Achievement

We implemented a new laboratory manual for GW’s undergraduate course entitled “Introduction to Biological Anthropology”, which is a large-enrollment course (170-220 students/semester) that fulfills a General Curriculum Requirement in Science. IGERT graduate trainees and faculty worked together to design the content of this manual, which covers the theoretical foundations of evolutionary science and the scientific method, primate biology and diversity, and the fossil evidence of human evolution. Our goal was to design content that is innovative, engages students in hands-on inquiry-based learning, and challenges students to use hypothesis-testing and other components of scientific thinking skills. This educational achievement will impact approximately 200 undergraduate students every semester, and provide our graduate students with a valuable training in teaching science at the undergraduate level.