Day 3- MSTF

Today started out with another in-depth lecture by Dimitry regarding protein reaction centers, and the efficiency of photons in creating energy as opposed to other methods such as silicon or molecular-created energy. This concept was also highly above my ability level in many respects, but there were many biological concepts that I was able to grasp that helped to give me some understanding of the overall topic of the lecture. While much of this information is very fascinating, I still have not found any ideas as to how to apply this to my content area at the high school.

In the afternoon MSTF class, we first had our required safety-lab training. While this was not full of excitement, it was needed to be safe in the lab. However, in my area, we are not in a lab, so it did not have a lot of application. After this, we learned of some mini-workshops that will be presented by our peers within the program to build or skills in areas such as PowerPoint, Google Documents, and Geometers SketchPad. I am looking forward to this in order to build some of my skills for the upcoming school year.