You could use physioex, ecobeaker, I believe there are some freeware things online. Remember that lab activities need not be simple activities as in a traditional lab.
You can have them read chapters on their own and discuss them, it can even be a book exclusive of their text...REMEMBER THAT YOU INMATE STUDENTS WILL LITERALLY SHOCK THE HELL OUT OF YOU. I taught in minimum security in Illinois, to this date it is the overall smartest-dedicated group of students in one room I have ever had. Consider this...they have nothing better to do than read. I had students reading chapters ahead and asking questions about stuff that we had not yet reached, and those questions were frankly pretty good ones. Pull out a carolina biological catalog and look at the activities they sell. There are certainly a ton of different things. Somewhere I have some old forensics labs that would be excellent in a class like this. But I recently moved and do not know hwere they are. I beleive they still sell a set of labs for forensic science on one of those bio supply companies. Many of them can be adapted for freshman bio. Remember that the key feature to a lab is that the students are doing things and directly communicating with the prof. It always amazes me when I hear ed folks talking about lecture versus activities in class. Heck, we scientists have long recognized that learning requires both lecture and activities and have long done both. The education folks just don't realize it! :) Malcolm On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Inigo Howlett <[email protected]> wrote: > Ecolog, > > This coming semester, I will be teaching community college general biology > through a grant program in the state prison system. Since we obviously > can't do any labs (chemicals, sharps, glassware, etc), I need to find some > sort of computer- based lab program or curricula that will demonstrate > these ideas to my students. > > An additional complication- there is no internet access, so these labs > would have to be on DVD or CD, not online. > > Is anyone familiar with such software? Maybe even something from the 90s? > > > We need to order soon, so I thank you for your input. > > Inigo Howlett > > Rappahannock Community College -- Malcolm L. McCallum Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry School of Biological Sciences University of Missouri at Kansas City Managing Editor, Herpetological Conservation and Biology "Peer pressure is designed to contain anyone with a sense of drive" - Allan Nation 1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea" W.S. Gilbert 1990's: Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss, and pollution. 2000: Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction MAY help restore populations. 2022: Soylent Green is People! The Seven Blunders of the World (Mohandas Gandhi) Wealth w/o work Pleasure w/o conscience Knowledge w/o character Commerce w/o morality Science w/o humanity Worship w/o sacrifice Politics w/o principle Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.
