Think Evolution V: A summer institute for science educators

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Think Evolution: A summer institute for science educators

Sponsored by UCMP, in partnership with the National Center for Science Education, the Beacon Center for the Study of Evolution in Action, the California Academy of Sciences, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Think Evolution V: A summer institute for science educators

Calling all middle school, high school, and community college biology teachers and science educators!

Put on your evolution eyeglasses and your nature of science thinking cap and join us for (yet another) fun-filled five days of evolutionary explorations with biologists and educators at the University of California. The Think Evolution Summer Institute, returning for its fifth year, will combine lectures by prominent evolutionary biologists with sessions focused on hands-on activities for the middle school, high school, and community college classroom.

Monday through Friday, July 29–August 2, 2013
UC Museum of Paleontology, Valley Life Sciences Building, UC Berkeley
9:00 am to 3:00 pm

$75.00 for five days; includes lots of free resources distributed to participating teachers plus morning and afternoon snacks. Plus a field trip to the Cal Academy for a personalized tour of Human Odyssey — a new exhibit on the origin of our species.

We are still putting together the final program, which we'll be posting shortly. For now, save the date!

Institute schedule Monday, July 29
8:00-8:30 am		Registration
8:30-9:00		Coffee and munchies
9:00-9:30		Introductions and logistics
9:30-10:45		A conversation with Mansi Srivastava, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Relationship between animal phyla, gene toolkits, and common sequences
10:45-11:00		Break
11:00-12:15		A conversation with Jonathan Eisen, University of California Davis Phylogenetic and phylogenomic approaches to study the dark matter of the biological universe — the microbes
12:15-1:00		Lunch with the scientists (bring your own lunch)
1:00-3:00		*Teaching and learning about the process of science: A new look at the Understanding Science* website**
Tuesday, July 30
8:30-9:00 am		Coffee and munchies
9:00-9:30		Morning warm-up and logistics for the day
9:30-10:45		A conversation with Vance Vredenburg, San Francisco State University Evolution of disease in amphibians
10:45-11:00		Break
11:00-12:15		A conversation with Peter T. Oboyski, Essig Museum of Entomology Insects, islands, and biogeography: Patterns and processes of speciation
12:15-1:00		Lunch with the scientists (bring your own lunch)
1:00-3:00		AmphibiaWeb with Ann Chang and exploring applications in teaching
Wednesday, July 31
8:30-9:00 am		Coffee and munchies
9:00-9:30		Morning warm-up and logistics for the day
9:30-11:30		Teaching evolution to diverse communities: Discussion and resources Louise Mead and Lisa White
11:30-12:15		Lunch (bring your own lunch)
12:30-1:45		A conversation with Mark Laidre, University of California Berkeley Evolution of sociality and gossip
1:45-3:00		A conversation with Erica Bree Rosenblum, University of California Berkeley Rapid evolution: The tale of the white lizards
Thursday, August 1
8:30-9:00 am		Coffee and munchies
9:00-9:30		Morning warm-up and logistics for the day
9:30-10:45		TBD
10:45-11:00		Break
11:00-12:15		A conversation with Todd Dawson, University of California Berkeley Exploring the linkages between ecology, climate and climate change for California's Coast Redwood
12:15-1:00		Lunch with the scientists (bring your own lunch)
1:00-3:00		HHMI Resources Jennifer Bricken and Dennis Liu
Friday, August 2
A day at the California Academy of Sciences
9:00-9:30		Morning check-in and logistics for the day
9:30-10:45		A conversation with Peter Roopnarine, California Academy of Sciences Patterns of extinction and community evolution
11:00-3:00		Docent-led tour of human evolution exhibit. Lunch on your own and time to explore the exhibits.

For more information, contact Lisa White or Louise S. Mead.

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