Cool Chemistry Labs...
There's a summer program geared for disadvantaged girls entering 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grades in an urban neighborhood. The goal of the program is to encourage girls to stay in the sciences and mathematics, by either pursuing a degree at the post-secondary level or a career in the sciences or mathematics. The program consists of mini-sessions throughout a week in the summer, and each mini session is an individual 3-hour course (unrelated to other mini-sessions).
I'm pinch-hitting for a vacant instructor spot, and they are hoping for some chemistry-related ideas but they are open to any good ideas. I am not a chemistry teacher (I teach biology) and haven't taken a chemistry class since 1998. So I was hoping to crowd-source some ideas! (I'm willing to develop the activity or lesson plan myself, but if you could throw me some good ideas, I'd be eternally grateful!)
The goal is to come up with a topic or concept that would I could develop into a 3-hour session, that would encourage or spark an interest in these teenage girls to pursue (or stay interested) in the sciences.
As an example that was provided to me, one session is a forensic science course that analyzes blood splatter. The students are introduced to the concept of different blood types via a lecture, they are given microscopes to examine prepared blood slides, and then they work in groups to produce blood splatters (using fake blood), and then analyze the blood splatters as a forensic scientist would to come up with some conclusions, and the session concludes with some information about what a day in the life of forensic scientist might be and how you would go pursuing a career in that field.
Thank you!!
I'm pinch-hitting for a vacant instructor spot, and they are hoping for some chemistry-related ideas but they are open to any good ideas. I am not a chemistry teacher (I teach biology) and haven't taken a chemistry class since 1998. So I was hoping to crowd-source some ideas! (I'm willing to develop the activity or lesson plan myself, but if you could throw me some good ideas, I'd be eternally grateful!)
The goal is to come up with a topic or concept that would I could develop into a 3-hour session, that would encourage or spark an interest in these teenage girls to pursue (or stay interested) in the sciences.
As an example that was provided to me, one session is a forensic science course that analyzes blood splatter. The students are introduced to the concept of different blood types via a lecture, they are given microscopes to examine prepared blood slides, and then they work in groups to produce blood splatters (using fake blood), and then analyze the blood splatters as a forensic scientist would to come up with some conclusions, and the session concludes with some information about what a day in the life of forensic scientist might be and how you would go pursuing a career in that field.
Thank you!!