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UNIVERSITY
OF ALABAMA, BIRMINGHAM FACULTY AND STUDENTS CONDUCT SUMMER COURSES AT
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Contact: Lisa Young 334/861-7509 The
Dauphin Island Sea Lab proved a popular campus to hold courses this
summer for faculty and students from the University of Alabama,
Birmingham. Instructors taught three courses at the Sea Lab, located
on a barrier island off the Gulf of Mexico. Kids
and the Coast Dr.
Barbara Lewis of the Department of Science Education organized a
class of graduate students, along with selected undergraduates, to
spend three days of learning ways to bring marine science into their
science curricula. Nineteen teachers took part in field and lab
activities for graduate credit. Teachers learned new tactile and
experiential projects to enliven their own lessons in biology,
botany and environmental studies. Students Enrolled: |
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Janna
Absher |
Amy
Gilliland |
Ruth
Speaks |
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This
course took advantage of its marine location by using marine
invertebrates and vertebrates to study neuroanatomy and
neurophysiology. Faculty and teaching assistants busily assembled a
highly sophisticated laboratory for students on the Sea Lab campus.
This popular class among advanced undergraduates and graduate
students has been coming down to Dauphin Island for the past three
years. Instructors: |
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| Dr. Paul Gamlin Dr. Kent Keyser |
Dr. Lori McMahon Dr. David Weiss |
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Students enrolled: |
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Kevin
Bevis |
John Gampher Jon Grossman Veronica Harrington Kathleen Hudson Jason Jimerson Yong Jin Lee |
Erin
Madden |
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Biochemistry
of Molecules Taught
by Dr. Steven Hayduk and Dr. Robert Sabatini, this was the first time
this course was brought down to the Dauphin Island Sea Lab. Students
from several departments from UAB attended this course which proved so
successful, the instructors expressed their intent to repeat it at the
Sea Lab for next summer. For more information on Summer Courses at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, please check out the Website at www.disl.org. Or call Jenny Foster at 334/861-7502. |
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