SEP Session 3, Day 8 (5-8)

Each day, we will feature several courses. The number of courses posted about each day will vary depending on our schedule and tasks for the day. Throughout the session, we will feature as many courses as possible.

This morning in "Explorations in Neuroscience" and "The Energizers and Catalyzers of the Biochemical Process," students reviewed what they have learned at SEP and rehearsed for their final presentations. Students played each other's games and heard each other's findings. Then, students played synapse tag together on the blacktop.

This afternoon in "The Energizers and Catalyzers of the Biochemical Process," SEP 7-8 scientists presented their final projects to the class. Students final project explained their banana experiments, and students chose to format their projects in different ways, including songs, posters, and powerpoint presentations. 

Today in "Math, Statistics, and Game Theory," teacher Simonas Cepenas modeled how to use R (a statistical coding software) to examine word usage frequency in Trump's tweets. The class also used the software to look at the relationship between the percent of women in the labor force in different countries and the fertility rate in those countries. Finally, the class made their own data set with students gender, height, how much they like hiking and if they prefer O'Hill or STAB food. Students then made predictions about the data and used R to check their predictions.

Today in "How to Make a Podcast," groups worked on editing their final podcasts.

Teacher, Nicole Story, listens in on a group's podcast

This morning in "Engineering Hogwarts," SEP engineers worked on their final project for the class. Students have been working in small groups to write and act out an original script. Today students have been working on designing and creating an invention that helps the main character solve a problem. Students are using clay, pipe cleaners, construction paper to create their original invention/props. 

This afternoon in "Periodic Explorations," SEP 7-8 students watched a demonstration of an experiment involving liquid nitrogen. Afterward, students had the opportunity to perform the same experiment in small groups.

Best,

Nicole, Olivia and Abby