Format With An Interactive Website and Active-Learning Exercises
Betty Black, Marianne Niedzlek-Feaver, and Brenda J. Grubb
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Promoting Analytical Thinking by Adding Data Collection to Observationally-Based Labs
Jessica Goldstein
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Science Literacy and Self-Confidence in Doing Biology: Inquiry Versus Traditional Labs
Cara Gormally and Brittan Hallar
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Teaching Critical Thinking and Writing Skills with CPR
Robert Hodson, Todd Nickle, Linda Dion, and Dee Baer
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The Antibiotic Resistance Phenomenon: Use of Minimal Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) Determination for Inquiry Based Experimentation
Paula B. Lessem
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Defining the Patuxent River Watershed
Debby Luquette
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Using the Rock Anemone, Aiptasia, and Other Selected Cnidarians to View Cnidocytes
Marianne Niedzlek-Feaver and Jason Wingate
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Hands-On Simulation of Mutation
Charlotte K. Omoto
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Integrating Science and Society into Non-Majors Science Courses
Jane Beiswenger and Mark Lyford
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A Methanol-Free Method of Extracting Secondary Chemicals
Jordan P. Sarver, Lawrence S. Blumer and Marius K. Denton
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Restriction Endonuclease Digestion of a Plasmid
Margaret M. Dooley
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“Doing Science” as Service Learning
Beth Landon
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Supertasters—Updating the Taste Test for the A & P Laboratory
Karen A. McMahon
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Wink is Free Software Which Allows Easy Creation of Animated Computer Tutorials
Todd C. Nickle and Robert Hodson
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Using Student Generated Species Descriptions and Relationships to Test and Refine Understanding of Community Structure
Marianne Niedzlek-Feaver, Miriam Ferzli, Brenda J. Grubb and Betty L. Black
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Transpiration: An Inquiry-Based Adaptation of a Traditional Cookbook Lab
Eleanor A. PardiniAUTHOR
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Demonstrating the Concepts of Mutagenesis and Genetic Screening Using the Fungal System Coprinus cinereus
Marilee A. Ramesh and Nicole Randall
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Jigsaw: Indirect Effects of a Biological Control Agent
Michele R. Schutzenhofer
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