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GPHS students prepare algae for a trip through the flow cytometer. This past Saturday, eight GPHS Advanced Biotechnology students spent a sunny Saturday morning learning about Flow Cytometry at Dendreon Labs courtesy of scientist, Julie Hill. Students brought algae samples that had been the focus of weeks of investigative lab work in the classroom. Seven [...]
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Traditionally, FFA Agriculture Programs have an annual plant sale to not only open up their greenhouse to the community, but to also share knowledge students gained by growing a variety of plants throughout the year. All proceeds of the sale go towards FFA/Agriculture funding for the following year. When our hydroponic systems are constructed for [...]
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The Counting on Waste draft lesson plans were distributed to teachers last month and piloting is underway! Fourth grade math students in six classrooms throughout the northwest are using essential math skills to explore school waste production. For example, fractions and decimals determine what portion of the total lunchroom waste could be recycled or composted, [...]
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As part of this project, we are developing custom software using the Microsoft.Speech API. It’s free to use, and fairly powerful. Here’s a video that shows my first attempt at creating a simple game using three pictures and three words in English. The JSON is hard-coded into the software, and I need to replace that [...]
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A Gr2 teacher gave the Pretest recently and discovered the following: Students do not understand what an engineer is or does. The civil engineering kit prep lesson was easy to prepare. Students enjoyed discovering “technology” in a Brown Paper bag and sharing with the class. There was a real feeling of success and a high interest by [...]
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We’ve been gratified by the high level of interest from high school students applying to participate in our research immersion summer program. I have a feeling that choosing only 5 students is going to be tough! The application process is different (and more formalized) this year because we are no longer just setting up informal [...]
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This month Natural Resources students have settled quite nicely into their semester long projects and have spent time developing project descriptions and scientific inquiry questions. Here is a preview of what’s happening at our community partners. At Feiro Marine Life Center students are working on two projects, studying fish use in Port Angeles Harbor and [...]
read moreOutdated robotics equipment, passion of community members, creative teachers (okay, it helps that one of our teachers is an engineer and a community partner a former teacher…) and a local foundation’s funds launch a 2.0 re-envisioning of our robotics program and expansion. To begin a year from now, you ask. No – to begin September [...]
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It’s interesting that conversations can sometimes start in strange places. I was at the dentist the other day, and since he knows that I am a teacher, he asked me what I teach. I told him STEM Robotics, and was surprised that he actually knew what I was talking about. It turns out that his [...]
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Last week we field tested the first 2 days of MEC’s 4-day ratio and proportional reasoning workshop with a group of middle school teachers and 2-year college faculty members. Participants were learning the mathematics of the Common Core State Standards, and also examining important issues related to teaching and learning. One issue that emerged early [...]
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