8:00 AM Evans, Celia^*,1, Mihuc, Janet¹, Brown, John¹, Smith, Ruth¹, ¹ Paul Smiths College, Paul Smiths, NY Building inquiry skills and assessing biological literacy across a college science curriculum: Parallel processes.

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8:20 AM Luckie, Douglas^*,1, Maleszewski, Joseph¹, ¹ Lyman Briggs School of Science and Department of Physiology, East Lansing, MI, United States The infusion of collaborative independent investigations throughout a biology curriculum: "Teams, Streams & Inquiry".

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8:40 AM Ford, Jesse^*,1, Gummer, Edith¹, ¹ Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR Project Mammoth Park: Peat deposits as a focus for inquiry-based teacher training.

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9:00 AM Beiswenger, Jane^*,1, Lyford, Mark¹, Griffiths, Julie¹, ¹ University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA Assessing student curiosity and competency in science.

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9:20 AM WILLIAMS, KATHY^*,1, ¹ San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Do we have to "cover" topics for our students to learn? Maybe not.

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9:40 AM Break.

9:50 AM Mann, Debora^*,1, ¹ Millsaps College, Jackson, MS, USA Ecological footprint as an educational tool for investigating carrying capacity.

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10:10 AM Yen, Chiung-Fen¹, Yao, T.-W. ¹, Mintzes, J.^{1, 2}, ¹ Providence University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.² University of North Carolina-Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, USA Alternative conceptions in animal biodiversity: a Taiwanese perspective.

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