Today was my "light bulb" day in the Center for Biological Physics. We met Dr. Michael Thorpe for the first time today. This was also the day that we were truly able to benefit from our mentor teachers from last year. This group had created an activity about rigid and non-rigid structures of proteins using Popsicle sticks of different lengths. Then, the mathematical counting principle of determining the degrees of freedom came into play. This was an exciting day for me because it is all finally starting to come together. I now am seeing ideas that could play well in my Geometry classroom.
After this, our afternoon was spent at the Polytechnic campus. My favorite part of the day while visiting the Polytechnic campus was the LARB, or the Lab for Algae Research and Biotechnology. In this lab, they are growing different types of algae to determine beneficial uses for this such as an alternative energy source. This was exciting because it is actual research happening that is a hand's on experience.
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