BioTech

Students will explore the molecular nature of fertilizer and its relationship to NHCOPS, the water cycle and the sun.

Students will repurpose takeout container to start growing seedlings in a small hydroponic container with a heat map to promote germination and growth,

Poultry monitoring using remote cameras and advanced tracking software and sensors. You know a futuristic chicken coop

Eight random eggs fertilized by a rooster and set into an automated incubator. The trick was a bath matte. I had to keep the eggs warm!

Life is a dance of balance with soil or water below, the ground barrier between and the atmosphere above. Pattern, Process, structure.

The Bio dome project has failed. Too many variables to control and not enough hands on the job. Will reset and try again. Heat, Water, life.

Avian Flu is deadly for chickens and ducks. When kids visit Mezzacello, I insist they sterilize the shoes in bleach. All feet covered!

Using off the shelf buckets, washed sand, gravel, charcoal and was large river stone we can purify even the dirtiest water.

This is a core lesson: how to understand more complex problems through systems engineering principles and reframe problems.

BioTech Camp 2023 five day lesson plans with lesson, activity, design challenge and presentation data. Teacher resource for use at Mezzacello.