Our "School Version" programs are designed to take place in a 45-90 minute class period with 15-30 students, to fit teachers' normal class schedules. Each program includes: 1) an introductory interactive presentation tailored to your students' grade level, 2) a hands-on experiment, and 3) time to explore the STEM-MoBILE.
The presentation and experiment usually work best in a classroom or other indoor setting, with students going outside to the STEM-MoBILE after. In warmer months, weather permitting, programs can be held entirely outside.
For longer programs, all portions of the program are longer; the presentation includes more conversation and more information shared, the experiment includes more variables and/or a slower, more relaxed pace with time for the students to ask questions, and the STEM-MoBILE tour portion includes longer descriptions of all the equipment and more time to interact with it.
The ideal amount of time with each group is 1 hour, and the required minimum is 45 minutes.
BioBubbles
Students will use sodium alginate and calcium chloride to make hydrogels with mock cells inside, learning about cell culture and the applications and formation of hydrogels.
Ghostly Hearts
Students will use agar and red cabbage dye to make small heart models and perform mock decellularization and recellularization with pH changes, learning about the use of scaffolds in biofabrication of organs.
NEW! - Healthy Hues
Students will assemble pre-designed constructs of Arduino circuit boards, color sensors, and OLED screens to analyze the health of a mock culture of cells, then adjust the pH until the readings indicate a healthy culture, learning about the electrical engineering side of biofabrication in monitoring conditions of cells.
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