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Biology Students Visit
Southside Baptist Christian School
Bringing Science to Life!
Dr. Paula Lessem, Director of Biological Laboratories at the University of Richmond has developed an interactive series of labs that she and her students will be doing with students in grades 3-12. Initiated in the Fall of 2008, Dr. Lessem and her students were on site twice a month conducting experiments with our students. This was an opportunity for SBCS students to see with their eyes and touch with their hands all that they were learning in their science classes. Becuase of the great success of the program, it has now become a permanent part of the school's science curriculum.
It seems the Science Department at the University of Richmond has "adopted" the student body of SBCS. Dr. Paula Lessem and her Biology 101 students have had several opportunities to work with the students at SBCS both on-site and in the university's science lab. Nick Mider, a reporter for The Collegian, did a wonderful article for the university newspaper praising the efforts and outreach of the UR students and faculty.
Read "The Collegian" Article
Below are links to exciting resources and follow-up activities for your students:
Elementary School
Project: The cell - introduce elementary students to the anatomy and physiology of selected components of the cell:
cell membrane, nucleus, "protein factories" and "power house" of the cell.
Suggested Activities: The incredible, edible cell or jello cells
Resources:
Follow up activity: Construct a cell
Middle School
Project: The cell - introduce middle school students to the anatomy and physiology of selected components of the cell: cell membrane, nucleus, "protein factories" and "power house" of the cell.
Suggested Activities: The Incredible, edible cell - construction of cell or cell jeopardy
Resources:
Follow-Up Activity:
Crossword Puzzle:
Internet search for different cell types:
High School
Project: Gene games to reinforce DNA, amino acids - emphasize "the central dogma of molecular genetics."
Support material: Race for the Double Helix (89 min)
Suggested Activities:
DNA Workshop activity:
"Say it with DNA"
Resources:
This site contains the basic structure of DNA:
Interactive link: From DNA to protein
Follow up activity:
Each student chooses a scenario (16)on the web site: Prepare a short report with a visual aid and share with the class.
