• Grades: 7-12
• Capacity: 30 students
• Duration: 60 minutes
• Cost: $120
• Offered Tuesday through Friday at 10:15 and 11:45 a.m.

Next Generation Science Standards

Science and Engineering Practices:

• Asking questions and defining problems
• Developing and using models
• Planning and carrying out investigations
• Analyzing and interpreting data
• Using mathematics and computational thinking
• Constructing explanations and designing solutions
• Engaging in argument from evidence
• Obtaining, evaluating and communicating information

Crosscutting Concepts:

• Patterns
• Cause and effect
• Systems and system models
• Structure and function
• Stability and change

Disciplinary Core Ideas:

Middle School

LS 1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

• LS1.A: Structure and Function
• LS1.B: Growth and Development of Organisms

ETS2: Links among engineering, technology science and society

LS 3: Heredity: inheritance and variation of traits

ETS2: Links among engineering, technology science and society

Lab goals

Students will:

• Gain a greater understanding of medicine, physiology and anatomy.
• Learn how personal choices impact community health issues.
• Gain a greater understanding of, and increased interest in, a range of health and science careers that impact community and individual health.
• Feel empowered to take initiative in improving personal, family and/or community health.
• Actively engage in inquiry-based, hands-on science investigation.
• Work collaboratively with peers.
• Communicate using terminology/vocabulary accurately.
• Analyze test results, develop a diagnosis and suggest treatment for illness.