China SciTech Program - July 1 & 2

AGENDA - Digital BioLab Experience at Harvard Medical School

DAY 1 • Monday, July 1, 2019  •  9 – 3:30 PM

Harvard Medical School Educators

Robert Simpson Science Curriculum Specialist	Bob Rochlin Lab Coordinator	Shiwei Liu Graduate student	Genesis Perez-Melara Project Success Coordinator	CJ Beneduce Lead Lab Assistant

9:30 AM – Noon > Cellular Respiration Lab

Teams 1 - 10 > TMEC 328 Learning Studio – Perez & Liu

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

• 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
  
• 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. 

• Nearpod evaluation includes 5-10 question quiz

Noon – 12:50 > Lunch - TMEC 328 

• Dr. Sheila Nutt address

1 – 3:30 PM  >Transpiration Lab

• EO Wilson iBook video animation on Hinton iPad – Liu

• Transpiration Lab Introduction  – Rochlin & 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

DAY 2 • Tuesday, July 2, 2019  •  9 – 3:30 PM

9:30 AM Students arrive and divide into 8 teams 

ALL students & educators meet in TMEC 306

Introduction to DNA Analysis - Shiwei Liu

Optional BrainPop Movie on DNA

10:30 AM

TMEC 332 > Teams 1 - 4 Genesis

TMEC 102 > Teams 5 - 8 Shiwei