BB804: Biology Experiments – Communicating Biology (5 ECTS)

STADS: 04010701

Level
Master's level course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the autumn semester.

Teacher responsible
Email: onl@biology.sdu.dk

Additional teachers
pwb@sport.dk

Timetable
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Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
Bachelor degree in Biology must be passed.

Course introduction
Laboratory exercises and excursions are a part of the Danish high school (gymnasium/HF) curriculum. The participants learn to design laboratory exercises and organize excursions. They also gain experience in communicating biological topics at the appropriate proficiency level using different instructional techniques. (The course does not satisfy the pedagogical requirements for teaching at the high school level, but is a supplement to these).

Expected learning outcome
The students will achieve experience with biology experiments and communication of biology so that they can:

• Use biological knowledge to plan and conduct demonstration experiments and student laboratory exercises that illustrate central biological principles.
• Plan and carry out an excursion.
• Write instructions for student laboratory exercises at the gymnasium/high school level and take part in the exercise for the high school students.
• Communicate biological topics to chosen target groups at different educational levels.
• Plan and present a study plan for a 20 h course on a biological topic, which includes an experimental element.
• Account for didactic thoughts that underlie individual lessons in a course.

Subject overview
Following an introduction to the course, the participants prepare and conduct several biological experiments on different topics and at different levels of difficulty. The participants learn to prepare and carry out an excursion. There are lectures on the art of communicating biological topics, and the participants themselves practise different techniques of teaching. Each participant must complete a project that describes a study plan for a larger course containing laboratory exercises. The study plan is presented orally and contains practice and the written report is to be approved.

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Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam

1. Lab. work. Pass/fail, internal evaluation by teacher.
2. Laboratory exercise with and for Danish high school students. Evaluated with Pass/fail, internal evaluation by teacher.

Assessment and marking:

1. Laboratory exercises. Evaluated on Pass/fail basis, internal evaluation by the teacher.
2. Laboratory exercise with and for Danish high school students. Evaluated with Pass/fail, internal evaluation by teacher.
3. Project assignment, evaluated with the Danish 7-mark scale, internal evaluation by teacher.

Reexamination in the same exam period or immediately thereafter.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 14 hours
Skills training phase: 36 hours, hereof:
 - Tutorials: 6 hours
 - Laboratory exercises: 22 hours
 - Excursion: 8 hours

Educational activities Study phase: 50 hours

Language
This course is taught in Danish.

Course enrollment
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