ACUBE 42nd Annual Meeting

Rockhurst College
Kansas City, Missouri
October 15-17, 1998

Are We Preparing Global Citizens: Aware, Active, and Accountable?
Preliminary Program

Thursday, October 15th
..6:00 - 8:00 PM Registration and Reception Richardson Entrance

..8:00 PM Opening Session Richardson 115

Welcome for ACUBE:

....ACUBE President: Karen Klyczek, UW-River Falls

Welcome to Rockhurst College:

....Corey Simmonds, Acting Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
....Program Chair: Terry Derting, Murray State University
....Local Arrangements Chair: Kevin Williams and Dick Wilson,
........Rockhurst College

 OPENING ADDRESS (Public Welcome to Attend) Richardson 115

Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie:
The Role of Basic Research in the
Conservation of Grassland Ecosystems
....Speaker: Dr. Alan K. Knapp, Kansas State University and KONZA
..9:30 PM Executive Committee Meeting Richardson 302

Friday, October 16th
..7:00 AM - 5:00 PM Registration table will be open all day Richardson Entrance

 ....Please check your membership;
....Inquire about audiovisual needs;
....General information.

..7:00 - 8:00 AM Buffet Breakfast (by Interest Group) Rock Room
(Massman Hall)

..9:00 - 11:30 AM Sustaining Member Exhibitors Richardson 206

..8:15 - 12:00 AM CONCURRENT WORKSHOP SESSIONS I
1.Differential Centrifugation Using Density
Gradient Beads

 Harold Wilkinson, Millikan University
Richardson 227
2.Title not yet available

 Tim Mulkey, Indiana State University
Richardson 205
3.Interdisciplinary Student Projects for Introductory Science and Mathematics Courses

John Jungck, Beloit College;
Anita Salem and Dick Wilson, Rockhurst College
Van Ackeren 202A
4.Rediscovering Chlamydomonas

Steve S. Daggett, Avila College
Donna L. Ritch, UW - Green Bay
Richardson 221
5.


..9:45 - 10:00 AM Morning Break (Refreshments) Richardson 206

..11:30 AM Luncheon and First Business Meeting Rockroom
(Massman Hall)

..1:15 PM Are We Preparing Global Citizens?

 ..Panel:

 .....Dr. Dean Jerringan, Ottawa University,
.....Associate Professor of Science Education
.....(formerly 30-year teacher at Shawnee Mission South High School)

 .....Mr. Chris Gentile,
.....Director of Material Engineering and Technical Services;
.....Allied Signal Inc.

 .....Mr. Joe Werner, Urban Ecologist,
.....Kansas City Power and Light Co.

 .....Mr. John Strickler, Executive Director,
.....Association for Conservation and Environmental Education

 .....Mr. Brad Williamson, Olahe East High School,
.....Monarch Butterfly Project

..1:15 - 2:00 PM Shareware Richardson 203/205

..1:15 - 2:00 PM Student/Faculty Posters and Displays Richardson 'Street'

..1:30 - 4:00 PM CONCURRENT FIELD TRIPS
All trips will leave from Massman Hall parking lot.
1.Powell Gardens
Large horticultural collection and walking tour of
landscaped garden and nature trails
2.Negro Leagues Baseball Museum/ KC Jazz Museum

3.Bayer Laboratories - Animal research facilities

4.University of Kansas Museum of Natural History
Meet with curators of birds and mammals
(Larry Martin and Thor Holmes)

5.Linda Hall Library of Technology and Science
Rare book collection and tour of arboretum - walking field trip.
(Current exhibit will be George L. Leclerc, Comte de Buffon,
Histoire Naturelle)

6.Plaza shopping tour (particularly for spouses)
Buses will deliver participants to the Plaza
and pick you up for return to hotel or campus - self-guided

7.Kansas City Zoological Gardens and IMAX Theater
Buses will deliver participants to the Zoo front door,
and pick you up for return to hotel or campus in time
for 4:15 sessions or dinner (at the participant's choice),
self-guided (unless there are a large number of children,
in which case Rockhurst will try to provide two student chaperones).

..2:00 - 4:00 PM CONCURRENT WORKSHOP SESSIONS II
1.Virtual Problem-based Learning

 Karen Klyczek, UW-River Falls
Richardson 203
2.Developing Teaching Strategies for Case-Based Learning

 Margaret Waterman, SE Missouri State University
Ethel Stanley, Beloit College
Richardson 125
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..4:00 - 4:15 PM Afternoon Break (Refreshments) Richardson 206

..4:15 - 5:00 PM CONCURRENT PAPER SESSIONS I
1.Linking Biology and Chemistry: A First Look

 Buzz Hoagland and Patti DePra, Westfield State College
Richardson 125
2.Enhancing the Science Curriculum of Homeschooled Children Through a Community Outreach Program

 Mary Haskins, Rockhurst College
Richardson 115
3.Students With Disabilities: What Is Our Role?

