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Workshop Detail: Monday, July 20, 2009
(5-12): Veterinary Black Bag
presented by
Dr. William Klemm, D.V.M., Ph.D, Professor of Veterinary Integrative Bioscience as Texas A&M, Jerad Dabney, Graduate Fellow in the Texas A&M GK-12 program
Curriculum Developed by Texas A&M University
This curriculum (suitable for grades 5-12) consists of online presentation materials for classroom visits by practicing veterinarians and instructional follow-up lessons by teachers.
The goal is to use students’ natural interest in animals to help motivate them to learn science.
Curriculum units include: Animal Research, Clinical Trials, Dental Health, Neutering, Orthopedics, Physical Exam, Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Vaccination!
Activities include: Protective Effects of Fluoride, Design Your Own Clinical Study, Web Quest on Fitness, Experiments with Brownian movement, diffusion, and heat, Experiments with ripples in water.
You can view the curriculum at peer.tamu.edu/VBB/Summary.asp.
Dr. Klemm is a professor at Texas A&M University. During his career at A&M he has taught many courses on neuroscience, animal physiology, and biology. He is the author of 13 books including Thank You, Brain, for All You Remember. What You Forgot Was My Fault and Blame Game. How To Win It. He is also serves as the Project Director for educational outreach grants (NIH, NSF) to middle schools, community colleges, and post-graduate animal-health professionals.
Jerad Dabney is a PhD graduate student in Pathobiology. He has been working for two years as a Graduate Fellow in a National Science Foundation GK-12 program for enriching science education in middle schools.
Summer Institute, a component of the MIDAS Project, is supported by a