Post on 24-Feb-2016
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Bethany Cook
About GK-12• GK-12 is a program funded by the
National Science Foundation
• Our goal is to have fellows in STEM classrooms, where they will help teachers integrate concepts of computer science into traditional lecture.
About DISSECT
Computational
Thinking• Algorithm
s• Logical
Thinking
Scientific Process
• Rigorous Hypothesis Testing
• Data Analysis
Research
• Isotopes• Methods
in Forensic Science
What is Computational Thinking?
“Computational thinking is a way humans solve problems; it is not trying to get humans to think like computers.” “Computational thinking is using heuristic reasoning to discover a solution.” J. Wing
A CERTAIN WAY OF SOLVING PROBLEMS
What is Grad School?
Why I Chose Grad School• A. I wanted to conduct experiments
that I was interested in and would (eventually) make a difference in how science works in the “real” world.
• B. I was bored at work.• C. I was crazy.• D. I love to learn.• E. All of the above
Research Titles• Abiotic Variation in Carbon and Nitrogen Stable
Isotopic Signatures due to Temperature in the Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas)
• Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotopic Signatures, Diet Inferences and Tissue Selection in the Endangered Rio Grande Silvery Minnow (Hybognathus amarus)
• Miocene Gomphotherian Diet Inferences from New Mexico using Carbon Isotopic Ratios (Proboscidea)
• Isotopic Memory, Incorporation Rates and Fractionation in the Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas)
Experiences
Curtis Fly Lab
Curtis Fly Lab
Dawe Fungal Lab
Hanley Dengue and Influenza Virus Lab
Throop Ecosystem Lab
ThroopEcosystem
Lab
Museum Collections
Module – Prep for Module• IsoForensics – Carbon/Nitrogen
Isotopes in Student Hair
• Preparatory Activities– Excel– Data Collection– Atomic Chemistry–Mass Spectrometry– Isotope Ratio Mass Spec
Introduction to Mass Spectrometry – Cocaine in Hair Sample
• http://svmsl.chem.cmu.edu/• “An Introduction to Mass
Spectrometry Applications in Biological Research”. 2004. Finehout and Lee. The International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Using Stable Isotopes to Trace Geography in Trafficking
• WaterIsotopes.org• Google Earth
• “Tracing geographical and temporal trafficking patterns for marijuana in Alaska using stable isotopes (C, N, O, H)”. 2010 Booth et al. Forensic Science International
IsoForensics – Carbon/Nitrogen Isotopes in Student Hair
Power Point “tour” of LEC Lab and processing of hair samples
Video Bio• http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/gk-12/• https://sites.google.com/site/mayfield
gk12dissect/