The Bing and Bong Site

A collection of Dialogues for Biology Class written and tested by Donald Cronkite Professor of Biology Hope College

NOTE 1: These dialogues are available for you to use and enjoy in your classes. My colleagues and I went to a lot of trouble to create them, so we'd appreciate your giving credit when you use them.

NOTE 2: Donald Cronkite is available for workshops on alternatives to the lecture, suitable for high school or college faculty. If you are interested in that possibility, send Donald Cronkite an e-mail message of inquiry. Alternatively, call (616) 395-7713 or (616) 395 - 7720.

Table of Contents

The Theory and Practice of Dialogues
        (A paper on how to do it and why)
Water You Made Of?
        (Physical & Chemical Properties of Water)
Bing and Bong at the Movies.
        (Diffusion and the Function of Circulatory Systems)
Bing and Bong at Chez Boeuf Sauvage
                 (Neural Reflex Arcs)
Bing and Bong Go Cycling
        (Evolutionary trends in plant life cycles)
Bing and Bong at the Health Spa
            (Trophic levels and energy inefficiency)
Bing and Bong in the Cryptosphere
            (Taxonomy, Systematics and Phylogeny)
Bing and Bong in the Histology Lab
        (The hypothesis of genome equivalence)
Bing and Bong at the Backyard Barbecue
            (The ethics of animal experimentation)
The Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium is Invented
            (A semi-historical docu-drama)