Assignments for SLM 521:


Web Dropins:

Dropins #1 - This dropin provides a Web-based activity on Mendalian genetics for High School biology students.  During this online activity, student define, calculate, and explain various aspects of Mendalian genetics.
http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/kellert/webdropin1.html

Dropin #2 - This online activity allows high school biology students to explore a current debate going on over dinosaurs, whether they were cold or warm blooded.  This activity allows students to gain experience browsing the web and learn how to decifer credible online sources from unreliable online sources, all while learning about a "hot topic" in the study of dinosaurs and evolutionary biology.   
http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/kellert/webdropin2.html

Dropin #3 - This Web Dropin involves students actively researching food poisoning and food safety.  Students will work in groups of 2-3 to research provided internet resources that discuss important aspects of food poisoning.  Each group will research a particular pathogen.  A focus of this project is to search for trends in food poisoning outbreaks of each group's pathogen using data sets and charts provided at these websites.  Groups will then briefly present key information that they found about the pathogen and the food poisoning associated with it.
http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/kellert/webdropin3.htm

Dropin #4 - This Web Dropin provides students with an opportunity to research cloning.  Students will visit various websites, some that support cloning and some that are opposed to cloning.  Students will also gather background information about cloning to build their understanding of the issue.  After obtaining all this information, students will be divided and debate the controversial issue of cloning. 
http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/kellert/webdropin4.htm

Dropin #5 - For this Web Dropin, students will visit a government website that provides an abundance of U.S. climate information.  There, students will investigate either temperature or precipitation trends in a regional area or the entire U.S.  Students may be investigating either long term or short term trends, and they will create maps, charts, and/or graphs (depending on exactly what they are researching) that indicate any trends, patterns, or interesting facts observable in U.S. or regional temperature and precipitation history.
http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/kellert/webdropin4.htm



Other Assignments:

Web Link Bibliography - This bibliography provides a list of links to valuable websites that can be used when teaching high school biology and high school environmental health/science courses.  The links generally focus on various sorts of pollution and food poisoning.  The links to these sites could be used for research by intructors as well as research by students.
http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/kellert/weblinkbibliography.html

WebQuest Link - This activity provides students with and introduction to DNA and DNA fingerprinting.  In this project, students will gather information from internet research on DNA and DNA fingerprinting technology.  Working in teams, students will act as expert witnesses for the prosecution in a murder trial explaining basic informaiton about DNA and DNA fingerprinting as well as explaining how such technology is useful and reliable in criminal investigations.
http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/kellert/webquest.html

Internet Course Module - This internet course module provides students will an opportunity to learn about various professional development opportunities.  In the activity, students will research and evaluate several teacher professional development websites.  They will sign up for free membership for their favorite program, and explain the benefits of the online professional development organization they choose and how they plan on using their membership in the near future.
http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/kellert/coursemodule.htm