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Advanced Placement Biology

This workshop is designed to be a cooperative, hands-on program for both new and experienced teachers to share ideas about the organization and teaching of AP biology. Topics will range from molecular biology to whole organisms. New approaches for leading classroom discussions will be integrated with hands-on inquiry-based labs. A wide range of classroom printed materials, sources of equipment and supplies, and examples of AP exams will be available.

Instructors

Tom Settlemire, professor of Biology and chemistry, received his B.S. and M.S. from Ohio State University and his Ph.D. in biochemistry from North Carolina State University. He has been a faculty member at Bowdoin since 1969, and currently teaches introductory biology. He has an active research program in the areas of immunology, cell biology, and animal genetics. Since 1994, he and Pam Bryer have conducted a summer workshop for high school teachers on qualitative and quantitative methods in biology.

Pam Bryer is a laboratory instructor and director of laboratories in the biology department at Bowdoin. She has been in charge of the laboratory component of the introductory biology program at Bowdoin since 1980. She received her B.S. and M.S. in biology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Since 1985 she has taught high school students in the summer Upward Bound Program at Bowdoin, and has conducted a teachers' workshop since 1994 with Tom Settlemire.