Abstract
Barcoding Life's Matrix: Translating Biodiversity Genomics into High School Settings to Enhance Life Science Education
Highlights
A comprehensive review conducted by the US National Academies’ National Research Council suggests that most high school laboratory experiences fail to conform to established guidelines for effective science instruction [1]
DNA barcoding [11] is a suitable platform for molecular life science education that articulates a clear path from discovery-based science to novel investigational studies. This new system of eukaryotic species identification links metadata associated with a retrievable and taxonomically verified morphological voucher specimen to corresponding nucleotide sequence data obtained from gene loci that delimit species boundaries: the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) gene for animals [11], the chloroplast ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxyl
Most of the data validation and visualization features of Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) are exposed via web service to BOLD-SDP, and wrapped by audiencespecific interfaces. This enables teachers and students using BOLD-SDP to utilize the same suite of tools used by professional scientists in the researcher workbench, but through simplified consoles that are more suitable for educational end-users
Summary
A comprehensive review conducted by the US National Academies’ National Research Council suggests that most high school laboratory experiences fail to conform to established guidelines for effective science instruction [1]. The rapid growth of this field, together with the inherently complex, abstract, and interdisciplinary nature of its scientific content, presents a number of profound educational challenges for teachers [4] These challenges include (1) selecting appropriate content to disseminate, (2) defining an appropriate level of detail/depth of concepts and processes for students to understand, (3) integrating knowledge and methods across allied scientific fields, (4) emphasizing functions over facts, and (5) modeling how scientific information is generated and disseminated in real-world settings [4]. DNA barcoding [11] is a suitable platform for molecular life science education that articulates a clear path from discovery-based science to novel investigational studies This new system of eukaryotic species identification links metadata associated with a retrievable and taxonomically verified morphological voucher specimen to corresponding nucleotide sequence (barcode) data obtained from gene loci that delimit species boundaries: the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) gene for animals [11], the chloroplast ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxyl-. We announce the availability of new mobile computing and web-based technologies to broaden the involvement of secondary and post-secondary students in the DNA barcoding enterprise (more detailed information can be found online at http://www. studentDNAbarcoding.org)
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