Biotechnology is a broad unit in Biology which has the opportunity to captivate students with hands on activities and real world connections as well as allow students to discover new career opportunities in this new trench in 21st century science.
Students will build a simple spectrometer, and test it to determine the optimal angle for the CD to be placed. They will document both their process and their findings, and share their results with the class in a multimedia presentation.
The goal of this ETP is to introduce analytical techniques used in actual lab work to the students. It introduces the use Beer’s Law as a way to link absorbance of light to concentration.
This language arts lesson plan is for students to watch two videos, and then read an article about how women and minorities are currently being underrepresented in STEM fields.
Students will work in small teams to research a common type of sensor and how to use an Arduino microcontroller to read its values, creating a video and written tutorial summarizing the key concepts and practical steps required to use their sensor.
To teach an introductory computer network lesson to an 8th grade class at Claire Lilienthal School in San Francisco. To teach what a network is, its purpose and function, and how it relates to the World Wide Web, the internet.
The goal of this ETP is for students to model a mathematical concept learned during the semester. Each student will create an animated PowerPoint presentation, with a partner, in which they apply a self-selected concept or formula to a real life situation.
This ETP incorporates the creation of a marketing webpage as an introductory lesson into literary analysis for high school seniors.
During this lesson, students will conduct an in-class activity that will focus on their ability to synthesize information regarding how the position of the sun and earth determine Earth’s annual seasons.