🚀 Solution Makers: Innovation, Data and Global Ethics
An annual 8-mission plan for ninth grade, focusing on data science, bioengineering, and developing solutions at scale.
Main Objective of the Plan
To propel ninth grade students to become ethical innovators by equipping them with advanced skills in programming, data science and engineering design so they can prototype and debate solutions to global challenges.
STEM Disciplines and Skills
Science: Genetics (CRISPR-Cas9), molecular biology.
Technology: Bioinformatics, GenBank.
Engineering: Advanced bioengineering.
Mathematics: Statistics and combinatorial analysis.
Practical Activities
- CRISPR simulation: Editing of sequences on paper.
- Debate: «Designer Babies»: Ethics in germline therapy.
STEM disciplines
Science: Climatology, CO2.
Technology: Python (Google Colab), GIS.
Mathematics: Regression analysis and climate models.
Activities
- Python for Climate: Plot actual CO2 trends.
- Albedo Lab: Thermal experiment with surfaces.
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