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Karen Wellner

Karen Wellner

Academy Member (2020-2023)
Chandler-Gilbert Community College
Location

Chandler, AZ
United States

Grade Level
College — 2-year

I teach microbiology at Chandler-Gilbert Community College in Chandler, Arizona. I appreciate the different formats that BioInteractive presents for students and instructors—from project-based learning, to short and professional videos. There are so many entry points afforded by BioInteractive and the website is welcoming to all. What I value about teaching science is that I can help students to see that science is a peculiar way of thinking about and investigating the world. To treat science as just another topic that we memorize, as just another collection of facts, is a major violation of the nature of the discipline. When I’m not teaching, I read about environmental history, race my bike here and there, and travel about, taking pictures of educational architecture.

 

My Recommended Resources

Showing of
Dogs and their phenotypes
Card Activities
Mapping Genes to Traits in Dogs Using SNPs
Schematic image of DNA replicating from the video
Animations
DNA Replication (Schematic)
Computer image of transcription from the video
Animations
DNA Transcription (Basic Detail)
Image of stacked blocks from the animation
Animations
Chargaff's Ratio
Illustration of a magnifying glass showing bacteria on the outline of a body.
Film Activities
Activity for Solving Crimes with the Necrobiome
Photo of the paper model in action
Labs & Demos
Building a Paper Model of CRISPR-Cas9
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