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Using the Wolbachia Bacterial Symbiont to Teach Inquiry-Based Science: A High School Laboratory Series

Published:2010-10-01 Issue:8 Volume:72 Page:478-483
ISSN:0002-7685
Container-title:The American Biology Teacher
language:en
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Author:

Bordenstein Seth R.¹,Brothers Christine²,Wolfe George³,Bahr Michele⁴,Minckley Robert L.⁵,Clark Michael E.⁵,Wernegreen Jennifer J.⁶,Bordenstein Sarah R.⁷,Reznikoff William S.⁸,Werren John H.⁹

Affiliation:

1. SETH R. BORDENSTEIN is Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235; e-mail: s.bordenstein@vanderbilt.edu.

2. CHRISTINE BROTHERS is Science Department Head at Falmouth High School, Falmouth, MA 02540.

3. GEORGE WOLFE is Director of the Academy of Science, Loudoun County Schools, Sterling, VA 20164.

4. MICHELE BAHR is Outreach Coordinator of the Bay Paul Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543.

5. ROBERT L. MINCKLEY is Adjunct Assistant Professor and MICHAEL E. CLARK is Research Associate in the Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627.

6. JENNIFER J. WERNEGREEN is Associate Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment and the Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708.

7. SARAH R. BORDENSTEIN is Senior Research Specialist in the Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235.

8. WILLIAM S. REZNIKOFF is Director of Education at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543.

9. JOHN H. WERREN is Professor in the Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627.

Abstract

Inquiry, discovery, and technology are key pillars in improving science education. We present an inquiry-based lab project using the worldwide symbiosis between the bacterium Wolbachia and invertebrates. This endeavor, called ““Discover the Microbes Within! The Wolbachia Project,”” has the following goals: (1) involve students in grade 7 through college in a nationwide effort to collect new genetic information on Wolbachia; (2) provide curriculum, protocols, and training to enhance teachers' ability to lead students through the project; and (3) increase students' understanding of biodiversity, evolution, symbiosis, cell biology, molecular biology, and bioinformatics.

Publisher

University of California Press

Subject

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous),Education

Link

http://online.ucpress.edu/abt/article-pdf/72/8/478/55857/abt_2010_72_8_3.pdf

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