Biotech: Who's My Mama? - Explorations in Genetics
My students need a compact scale and 3 kits to work hands-on with live materials, rather than studying genetics by reading a book & looking at pictures.
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My Students
The building is old. The neighborhood is run down. Resources are slim. But my students will succeed in this highly technological economy where many are destined to work in the health and medical fields. To do less than provide them with a solid biotechnology curriculum would do them a disservice.
Our "second chance" inner city charter high school provides a learning opportunity for students who have not succeeded in the public school system.
Our mission is "to ignite a love of learning in all students, regardless of their educational background." 96% of our students are entitled to free lunches, 94% are minorities, & 49% are special needs. Yet, our students out perform local and state-wide public schools.
My emphasis is on hands-on, inquiry based instruction and tieing academics to real world applications. My classroom is lively, full of engaged students pursuing their learning objectives.
My Project
Biology Curriculum Standards require the study of genetics and heredity. Simply reading in their textbook or listening to lectures about this does not facilitate learning. Students best learn by doing. We need resources to do this. I am asking for the same resources most suburban high schools supply for science classes, but which we do not have the funds to purchase. These kits will allow students to experiment with real drosophila (fruit flies) and develop monohybrid crosses, trace sex linked characteristics, and learn about the properties of biochemical pathways, enzymes, and the relationship between genotype and phenotype. I have also requested a digital scale since we are presently sharing 3 for the entire class. Experiments go so much quicker, and the students stay more focused when each group of four students has their own equipment. My students need to work hands-on with live materials, rather than studying genetics by reading a book & looking at pictures. Please, help my students get these supply kits!
My students thrive, are proud of themselves, and are energized when they get to experiment with "real world" science.
They find it hard to believe that kind donors have enabled them to do this and they treat the materials with special care. So many of them will eventually wind up in biotech careers, since that is the major industry here, in New Jersey, and this will give them the impetus to go to the head of the class and fulfill their dreams.
More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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