Day 14- end of week 2

Today we worked with Dr. Michael Thorpe again on structural rigidity and formation of proteins. The popsicle stick model has led to a well developed formula for determining the degrees of freedom of any structure based on the number of atoms and the number of bonds. This is a great algebraic and geometric concept that I hope to implement in my classroom this school year. I am still struggling to come up with my own, unique model of tying this into my classroom, but hopefully, as we join our own researcher next week, we will be able to bounce ideas off of one another in smaller groups and be ready to go!