Explorations: A Research-Based Program Introducing Undergraduates to Diverse Biology Research Topics Taught by Grad Students and Postdocs | NSTA

Explorations: A Research-Based Program Introducing Undergraduates to Diverse Biology Research Topics Taught by Grad Students and Postdocs

Journal of College Science Teaching—January/February 2013

This article presents a program that introduces undergraduates to the diversity and scope of biological research and also provides unique teaching opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Explorations are research-based, hands-on classes that are developed and taught by graduate students and postdocs on a specific topic in biology that is not taught in the traditional introductory biology curriculum.

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