BIOLOGY
WORKSHOP PRESENTATION TITLES
1) Biology Inquiry with Invertebrates: [Ranges from guided to open-ended inquiry]
2) Freshwater Invertebrates: [Biodiversity of living freshwater
invertebrates - from hydra to crustaceans]
3) A Toolbox for Studying Living Invertebrates: [Practical, inexpensive
ideas for collecting, handling and viewing living invertebrates]
4) Blackworm Biology: [Investigations with the freshwater oligochaete, Lumbriculus,
including regeneration, locomotion, and circulation]
5) Invertebrate Life Cycles & Development: [Snail embryology, new
methods for quantifying Artemia hatching, invertebrate lab culture]
6) Feeding Frenzy for Freshwater Invertebrates: [Predation and feeding
behavior in freshwater invertebrates]
7) Devonian Fossils and Microfossils: [Obtaining, sorting, and
identifying fossils; relationships to present day organisms]]
8) Photobiology: [Novel methods and ideas for studying phototaxis and
phototropism utilizing ultra-bright, light-emitting diodes - LEDS]
9) Invertebrate LocOlympics: [Analysis of invertebrate locomotion and
biomechanics using computer-based animations]
10) Human Touch and Temperature Senses: [Quantitation of touch and
thermal sensations in human skin]
11) Human Electromyography: [Electrophysiological analysis of single
motor unit activity, voluntary movement, stretch reflex function]
12) Human Vocalization: {Analysis of laryngeal movements during speech
and singing]
13) Oligochaete Giant Axons:
[Neurobiology of giant nerve fibers and escape reflexes in Lumbriculus and other oligochaete worms]
RECENT
WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS (last 6 years)
2005
Lead Instructor:
Major Workshop presenter: ABLE 2005 (Association for Biology Laboratory Education);
two 3-hour workshops; title: Discovering
Devonian Microfossils,
Mini-Workshop presenter: ABLE 2005 (Association for Biology Laboratory Education);
title: Quantitative Investigations of Hatching in Brine Shrimp,
Workshop presenter: NABT-2005 (National Association of Biology Teachers),
Annual Meeting,
Workshop presenter: NABT-2005 (National Association of Biology Teachers),
Annual Meeting,
Invited Presenter: Olathe District High Schools (KS), presentations
given to AP biology classes on human electromyography, motor control of
movement and reflexes, touch sensation, and temperature sensation , April 2005.
Invited research seminar: ERDA (Engineer Research and Development) at
2004
Research seminar: Biomedical Sciences Department,
Invited Speaker:
Workshop presenter: NABT-2004 (National
Association of Biology Teachers), Annual Meeting Chicago, IL; 75-minute
workshop, entitled: Microfossils-to-GO! The workshop focus was on collecting,
cleaning, handling, and visualizing Devonian microfossils. Free samples of
microfossils, tools for handling, and CD with macro- and micro-fossil image
galleries.
Workshop presenter: NABT-2004 (National Association of Biology Teachers),
Annual Meeting Chicago, IL; 75-minute workshop entitled: Biology in Action. Focus was on a free CD containing 31 interactive
and computational biological animations (especially invertebrates). Animations
include: ciliary and flagellar movement, protoplasmic streaming, heart beat,
blood pulsations, undulatory swimming, walking, running, jumping, and many
more.
Featured speaker: IAS/ISTA (Iowa Academy of Science/Iowa Science
Teachers Section), Fall Meeting, October 2004,
Invited Instructor: hands-on instruction for 2 days of a week-long, summer
course in developmental biology and life cycles, designed for biology teachers
(Instructor-in-charge: J. Knopp, Teacher Emeritus), WisTEP Program, University of Wisconsin, July 2004.
Workshop presenter: NABT (National
Association of Biology Teachers), Annual Meeting in
Invited Instructor: hands-on instruction for 1.5 days in a week-long summer
course in developmental biology and life cycles, designed for biology teachers
(Instructor-in-charge: J. Knopp, Teacher Emeritus), WisTEP Program, University of Wisconsin, July 2003.
Major
Workshop presenter: ABLE 2003 (Association for Biology Laboratory Education); two 3-hour
workshops; title: Invertebrate
LocOlympics,
Mini Workshop
Presenter: ABLE 2003 (Association for Biology Laboratory Education); two half-hour
workshops; title: New Light on Phototaxis
and Phototropism,
Invited
Speaker: Central Iowa
Water Garden Association; title of talk: Common
Freshwater Invertebrates; March 2003.
Invited
Speaker: Central Iowa
Mineral Society; title of talk:
Invertebrate Fossils and Microfossils of the Devonian, February, 2003.
Invited
research seminar / Biology teacher workshop: Augustana College (SD); seminar title: New Twists on Invertebrate Locomotion;
hands-on workshop for area high school biology teachers on Invertebrates in Pre-college Biology Education; April 2003.
