The Art of Bacterial Transformation
The use of transformation has been a fundamental tool in biotechnology harnessing the natural ability of bacteria to take up foreign DNA which can then express proteins used for human purposes.
The Statistics of Cardiovascular Disease
This ETP will focus on students learning about the statistics of Cardiovascular Disease (or Heart Disease), which is the leading global cause of death. They will be interpreting real statistical data about Cardiovascular Disease looking at different factors, like age, race, and ethnicity.
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Unclogging Artery Engineering Project
Unclogging Artery is an engineering project that challenges students to develop a device to treat coronary heart disease. Students will follow the design process and record their actions and reflections in an Engineering Notebook.
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Academic Sentence Transformations:
Students are often asked to understand complicated, abstract, academic language, (such as: a consequence of, despite the fact that, clearly demonstrates) and are asked to use it often on their assignments and tests.
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Statistics Collaboration and Reporting Activity
This statistics activity promotes working with a team to accomplish a project that requires collaboration, data collection, research, and ability to use technology to communicate your results within a short deadline.
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You Leave Footprints- TROPE Module A
Part of a Cyber Safety unit for elementary school students. Target audience is 6th grade. Students will learn that online: they leave footprints, there is no anonymity, information is valuable, online actions have real consequences, and once you put something out it may never come back.
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Communicating and Collaborating with Water Bottle Rockets
Students will create a water bottle rocket while working collaboratively in groups. The groups will be asked to collect and analyze data and then improve upon their design. After a further launch they will then present their findings and data in a classroom presentation.
Data Analysis with Lego Mindstorm
The goal of this ETP is to help students develop data collection and analysis skills which is crucial in any STEM related field.
Students Involved in Discovering Engineering Project
This lesson will engage students in Robotics and Engineering by allowing them to choose a complex individual or group project to work on over the course of the semester.
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