 Jill Kruper, Murray State University
Marty Mitchell, Edinboro University
Richardson 306
4.The Development of Inquiry-Based Outdoor Classrooms

 Ed Story and Mike Quillen, UK-Maysville Community College
Richardson 302
5.


..5:30 - 7:00 PM Posters, Exhibits, Social Richardson 206

..6:30 PM BANQUET Rock Room
(Massman Hall)

..7:30 PM BANQUET ADDRESS: Richardson 115

 ....The Anemone is Not an Enemy to the Clownfish
....Dr. Daphne G. Fautin, Professor of Biology, University of Kansas

..9:00 - 10:15 PM Curricular Issues Discussion (with cash bar) Massman Gallery

 ...."Preparing Global Citizens"
....Tom Davis, Session Organizer

 Bus available back to hotels and/or to join Pub Crawl Richardson Front Door

..9:00 - 12:15 PM Jazz Pub Crawl - led by Phil Colombo, Assistant Professor of Chemistry Richardson Front Door

..10:15 PM Second bus will catch up with Crawl if enough discussants are interested Richardson Front Door

Saturday, October 17th
..8:00 - 9:15 AM Buffet Breakfast (by Interest Group)
(BioScene editorial board get food, take upstairs to M248)		 Rock Room
(Massman Hall)

..8:00 - 9:15 AM Bioscene Editorial Board
Ethel Stanley and Tim Mulkey, presiding		 Massman 248

..8:30 - 10:30 AM ........***Open Balloting*** Richardson Entrance

..9:00 - 11:30 AM Zoological Gardens
...Bus available for spouses/children.
...(Pick up is at 11:15 for return to campus.)		 Richardson Front Door
Zoo Main Gate

..9:00 - 11:00 AM Sustaining Member Exhibitors Richardson 206

..9:00 - 9:45 AM CONCURRENT PAPER SESSIONS II
1.A Multidisciplinary Inquiry-Based Introduction
to Science for Pre-service Teachers:
Are Teachers Prepared to Teach Science?

 Terry Derting and Jimmy Dorris, Murray State University
Richardson 302
2.Science Studio (A science intervention program
for middle school girls)

 Faith Wilson. St. Teresa's Academy
Richardson 315
3.What do your students say about evolution?

 Nancy Sanders, Truman State University
Richardson 125
4.Teaching Sexual Differentiation: Beyond the Textbooks

 Marc Roy, Beloit College
Richardson 306
5.Collaborative Case-Based Learning for Introductory Biology Students using Molecular Biology Computer Simulations and Internet Conferencing

 Mark Bergland, UW - River Falls
Richardson 203

..9:45 - 10:15 AM Morning Break
Posters, Exhibits, Refreshments 		Richardson 206


 ........***Balloting Closes at 10:30 AM***

..10:15 - 11:00 AM CONCURRENT PAPER SESSIONS III
1.Problems of Teaching Large Numbers of Students in General Education Laboratory Classes Involving Many Graduate Student Assistants

 Rita Ghosh, Indiana State University
Richardson 125
2.Gas Chromatography in the Non-Major Environmental Science Course

 James Edmiston, Quincy University
Richardson 302
3.Labs That Work: A Dinosaur Trackways Exercise

 Robert L. Wallace and William S. Brooks, Ripon College
Richardson 315

4.Training Biological Citizens: Definitions and Content

 Tom Davis, Loras College
Richardson 306
5.


..11:00 - 12:30 AM Luncheon with Business Meeting Rockroom
(Massman Hall)

BUSINESS MEETING

Presidential Address:
.....Karen Klyczek, UW-River Falls and
.....Charlie Bicak, UN-Kearney

 Election Results:
.....Dick Wilson, Rockhurst College

 Bioscene:
.....Ethel Stanley, Beloit College
.....Tim Mulkey, Indiana State University

 Executive Secretary Report:
.....Marc Roy, Beloit College
================= ADJOURNNMENT OF REGULAR MEETING =================
..12:35 - 1:15 PM Executive Committee Meeting
Includes newly elected Exec. Comm. members!		 Richardson 302

If you are interested in presenting a workshop or paper please contact Terry Derting electronically at Terry.derting@murraystate.edu or by telephone at 502-762-6327.


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