Workshop
Day 5 Day 1 Day 2


Monday, July 7/14, 2008
9:00 am Welcome, Introductions, and Overview
-What is Unique and Compelling?
-Survey monkey
10:00 am

The Human Genetics Project
-Overview

-Review of basic genetics
-Picturing the concepts
-Conducting the survey
-Collecting & submitting the data online
-Class data (.xls)
-Creating and customizing basic graphs: bar, pie, and line

-Small group project: Each group is assigned one trait.
Is our classes’ survey representative of the whole world?
Is the allele frequency changing over time?

12:00 - 12:30 pm Lunch
12:30 pm The Weather Scope Project
-Overview
-Favorite sites

-Outline “How Good Are The Weather Forecasters?” project
-Develop rubric for evaluation

2:15 pm

Implementation and Action Research Plans
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Overview
-Graduate credit from St. Peter's College