About Our Class

• School: Loudoun School for Advanced Studies
• Grades: Middle School Students (grades 6,7,8)

What We're Doing

• Planning to Start: 9/21/20
• Planning to End: 10/29/20
• Theme: Celery Challenge (plant anatomy, osmosis and diffusion)
• Expected Breaks: no class 10/12 (Columbus day) and 10/14 (PSAT)
• Course: Data in Life Sciences (7th grade)

Our Outcomes

I would like to have my 7th grade life science students do the celery challenge to experience authentic hypothesis testing, experimental design, and data interpretation. Student engagement should be very high with the validation of having a mentor scientist with whom they can discuss their experiments and ask questions. The students will also learn how to have professional communication. Additional learning goals are for the students to understand osmosis, transpiration and plant cell differentiation.