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Award Abstract #0411278
Physical models in teaching structure and function of biological macromolecules to undergraduates
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DUE
Division of Undergraduate Education
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| Initial Amendment Date: |
September 2, 2004 |
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| Latest Amendment Date: |
September 2, 2004 |
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| Award Number: |
0411278 |
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| Award Instrument: |
Standard Grant |
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| Program Manager: |
V. Celeste Carter
DUE Division of Undergraduate Education
EHR Directorate for Education & Human Resources
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| Start Date: |
September 15, 2004 |
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| Expires: |
August 31, 2007 (Estimated) |
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| Awarded Amount to Date: |
$200909 |
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| Investigator(s): |
David Nelson nelson@biochem.wisc.edu(Principal Investigator)
George Phillips (Co-Principal Investigator)
Katrina Forest (Co-Principal Investigator)
Alan Wolf (Co-Principal Investigator)
Samuel Butcher (Co-Principal Investigator)
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| Sponsor: |
University of Wisconsin-Madison
21 North Park Street
MADISON, WI 53715 608/262-3822
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| NSF Program(s): |
CCLI-ADAPTATION AND IMPLEMENTA
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| Field Application(s): |
0000099 Other Applications NEC
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| Program Reference Code(s): |
SMET,9178
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| Program Element Code(s): |
7428
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ABSTRACT
Biological Sciences (61) This project is adapting technology for producing three-dimensional physical models, developed at the Milwaukee School of Engineering, to the teaching of macromolecular structure and function to undergraduates and graduate students in biology, biochemistry, and chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The PI team is creating a new honors course in which undergraduates work with researcher-mentors to produce both a physical model and a computer-based tutorial that illustrate some aspect of the function of a macromolecule of interest. The models and tutorials created by these mentor-student teams are then introduced into the classroom in five undergraduate and three graduate courses that cover macromolecular structure and function at several levels. The efficacy of the model-tutorial combination in teaching structure and function of macromolecules to different student audiences with different levels of chemical sophistication is being evaluated.
PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH
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Kelley DJ, Farhoud M, Meyerand ME, Nelson DL, Ramirez LF, Dempsey RJ, Wolf AJ, Alexander AL, Davidson RJ..
"Creating Physical 3D Stereolithograph Models of Brain and Skull,"
PLos ONE,
v.2(10),
2007,
Kelley, D.J., Davidson, R.J., and Nelson, D.L. (.
"An Imaging Roadmap for Biology Education: From Nanoparticles to Whole Organisms,"
CBE Life Sci Educ,
v.7,
2008,
p. 202.
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