Agenda for Fall 2010 Mccb Meeting

AGENDA FOR FALL 2010 MCCB MEETING Northwestern Michigan College

Conference Sessions (times subject to change):

Friday October 22 – Health Science Building Welcome Center on the Main Campus of NMC. Parking in Cedar Lot-Obtain parking permit at registration table. Check the directions and map link to locate the Health Science Building on the Main Campus

12:30-8:00 - Registration in Health Science Building Welcome Center, Main Campus, Northwestern Michigan College

12:30-4:30 – Pearson Publishing “Innovations in Teaching: Biological Sciences and Anatomy & Physiology (Registration required at http://www.pearsonhighered.com/myevents/nmc ) 12:30-1:30 - Lunch and Welcome 2:00-3:00 - “Mastering Biology” or “Mastering A&P” (Dr. Stephanie Baiyasi) 3:30-4:30 – Panel Discussion

1:00-6:00 - Main campus and science lab tours.

6:00 – Dinner at Health Science Welcome Center

7:30-9:00 – Keynote Address by Dr. James Gillingham, Central Michigan University, Biological Research Station, Beaver Island (Retired). Topic will be research on the New Zealand reptile, tuatara. Tuatara have been referred to as living fossils, which means their group retains many basal characteristics from around the time of the squamate - rhynchocephalian split (220 MYA).

Saturday October 23 – All activities today are at the Hagerty Center, Great Lakes Campus of NMC. Enter parking lot at traffic light at Front St. and Barlow. Enter through main doors in front of building. Check the directions and map link to locate the Hagerty Center on the Great Lakes Campus

7:30-9:00 – Registration

8:00-8:45 Breakfast

8:45 - Grand Traverse Bay: Ecosystem Challenges and the Role of Technology, Education and Research Hans VanSumeran, Director NMC Water Studies Institute

10:00 Option 1: A Global Stream of Freshwater Studies Dr. Constanza Hazelwood, Education and Outreach Coordinator, NMC Water Studies Institute

Option 2: Active Learning Strategies in the Biology Classroom Dr. D.J. West, Sr. National Science Consultant, McGraw-Hill Company, Adjunct Faculty, Schoolcraft College

Option 2½: Remote Operating Vehicle (ROV) demonstrations (15 minutes each) Sign up at registration. 11:15 Option 1: Sea lamprey pheromones: From development in a laboratory to deployment in integrated sea lamprey management. Dr. Nicholas Johnson, Research Ecologist with USGS, Hammond Bay Biological Station

Option 2: Current trends in Teaching A&P: models, cadavers or plastinated specimens? Susan A. Starr, Adjunct Instructor of Anatomy and Physiology, Washtenaw CC and Professional Dissector, University of Michigan Plastination Lab

Option 2½: Tours of TS State of Michigan Great Lakes Maritime Academy Cadets (20 minutes) Sign up at registration.

12:15 Lunch and membership meeting

1:15 Option 1: Toxicology – The Misunderstood Biological Science William Stott, Ph.D, D.A.B.T. , Adjunct Instructor Northwestern Michigan College

Option 2: Active Learning Strategies in the Biology Classroom Dr. D.J. West, Sr. National Science Consultant, McGraw-Hill Company, Adjunct Faculty, Schoolcraft College

Option 2½: Tours of TS State of Michigan Great Lakes Maritime Academy Cadets (20 minutes) Sign up at registration.

2:30 Option 1: Responding to Creationism Jon Cleland Host, Ph.D. Materials Science Specialist, Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation and Adjunct teaching at SVSU

Option 2: Mastering A&P with Pearson online product “Mastering A&P” Stephanie J.S. Baiyasi, B.S. D.V.M., Assistant Professor of Biology, Delta College

3:45 Option 1: Round Table: Best Practices Microbiology Round Table Laura Jaquish, MS Northwestern Michigan College

Option 2: Lecture Capture Practice and Technology Robert Chauvin, Nick Roster and Keith Overbaugh, NMC Faculty and Staff

Option 3: Field trip - Formation, ecology and natural features of perched dunes and northern forest ecosystem complexes in Leelanau County Greg Lacross, MS NMC Faculty (3 hours) pre-register on conference registration form.

9:00 pm Star Gazing at the NMC Rogers Observatory "Worlds Above: From Here to There" Can life exist on other planets? Can we travel to other stars? Just how 'delicate' is this planet? Why is the study of astronomy so important to understanding life on this world. Gerald O. Dobek, Ph.D. Northwestern Michigan College Sign up at registration

Sunday October 24

10:00 am Guided Tour of Chateau Chantel Winery. Bill Autenreith, Mgr. Sign up at Registration. Meet in Hagerty Center parking lot.