ALTERED DEVELOPMENT IN APTEROUS DROSOPHILA: A PROJECT-BASED LEARNING MODULE

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Ronald H. Blackmon, Professor (Creator)
Gary Harmon, Professor (Creator)
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Elizabeth City State University (ECSU )
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Abstract: A major challenge in teaching North Carolina Essential Standards for Biology to high schoolstudents is that many of the processes or concepts cannot be seen, which makes mastery of the material difficult. However, students can acquire and apply new knowledge when teachers design and implement laboratory activities that emulate the processes or concepts students need to learn while capturing students? interest. The purpose of this investigation is to explore the effects of simulated acid rain on a strain of Drosophila melanogaster(the common fruit fly) as a collaborative study with student-scientists. There is strong evidence that acid rain damages forests, vegetable crops, buildings, aquatic organisms and even human health. This study reports an intervention aimed at helping students learn the processes of science by investigating a real life problem of environmental impacts on development in a living organism. A comparison of the pre-test and post-test data suggests that this intervention can enhance student learning and achievement.

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Language: English
Date: 2017
Keywords
biology in high school, teachers design, aboratory activities

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