Day 3 was so intense and great I don’t even know where to start! One teacher leader from the Yellow/Green groups summed up our thoughts pretty well: From programming a robot to handling a human heart: that’s pretty good breadth of experience for a day.
Today the Yellow and Green Groups got to visit Dr. Robin Cooper’s biology laboratory where they were immersed into the world of stereology. They learned about tumor sizes, especially how they determine them from 2-dimensional slices such as from a MRI machine. They also got to practice 3d modeling using Sketchup today. Then they got to handle some human organs, including the brain, use an EMG to discover electricity in their muscles, and talk about the human body in general through the outreach center.
The red and blue groups got to experience the world of mathematical modeling with Dr. Jen Eli today. They heard the buzz about this session yesterday, so many were very excited about today. They first got to work on their mathematical vocabulary and communicating with a partner through a series of short challenges. Then they dove right in to 3 dimensional figures and used 3D pens to create models of figures such as pyramids, tetrahedron, and even some did the dodecahedron! They really enjoyed using the 3D pens and seeing how the world of modeling has opened up with recent technology devices such as the 3D pens coming down in price.
In robotics today, all four groups continued to work on their challenge mats. We had lots of successes today and the students are feeling confident going into their challenges tomorrow. The most favorite mat has definitely been the “K mat” where the students get the robot to spell out C-A-T-S (and when achieved there are
lots of “CATS CATS CATS” shouts of joy 🙂 ). Tomorrow, the yellow and green groups will be doing the Space Challenge and the red and blue groups will be doing the Green City Challenge.
In their words…
Yellow/Green Groups
- The leg has the most pulses
- I learned that they take a picture of different sections of the brain to comoe up with the size of a tumor. [sic]
- I learned about different parts of the organ and different diseases.
- How the brain works and about the different brain sections.
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That there is air and water in ur head [sic]
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I learned about the human body, lie detector tests, the brai, and what foods have in it.
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Sick hearts actually get larger.
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I didn’t know kidey made urine [sic]
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I learn about the differences of a healthy heart and a heart that’s sick
- I like that I can use this in real life
- I liked learning about the human body, also I liked touching the preserved organs.
- It is something I could use in my career
- I got to play on sketchup and see lots of things
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It was fun to hold the organs, and the people were very willing to answer questions. I was never bored.
Red/Blue Groups
- I learned about a hexagonal prism.
- How to use a 3 dimensional pen and how to draw connected cubes
- that you can melt plastic safly [sic]
- I learned how to draw 3-D shapes with isonic paper.
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That there was more 3d shapes than regular
- It was really fun to draw cubes and 3 dimensional shapes on 2d objects
- I liked using 3-D pens
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how to use math for archutechual things [sic]
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it was really hands on
Conversation Starters…
Yellow/Green Groups
- How big do tumors actually get? How do they know how big they are?
- What was your favorite organ to learn about and touch? Why?
- What did you find out when you did the EMG?
- What challenges did you work on today in robotics? How comfortable are you with the programming now? What did you get your robot to do today?
Red/Blue Groups
- What polyhedra did you build today with your 3D pen?
- How successful were you and your partner at communicating during the mathematical challenges today?
- What challenges did you work on today in robotics? How comfortable are you with the programming now? What did you get your robot to do today?
- What was your favorite part about using the 3D pen?
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