LIFE SCIENCE NEW! Disease Transmission 45 Minutes • Laboratory Workshop Online | At LSC | At Your School
We are influenced every day by the microbes around us, especially viruses. Take on the role of epidemiologists and use online simulations to investigate the growth and transmission of viruses. Make predictions and manipulate variables to determine what factors speed or slow the rate of infection. Alignment to NJSLS - Science HS-LS2-1 Use mathematical and/or computational representations to support explanations of factors that affect carrying capacity of ecosystems at different scales. Connections to NJSLS - Mathematics MP.2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively. MP.4 Model with mathematics. HSN.Q.A.1 Use units as a way to understand problems and to guide the solution of multi-step problems; choose and interpret units consistently in formulas; choose and interpret the scale and the origin in graphs and data displays. Alignment to NJSLS - Computer Science and Design Thinking 8.1.12.DA.6 Create and refine computational models to better represent the relationships among different elements of data collected from a phenomenon or process.
Forensic Science: Gotham Detective 60-75 Minutes • Laboratory Workshop Online | At LSC
Conduct an investigation and analyze evidence to build a case against one of the city’s notorious criminal masterminds before it’s too late. Alignment to NJSLS - Science HS-LS1-3 Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that feedback mechanisms maintain homeostasis. Connections to NJSLS - English Language Arts WHST.9-12.7 Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
Live From Kidney Transplant 2.5 hours • Live From Surgery Online | At LSC
Witness the gift of life shared between two people as a surgical team
removes a donor kidney, prepares it for transplantation, takes it to an adjacent operating room, and sews it into a recipient. Experience a profound sense of wonder and elation when the donated kidney is attached to the patient’s blood supply and becomes pink. Alignment to NJSLS - Science HS-LS1-3 Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that feedback mechanisms maintain homeostasis.
Live From Robotic Surgery 2.5 hours • Live From Surgery Online | At LSC
Learn about the engineering and design of high-end medical equipment, such as the Da Vinci Robotic Surgical System, and its application in partially removing a tumor from a kidney or related urological procedure. See a live surgery and speak to the surgical team members as they perform a surgical procedure.
healthcare and medical support career opportunities by joining us on our Virtual Career Day. Meet a variety of professionals in the healthcare field. Get inspired as you hear personal stories and ask questions of our esteemed panel. Standard for 21st Century Life and Career Skills 9.2.12.CAP.2 Develop college and career readiness skills by participating in opportunities such as structured learning experiences, apprenticeships, and dual enrollment programs. 9.2.12.CAP.3 Investigate how continuing education contributes to one’s career and personal growth.
Alignment to NJSLS - Science HS-LS1-3 Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that feedback mechanisms maintain homeostasis.
Meet the Surgeon: Heart Transplant
NEW! Live From Surgery Plus:
Join Margarita T. Camacho, MD, as she discusses one of her prerecorded heart transplant surgeries. Learn about risk factors for heart disease, mechanical hearts and assistive devices, and new cardiac transplant technologies and procedures. Gain a better understanding of the organ donation process and analyze data from past research on mechanical devices.
Bacteria Detective
60 Minutes • Live From Surgery Online | At LSC
They’re microscopic, mighty, and play a key role in life all over our planet. Learn to distinguish groups of bacteria using digital materials to simulate gram-staining techniques and identify specimens. Alignment to NJSLS - Science HS.LS1-2 Develop and use a model to illustrate the hierarchical organization of interacting systems that provide specific functions within multicellular organisms. Alignment to NJSLS - English Language Arts SL.11-12.5 Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.
NEW! Live From Surgery Plus:
Career Exploration Panel
45 Minutes • Live From Surgery Online | At LSC
Find out about the wide range of
2.5 hours • Live From Surgery: Meet the Surgeon Online | At LSC
Alignment to NJSLS - Science HS-LS1-3 Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that feedback mechanisms maintain homeostasis.
Meet the Surgeon: Pediatric Orthopedics 2.5 hours • Live From Surgery: Meet the Surgeon Online | At LSC
Join Dr. Samara Friedman as she discusses prerecorded surgeries which include the treatment of bone fractures, surgery of the knee, or pinning of the arm. Hear Dr. 43
