In this lesson students will apply knowledge of reflection, Snell’s law, transmission, and Brewster’s angle to create a “Getting Started” guide for optics equipment operation in pursuit to verify the index of refraction of a sample.
In 2015, scientists with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) detected gravitational waves for the first time.
Students begin in whole group to introduce vocabulary and terms. They will then partner up or be in small groups to watch short videos about solar energy. They will be introduced to the power of solar energy and the processes used to convert solar energy into electromagnetic and thermal energy.
Following an introductory lesson on constructive and destructive interference and Young’s double slit experiment, students will be introduced to the history, design, and function of a Michelson interferometer.
While at Synopsys I learned about the different roles each IT member plays to effectively perform as a team. I also observed a notable representation of Spanish speakers in technology. Technology is growing and changing faster than we know.
Amazing Adaptations is an in-class group activity that challenges students to think about how animals evolved their diverse adaptations via natural selection.
Students will work as teams and use principles of Design Thinking to help design and construct a model of a bird beak to best take advantage of the food available in a simulated environment.
Students will study conditions favorable to growing Chlamydomonas, a genus of algae cultured at the Pringle Lab at Stanford University, to determine influential factors related to growth, life cycle, and reproductive rates.
The goal of this ETP is to teach students two of the basic but integral biotechnological techniques, micropipetting and gel electrophoresis. Every single experiment done at The Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) uses these two techniques.