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Neurobiology and Behavior, Spring, 2009

Welcome to the home page of Biology 202 at Bryn Mawr College. Pleased to have you here. I'm looking forward to an interesting,enjoyable, productive semester of "getting it less wrong", and hope you are too. Let's have some fun, and see what we can all make out of it together.

Students (and visitors) should be aware that this is a "non-traditional" science course in several respects (see below, and Science as Story Telling in Action for further background)

 

Literary and historical starting points

The Brain - is wider than the Sky -
For - put them side by side -
The one the other will contain
With ease - and You - beside-

Where Does It All Come From? A Conversation

Benjamin Olshin is assistant professor of Philosophy, History, and History of Science at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Paul Grobstein is professor of Biology at Bryn Mawr College. The two met and discovered common interests, like this one, at a meeting on "Building the Scientific Mind" in Vancouver in May 2007 (for another common interest see Reality and Virtual Reality). Their ongoing exchange is provided here to encourage further conversation. Your thoughts are welcome in the forum area below.

 

Olshin - 30 November 2008

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The self: genes, environment, chance, and ... free will

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Sun, 01/11/2009 - 5:45pm

Steven Pinker's "My Genome, My Self" is a valuable reminder that

as well as a useful summary of the kinds of observations that lead to those conclusions, and wise advice for those who may (or may not) want to know more about their own genes. As Pinker points out, who one is is influenced by genes, but influenced as well by personal experiences, and by chance, so genes are relevant to the question of who one is but not the answer to that question.

Secondary Science and Math Education Fellowships

HHMI/Bryn Mawr College Math and Science Teaching Fellowship


Deadline for applications: February 28, 2009

Science Horizons Fellowship

 Five  to eight Science Horizons Research Fellowships are available for undergraduates interested in careers in science. The fellowships are designed to enable students to undertake mentored research projects in a variety of scientific fields in off-campus environments. Potential internship sites include industry and government labs, research universities, and medical centers. Fellowship stipend - $4000 plus $1000 for living and travel expenses. 

Application consists of a short proposal outlining your 10 week project, a personal statement (approx. 250 words) explaining why you want to conduct research, your mentor's name and affiliation, letter of support from your mentor, and two letters of recommendation from individuals who can comment on your potential to conduct research.  Support and letters of recommendation can be emailed to Professor Brodfuehrer at pbrodfue@brynmawr.edu.

Click here for the application

2012 Science Horizon Interns

What Happened to the Versus?

What Happened to the Vs.
(...and the Verses)?

eolecki: In the first class we already began

Portfolio Instructions

 

The Story of Evolution and
the Evolution of Stories (Spring 2009):

Paper Assignment

The Story of Evolution and
the Evolution of Stories

Bryn Mawr College
Spring 2009

Hands-on Activities for Teaching Biology to High School and Middle School Students

Science lab at workHands-on Activities for Teaching Biology to High School and Middle School Students provides hands-on, minds on activities to help students learn about:

The expression "hands-on, minds-on" summarizes the philosophy we have incorporated in these activities - namely, that students will learn best if they are actively engaged and if their activities are closely linked to understanding important biological concepts. 

Most of our activities support the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). 

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Manipulating Coincidence: An Author's Trade

Submitted by hwiencek on Tue, 12/30/2008 - 11:19pm

 

Manipulating Coincidence: An Author's Trade

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Remote Ready Biology Learning Activities

Scanning electron microscope image of SARS-CoV-2

Remote Ready Biology Learning Activities has 50 remote-ready activities, which work for either your classroom or remote teaching.

Narrative is determined not by a desire to narrate but by a desire to exchange. (Roland Barthes, S/Z)

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