Thurgood Marshall
Posted by Brittney D.
Our trip to Thurgood Marshall High School was one to remember. We spent all day on May 14, 2008 conducting our presentation. There were six classes in all, and they were back to back. This was our first all day presentation and it was quite exhausting. One of the classes was a Bio-technology class so they learned a lot of valuable information for their class. The classes had ninth through twelfth graders but there were never more than ten students at one time. The students were really focused on what we were saying and had a lot of good questions. Some of the students ate lunch with us and a couple of them gave us a tour around the new building. Thurgood Marshall was previously Colonel White High school but moved to the other side of the city, and name was changed once they moved into their new building. Although they are in a new location they have the same faculty as before.
Yellow Springs Middle School
Posted by Brittney D.
On April 18, 2008 the NET Incubator visited Yellow Springs Middle School to meet with, and present to their seventh and eightieth grade student council members. Yellow Springs Middle School was the very first school we presented to. We had so much fun with their students. The kids were very attentive and followed directions well. We provided a hands on experiment that allowed the students to interact with us .The experiment we conducted allowed the kids to abstract DNA from a strawberry. We quickly learned never to tell seventh and eighth grade boys to smash anything! The students were fascinated by the experiment. We discussed with them the importance of environmental conservation, the importance of recycling, and how to decrease the effects of Global Warming.