Designing a COVID Currculum: Lessons in Science (and
Science Denial) from a Pandemic
Los Angeles Convention Center - 513
We will explore a COVID-19–based curriculum that
provides a direct and compelling way to focus student attention on the most
basic processes in biology.
Takeaways: 1. Participants will examine specific curriculum plans using the COVID-19 virus to illustrate basic principles of cell biology, including biological membrane structure, mRNA function, transcription, translation, replication, and immune response; 2. The emergence of COVID-19 variants will be explored as a case study in natural selection, evolution, and phylogenetic analysis; and 3. The public reaction to pandemic pubic health countermeasures and vaccination will be examined as a case study in scientific literacy and science denial. Participants will discuss ways to use their classrooms to promote student understand of the science behind these public health measures.
Speakers
Kenneth Miller (Brown University: Providence, RI)
Presenter Materials for this Session:
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NSTA-LA-Covid-part-1.pptx
Part 1 of my Powerpoint slide file.
Covid-Curriculum-LA.pdf
Suggestions for a Covid-Based curriculum.
NSTA-LA-Covid-part-2.pptx
Part 2 of my Powerpoint slide file.