Invited
workshop presenter:
three-hour workshop for twelve high school biology teachers from Iowa City high
schools and surrounding communities; workshop title: Use of Living Invertebrates in Biology Classrooms, April 2003.
High School
Biology Classroom Presentations (Visiting Professor Program): presentation about freshwater
invertebrates to Southeast Polk (IA) High School class (teacher-Hobbs);
presentation about freshwater invertebrates to Sioux City North High School
classes (teacher-Heck); presentations about human sensory and neurobiology to
classes from Olathe North (teacher-Dix) and Olathe East (teacher-Donham) high
schools (Olathe, KS); all-day work at Iowa Lakeside Lab with Laurens-Marathon
(IA) high school class (teacher-Jamison).
2002
Workshop
presenter: KATS
– Kansas Association of Teachers of Science, gave two hands-on
presentations on methods and investigations for using living invertebrates in
classrooms, April 2002.
Invited
Workshop Presentations:
AP Biology Teachers at
Invited
Presenter for District In-service Day: Dubuque School District (IA), all-day, hands-on
presentations about using living invertebrates in middle school and high school
classrooms, August 2002
Invited Guest Presenter:
BTANJ (Biology Teachers Association of New Jersey); presented a
series of four different, hour-long, hands-on presentations pertaining to
teaching neurobiology and use of invertebrates for student investigation in
biology classrooms; Somerset, NJ, October, 2002.
Workshop presenter:
NABT (National Association of Biology Teachers), Annual Meeting in
Cincinnati; workshop title: A Toolbox for
Working with Living Invertebrates, October, 2002.
Workshop presenter:
NABT (National Association of Biology Teachers), Annual Meeting in
Cincinnati; 3-hour workshop title: Investigations
with Living Invertebrates, October, 2002.
Invited
Presenter for District In-service Day: Olathe District Schools (KS), all-day, hands-on
presentations on using living invertebrates in middle school and high school
classrooms, April 2002.
2001
Keynote
Speaker and Invited Participant at Forging a Link-III: A Conference on Common Interests.
The conference focus was cooperative efforts between high school and college
biology teachers; supported by the National Science Foundation; held
March 2001 at Hope College, Holland, MI.
Invited
Workshop: Kirkwood
Community College Biology Department (
Invited Workshop Presentations: AP Biology Teachers at
Invited Guest Presenter:
BTANJ (Biology Teachers Association of New Jersey); presented a
series of four different, hour-long presentations pertaining to use of living
invertebrates for student investigation in biology classrooms; Somerset, NJ,
October, 2001.
Workshop presenter: NABT
(National Association of Biology Teachers) Annual Meeting in Montreal;
hands-on workshop entitled: New light on
phototaxis and phototropism; ideas for using ultra-bright light-emitting
diodes for studying orientation to light in invertebrates and plants; November,
2001.
Workshop presenter: NABT
(National Association of Biology Teachers) Annual Meeting in Montreal;
workshop title: Americas most wanted
invertebrates (with L. Ihrig), November 2001.
Platform presenter: NABT
(National Association of Biology Teachers) Annual Meeting in Montreal; Forging a link: An experiment in
school-college partnerships, co-presented with D. Cronkite, J. Reuter, J.
Haldeman, J. Ellis, L. White, J. Lachvayder, S. Belzer; November, 2001.
2000
Invited Workshop: In-service workshop for
Invited Workshops/Presentations:
Main Speaker: Annual meeting
of
Platform Presenter: NABT
(National Association of Biology Teachers) Annual Meeting in
Platform Presenter: NABT
(National Association of Biology Teachers) Annual Meeting in
Platform Presenter: NABT
(National Association of Biology Teachers) Annual Meeting;
Booth Exhibitor and Invited Platform Presenter: SETAC (Society for
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry); two platform presentations
entitled: Biology Teacher Bootcamps and Invertebrate
LocoLympics at special EnviroEd session;
1999
Workshop Presenter: ABLE
1999 (Association for Biology Laboratory Education); two three-hour,
hands-on workshops; title: Electromyography:
Recording Electrical Signals from Human Muscle;
Mini-Workshop Presenter:
ABLE 1999 (Association for Biology Laboratory Education); hands-on
presentations entitled: Models and
Mindsets for Teaching Neurophysiology;
Workshop Presenter: NABT
(National Association of Biology Teachers) Annual Meeting in
Workshop Presenter: NABT
(National Association of Biology Teachers) Annual Meeting in
Booth Exhibitor and Invited Platform Presenter: SETAC (Society for
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry); presented: Biological Smoke Detectors and Biology
Teacher Bootcamps at special EnviroEd
session;
Invited Participant: Forging
a Link-I: A Conference on Common Interests. The conference focused on
discovery and promotion of cooperative efforts between high school and college
biology teachers; supported by the National Science Foundation, April
1999 at Hope College, MI.