Ethical issues are also explored. This course is an introduction to the literature of the biological sciences, including both research papers and review articles, and to the basics of scientific writing. This course emphasizes polishing the skills useful to the student who is in the process of finishing the written portion of the senior project. When possible, the student makes an oral presentation of the senior project and completes a paper or reviews an article for publication. This course is a study of the aims and methods of teaching the sciences in the secondary schools.
Special attention is given to teaching general laboratory procedures and to techniques of teaching.
The senior project is begun in the second semester of the junior year and completed in the spring semester of the senior year. It generally is a research project developed with a faculty member.