Bean Beetle Curriculum Development Network

The Bean Beetle Curriculum Development Network is a group of faculty teams that will be developing new inquiry-based studies with bean beetles (seed beetles), Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae), for undergraduate laboratory courses.

We are recruiting faculty teams, consisting of two individuals, from colleges and universities to participate in a two-day intensive workshop at Emory University, Atlanta. Each workshop will be limited to 18-24 participants. Workshop participants will learn about the bean beetle model system, using inquiry-based methods for teaching undergraduate laboratories, and using student assessment instruments. The centerpiece of the workshop is faculty teams developing ideas for new laboratory studies using the bean beetle model system.

After each workshop, participants will fully develop and pilot-test a new laboratory study with bean beetles at their home institution.

Faculty from our 2009 and 2010 workshops have completed or are near completion of new experiments in animal physiology and neurobiology. Faculty from our 2011 workshop are currently developing and implementing their new experiments in genetics, molecular biology, and developmental biology. See new experiments by clicking on the Laboratory Activities link on the left side of this page.

We are now accepting applications for the 2012 Workshop scheduled for July 25-27, 2012, at Emory University in Atlanta. For more information on the workshop, visit the Workshop information page.

Last Updated: 17 January 2011

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