The hands-on science experience provided for upper elementary students in this course is based upon “Project BioEYES”, a successful international teaching curriculum that was initially developed in 2002, that has reached >150,000 students and >1,000 teachers across the globe. The Ohio State University is a recognized BioEYES partner site. The Columbus BioEYES program operates as a partnership between Columbus public elementary schools and BioEYES-trained OSU scientists. The program brings a week-long, hands-on science experience into elementary school classrooms; to date, OSU BioEYES has reached 631 upper elementary students in 29 classrooms at 2 different Columbus public schools (Autumn semesters 2019, 2021, and 2022). OSU students enrolled in this course will help teach the BioEYES curriculum in the elementary school classroom, assisting students with hands-on activities and actively engaging with them as they make observations and generate hypotheses. Students enrolled in this course will learn how to (1) effectively manage a classroom during active learning, (2) design an effective and exciting hands-on curriculum, and (3) interact positively with upper elementary students and their teachers. As a final assignment, students will design and demonstrate a genetics or genomics hands-on activity for the class.
MOLGEN 4581S BioEYES: Hands-on STEM learning with zebrafish in Columbus Public Elementary Schools
S-Designated Course
Department:
Molecular Genetics
Campus:
Columbus
Instructor:
Professor Sharon Amacher
Terms offered:
Autumn
Sites:
molgen.osu.edu
Prerequisite:
BIOL 1113 and an upper division course in a science or science education department, or permission of instructor