August 16, 2016 | Molecular Biology: A Transgenic Mice Tale By Amneris Solano Advances in 21st century research and genetic engineering have made it possible to create new genetically modified organisms (GMO). This new technique of manipulating genetic...
August 15, 2016 | The Statistics of Climate Change: A real world example of graphing and data analysis By Amneris Solano Students will practice their skills of determining averages, graphing points, fitting lines to curves and analyzing data using a simplified version of data from the...
August 15, 2016 | What is Energy By Amneris Solano Partnering with the US Department of Energy and its Academies Creating Teacher Scientists (ACTS) program, Kent Lewis developed a series of three lessons that integrate...
August 15, 2016 | Sustainable Forestry: Exploring Biotech Trees for Forest Health and Bioenergy By Amneris Solano Heather Earp created an engaging curriculum unit for middle or high school students that explores forest biotechnology. She developed six lessons that focus on science,...
August 11, 2016 | They Wept By Amneris Solano Was America discovered or conquered? What were the costs and benefits of the Indian Removal Act of 1830? What were the attitudes and behaviors toward...
August 8, 2016 | Plant + Soil Unit By Amneris Solano The purpose of this project is two fold: To show show the cycle of connectedness from science to economics, through use of Math and Language...