Students will be able to make observations about the trash in a creek behind our playground and collect data on the type of trash in the creek. Does it come from homes or is it wrappers from students’ snacks?
Kindergarteners will visit College Hill Learning Garden to explore real plants, taste garden-grown food, and engage in hands-on activities that reinforce classroom learning about nature.
Students learn how medicines are developed and processed in the body through hands-on labs and team-based biotech roleplay, designing and presenting a new drug concept while exploring real-world applications of pharmacokinetics and data analysis.
Students will answer some guiding questions (by doing internet research or being given a short reading) and then draw an annotated diagram of the process that yields safe and dependable drinking water in Oakland.
Students work in stakeholder teams to analyze a shared Bay-Delta food web model and build science-based arguments—through environmental and economic lenses—about how proposed water flow changes affect ecosystems and community livelihoods in preparation for a town hall debate.
Students will explore pharmacokinetics and the ethical dimensions of drug development by analyzing drug efficacy and toxicity data, connecting biotechnology concepts to real-world issues like healthcare access and equity.
Students will research sustainable careers in the area. A list of local companies and careers will be provided to students who will then fill out a Google slides template explaining the career. Students will then present their slideshow to their classmates.
Students will focus on the role of cell membranes and its role in water filtration.
This two-week long mini-unit focuses on students completing an investigation and contributing their findings to Soil Science Lab, a citizen science project.