Past projects 2
So, You Want to Be in Healthcare!
Funded Dec 3, 2024Your donation has brought such great experiences to our class! Our students are learning what it feels like to be in health care fields.
We had 2 particular projects that had a particular impact on our students. In the first, we completed a lab in which students had to determine if a reflex pathway or a reaction pathway was faster, showing that reflexes do not take processing time. For this lab, we used our new reflex hammer attachment to go with our Vernier Graphing software. We folded this concept into a larger theme of acting as neurologists to diagnose diseases. Having the reflex hammers helped students conceptualize the steps it takes to receive and send a message in the nervous system and how errors in the pathway can lead to disease.
A second project impacted my anatomy students. Some of these students want to go into a medical field, but some are there just to explore possibilities. I enjoy creating situations that simulate career opportunities so that they have ideas of what they could be in the future. During our cardiovascular unit we explore blood first. We used one of the donated blood typing kits to simulate being in an ER blood lab, needing to make quick decisions on which blood to transfuse into a patient. Students practiced blood typing on known samples, then did simulated patient blood samples, finding a type, then offering appropriate donated blood. They loved this hands-on experience that actually happens in the world. At one point I overheard one student tell her partner, "I loved this lab! I could see myself doing this."
I thank you so much for your generosity- these donations do change lives of students!”
With gratitude,
Dr. Lincecum
This classroom project was brought to life by Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation and 6 other donors.Wow- This Is What My Liver Looks Like?
Funded Sep 1, 2024It is impossible to describe how having anatomical models in our classroom has helped my students! From "unboxing day", students were literally "oooohing" and "aaahing" over each model as it came out of the package. Those models that needed assembly had eager students reading the parts as they put them together- getting a preview of what they would see later in each unit.
Thus far in the year, we have done 2 units- the Integumentary System and the Musculoskeletal system. During the integumentary system, students must make their own 3D model of the skin to show they understand the layers and structures within each layer. The 3D model donated by DonorsChoose became invaluable to students as they sought to choose materials that could represent the complex organ they were trying to make.
In the Musculoskeletal system, many times I noticed students with our skeleton, voted to be named Bob, comparing is anatomy to the 2D diagrams on their paper or on the computer. Being able to manipulate the skeleton in 3D, showing where the ligaments and muscle attachments are, has helped them in their project of acting as a Physical Therapist to come up with a treatment plan for a simulated patient.
Everyone in our class is looking forward to the models that come with each unit! We can't thank you enough.”
With gratitude,
Dr. Lincecum