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Monday, July 11th

Monday, July 11th, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm · Khorassan Ballroom/Chase Park Plaza
Session P: Contributed Posters: Teaching Section Posters
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PTE001Jul 11, 5:30pm-7:00pmKhorassan Ballroom/Chase Park PlazaTree-Thinking in Introductory Biology Evolution Education
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Poster: Teaching SectionGibson, J. Phil; Hoefnagels, Marielle.evolution
tree-thinking
science education
PTE002Jul 11, 5:30pm-7:00pmKhorassan Ballroom/Chase Park PlazaThe Neotropical Ethnobotany Field School on Ometepe Island, Nicaragua
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Poster: Teaching SectionShiels, Laura; Merlin, Mark.ethnobotany
field school
ethnoecology
medical ethnobotany
ethics
Education
research skills
PTE003Jul 11, 5:30pm-7:00pmKhorassan Ballroom/Chase Park PlazaEstablishing a campus Arboretum: benefits and challenges
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Poster: Teaching SectionYost, Susan E..botany education
campus Arboretum
botany outreach
PTE004Jul 11, 5:30pm-7:00pmKhorassan Ballroom/Chase Park PlazaInvolve Your Botany Students In Biomedical Research: Join The Ambrosia Project.
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Poster: Teaching SectionRobinson, Dave; Lau, Joann.Ragweed
Ambrosia
pollen
allergenicity
teaching
biomedicine
allergen
cDNA
metallothionein
germin
thaumatin
hay fever
PTE005Jul 11, 5:30pm-7:00pmKhorassan Ballroom/Chase Park PlazaUsing Case Studies in an Introductory Plant Form and Function Class
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Poster: Teaching SectionHarley, Suzanne.case study
PTE006Jul 11, 5:30pm-7:00pmKhorassan Ballroom/Chase Park PlazaAIM-UP! A research coordinating network to increase the use of museum collections in undergraduate education
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Poster: Teaching SectionIckert-Bond, Stefanie M.; Cicero, Carla C. ; Cook, Joseph A.; Edwards, Scott V.; Lacey, Eileen A..undergraduate education
natural history collections
instructional tools
AIM-UP!
PTE007Jul 11, 5:30pm-7:00pmKhorassan Ballroom/Chase Park PlazaA six-week laboratory project in plant molecular biology and bioinformatics with subsequent publication in the NCBI GenBank.
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Poster: Teaching SectionLau, Joann; Robinson, Dave.GAPDH
Glyceraldehyde 3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase
molecular phylogenetics
teaching
science education
laboratory exercise
GenBank
bioinformatics
cloning
PTE008Jul 11, 5:30pm-7:00pmKhorassan Ballroom/Chase Park PlazaEncyclopedia of Life: Current Content Status and Plans for the Future
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Poster: Teaching SectionSchulz, Katja; Hammock, Jennifer; Dewey, Tanya; Parr, Cynthia.Biodiversity
informatics
internet
Outreach
citizen science
instructional tools
PTE009Jul 11, 5:30pm-7:00pmKhorassan Ballroom/Chase Park PlazaExperiences Developing Plant Biology as an On-line Lab Course in Moodle
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Poster: Teaching SectionMcConnell, James.
PTE010Jul 11, 5:30pm-7:00pmKhorassan Ballroom/Chase Park PlazaApplications of Mobile Cell Phone and QR Code Technologies for Botanical Education
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Poster: Teaching SectionMallchok, Malia; Thomas, Michael.audio tour
field guide
botany
Plants
botanical garden
museum
ethnobotany
PTE011Jul 11, 5:30pm-7:00pmKhorassan Ballroom/Chase Park PlazaSmall fluorescent microarrays for use in undergraduate instruction
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Poster: Teaching SectionBaker, Stokes; Selby, Karen.Microarrays
Undergraduates
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
PTE012Jul 11, 5:30pm-7:00pmKhorassan Ballroom/Chase Park PlazaStudent-driven Urban Fieldwork in Lichenology
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Poster: Teaching SectionOstrin, Zvi; Trachman, Julie; Gillen, John.lichens
community college
urban ecology
Environmental education
symbiosis
undergraduate research
PTE013Jul 11, 5:30pm-7:00pmKhorassan Ballroom/Chase Park PlazaShowcase of Student PlantingScience Projects
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Poster: Teaching SectionButterworth, Kara.PlantingScience
secondary school research

