China SciTech Program - July 17

AGENDA - Digital BioLab Experience at Harvard Medical School

Wednesday, July 17, 2019  •  9 – 3:30 PM

Harvard Medical School Educators

Robert Simpson Science Curriculum Specialist	Shiwei Liu Graduate student	Hailey Cambra Graduate Student

9:30 AM – Noon > Cellular Respiration Lab

Teams 1 - 8 > TMEC 306 Learning Studio – Liu & Cambra

• Welcome & Overview of Program– Simpson
  
  • Secrets of the Mung Bean video
  • 5-minute presentations on science career pathway
    • Hailey Cambra
      
      
      
      
    • Shiwei Liu
      
      
      
      
      
• Introduction to Cellular Respiration PPT - Liu & Cambra

• Learn to ask good questions with the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) - Simpson

 Click to launch video.

Biological systems utilize free energy and molecular building blocks to grow, to reproduce and to maintain dynamic homeostasis.

• Cellular Respiration Poster Activity

• Big Ideas Student Task Organizer

• Nearpod pre-assessment – Simpson & Cambra
  
• Lab Activity - Cellular Respiration 
  • Guided Vernier Labquest overview

• • Cell Respiration Part 1

• • Ungerminated versus germinated seeds

• • Cell Respiration Part 2
    • Open Inquiry > Design a scientific investigation using a randomly chosen variable. 

Noon – 12:50 > Lunch - TMEC 306

12:50 - 1:30 Cellular Respiration Debrief 

• Nearpod evaluation includes 5-10 question quiz

1:30 – 3:30 PM  >Transpiration Lab - TMEC 332 

• EO Wilson iBook video animation on Hinton iPad – Liu

• Transpiration Lab Introduction  – Liu

• Plant selection & run 1 setup
• Plant Open Inquiry Investigation
  • Heat
  • Wind
  • Humidity
  • Number of leaves
  • You choose 
• Leaf stomata microscopy > Simpson

• • All teams print 5x7”photo using ExoLabs Microscope/Epson printer setup

 Example Microscopy image from Green Ivy 

3:15 PM  3 Student teams report out.

3:30 PM  Departure