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ST. PAUL —
Learning about cells can be difficult, especially without a real cell to study. Mrs. Twila Wagner, the third grade teacher, had been teaching her class about cells for about a week, making diagrams of plant cells, when they visited the high school lab.
Mr. Nick Jacquinot, the science teacher at St. Paul high School had his Advanced Biology class prepare a presentation by using what they had previously learned, and researching added information about the cells they were presenting to help the elementary students better understand it. They set up stations at the lab tables, two microscopes with two different types of cells at each, letting the third-graders experience a wide variety of cells.
“It’s a great opportunity to interest students in science, for the third grade, and for high schoolers,” Mr. Jacquinot said, “It lets the kids see and experience a science lab, and let the high schoolers experience how it would be to teach, and be a role model.” He said that he was very proud of his students and happy with how things are going this year.
Gage Gannaway and Alise Doherty, both elementary students who attended this presentation, said they learned a lot. These third graders really enjoyed looking through the microscopes at the cell designs, and learning the differences between plant and animal cells. “It really helps to have a visual,” Mrs. Wagner said, “It helped make studying cells much more real.”
For four years the advanced biology class has been putting on this presentation for the third grade, helping them to improve their understanding of cells, and hopefully, will continue to do so, and help interest students of all ages in science
Learning about cells can be difficult, especially without a real cell to study. Mrs. Twila Wagner, the third grade teacher, had been teaching her class about cells for about a week, making diagrams of plant cells, when they visited the high school lab.
Mr. Nick Jacquinot, the science teacher at St. Paul high School had his Advanced Biology class prepare a presentation by using what they had previously learned, and researching added information about the cells they were presenting to help the elementary students better understand it. They set up stations at the lab tables, two microscopes with two different types of cells at each, letting the third-graders experience a wide variety of cells.
“It’s a great opportunity to interest students in science, for the third grade, and for high schoolers,” Mr. Jacquinot said, “It lets the kids see and experience a science lab, and let the high schoolers experience how it would be to teach, and be a role model.” He said that he was very proud of his students and happy with how things are going this year.
Gage Gannaway and Alise Doherty, both elementary students who attended this presentation, said they learned a lot. These third graders really enjoyed looking through the microscopes at the cell designs, and learning the differences between plant and animal cells. “It really helps to have a visual,” Mrs. Wagner said, “It helped make studying cells much more real.”
For four years the advanced biology class has been putting on this presentation for the third grade, helping them to improve their understanding of cells, and hopefully, will continue to do so, and help interest students of all ages in science