Tuesday, July 12th

Tuesday, July 12th, 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm · Plaza Room/Chase Park Plaza
Session M24: Meeting: Teaching Section Business Meeting
Presiding: Stokes Baker, University of Detroit Mercy
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July 12th 12:00 pmPlaza Room/Chase Park PlazaTeaching Section Business Meeting
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Tuesday, July 12th, 1:30 pm to 5:35 pm · Waterman Room/Chase Park Plaza
Session 37: Contributed Papers: Teaching Section Contributed Papers
Presiding: Carina Anttila,
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July 12th 1:30 pmWaterman Room/Chase Park PlazaIntroduction
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37002July 12th 1:35 pmWaterman Room/Chase Park PlazaEcology, evolution and undergraduate education: pulling it all together in a long-term field experiment
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Oral PaperGoodwillie, Carol.long-term experiment
Environmental Education
undergraduate research
plant diversity
37003July 12th 1:50 pmWaterman Room/Chase Park PlazaCreating botanical-cultural awareness in urban Community College students
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Oral PaperHenderson, Flor; Vandebroek, Ina; Balick, Michael; Kennelly, Edward.botany education
reseach skills
undergraduate education
traditional knowledge
outreach
37004July 12th 2:05 pmWaterman Room/Chase Park PlazaEthnobotany and Youth Action Research: From the rainforest of Guatemala to the Urban Streets of Chicago
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Oral PaperMichel, Joanna; Kelley, Michele; Mahady, Gail; Caceres, Armando; Soejarto, Dr. Djaja D..
37005July 12th 2:20 pmWaterman Room/Chase Park PlazaThe Effect of Higher Order Thinking Skills on Student Behavior and Classroom Management in the Urban Classroom
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Oral PaperShipman, J; Kaplan, Monty.science education
Education
classroom behavior
secondary school research
Higher Order Thinking
37006July 12th 2:35 pmWaterman Room/Chase Park PlazaEffects of inquiry vs. direct instruction on student attitude towards biology lab
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Oral PaperRybczynski, Stephen M.; Schussler, Elisabeth E..Inquiry
Attitude
laboratory teaching
Teaching Assistants
37007July 12th 2:50 pmWaterman Room/Chase Park PlazaRoot Foraging: A General Botany Project that Demonstrates Plant Behavior
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Oral PaperRice, Stanley.roots
foraging
science education
experimental design
hypothesis testing
37008July 12th 3:05 pmWaterman Room/Chase Park PlazaBehind the Scenes of the Virtual PlantingScience Learning Environment
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Oral PaperStuessy, Carol; Peterson , Cheryl Ann.botanical literacy 
internet to teach science
July 12th 3:20 pmWaterman Room/Chase Park PlazaBreak
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37010July 12th 3:50 pmWaterman Room/Chase Park PlazaSYMBIOTA: Providing tools for public engagement with collection information
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Oral PaperBarkworth, Mary; Gilbert, Edward.SYMBIOTA
Specimen-based portal software
herbaria
Outreach
Checklists
37011July 12th 4:05 pmWaterman Room/Chase Park PlazaEncyclopedia of Life Version 2: A Preview of New Features and a Vision for a Global Collaborative Project
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Oral PaperSchulz, Katja.Biodiversity
informatics
internet
Outreach
citizen science
instructional tools
37012July 12th 4:20 pmWaterman Room/Chase Park PlazaEvaluating the accuracy of image search engines as potential learning tools for plant recognition
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Oral PaperPoulton, Jennifer.teaching
Education
learning tool
plant recognition
plant identification
image search engine
internet
digital images
photographs
plant blindness
wildflowers
tallgrass prairie
37013July 12th 4:35 pmWaterman Room/Chase Park PlazaComparing Students' Online Interactions: Does Teacher Workshop Attendance Make a Difference?
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Oral PaperPeterson , Cheryl Ann; Stuessy, Carol.Online
Inquiry
teaching
Learning
Mentoring
PlantingScience
Assessment
37014July 12th 4:50 pmWaterman Room/Chase Park PlazaPatterns of Internet Use on the Science Education and Science Literacy Website: www.read-about-it.com
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Oral PaperShipman, J.science education
www.read-about-it.blogspot.com
citizen science
data to inform teaching
teaching
internet to teach science
July 12th 5:05 pmWaterman Room/Chase Park PlazaDiscussion
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