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Elwess & Sandra L. Latourelle  \nDepartment of Biological Sciences  \nPlattsburgh State University  \n101 Broad St  \nPlattsburgh, NY 12901  \n[nancy.elwess@plattsburgh.edu](nancy.elwess@plattsburgh.edu)  \nAbstract- A major challenge in teaching any college level general genetics course including a laboratory component is having the students actively understand the research part of an experiment as well as develop the necessary laboratory skills. This laboratory experience furthersthe students’ knowledge of genetics while improving their laboratory skills. It provides the students with experience in the design and implementation of their own experiments. This inquiry-based approach will provide them an opportunity for a deeper appreciation of how scientists perform their investigations. The students were given four weeks to induce mutations into Paramecium that will alter their physical and/or behavioral traits.  \nKeywords: Undergraduate, Paramecium, mutation, genetics, inquiry-based  \nINTRODUCTION  \nA major challenge in teaching any college level general genetics course including a laboratory component is having the students actively understand the research part of an experiment as well as developing the necessary laboratory skills. Most laboratory exercises published for undergraduate genetics courses fall into the traditional cookbook approach and do not provide the students the opportunity to design their own experiments. The goals of this laboratory experience were to: further the students’ knowledge in the field of genetics while improving their laboratory skills; provide the students experience in the design and implementation of their experiments; provide the students experience in literature searches; and provide the students the experience of presenting their results from their experiments in a symposium format. The National Science Education Standards state that students “must actively participate in scientific investigations, and they must actually see the cognitive and manipulative skills associated with the formulation of scientific explanations” (National Academy of Sciences, 1995) . This inquiry-based approach is designed to give them a deeper appreciation of how scientists conduct their investigations. The students were provided with four weeks to induce mutation into Paramecium that would alter physical and/or behavioral traits.  \nSince the extensive and classic work by Jennings (1906), Paramecium (Figure 1) has been one of the  \nfavorites for the study of behavior in unicellular organisms and has been used in many studies that are important for understanding the physiological mechanisms of behavior (Van Houten, 1992) . This organism has been shown to have relevance to investigations of cellular processes and signal transduction pathways in higher organisms. Paramecium is an excellent model for studying the diverse aspects of behavior including chemical sensation and response, detection of chemical gradients, changes in cellular membrane potential, and responses to stimuli (Kung et al., 1975; Kung & Saimi, 1982) . Paramecium incorporates the complexity of many larger life forms in a compact package. It possesses motility, electrical activity akin to nerve cells, and cellular signaling pathways similar to those found in humans. Paramecium has been likened to“swimming neurons” (Hinrichsen & Schultz, 1988) . They have been used as a primitive system to study taste and olfaction, galvinotaxis, and vertigo, to name a few. One particular advantage of studying this organism is its swimming behavior- swim speed and turning frequency, which are easily recorded and are well documented in the literature for both wildtype and known mutants. 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