BioTech Camp Lesson Plans
BioEngineering Camp Lesson Plans
BioRenewables Camp Lesson Plans
BioChemistry Camp Lesson Plans
Project Renewables
Day One:
- Design Challenge: Build a Power Grid Map of Mezzacello
- Design Challenge: Create a Multimeter Display
- Design Challenge: Complete the Circuit
Team Building – What makes a good team and how do you make that happen?
- Design Challenge: Grace Under Pressure
- Design Challenge: Team Identity
- Design Challenge: STEM Identity
Layers of Reality – a fun way to introduce the STEM in #UrbanAgTech by creating a model for the way the world works through art and lecture.
Day Two
Webs of Life – a quick review of where in our world we interact with Atoms and why.
- Design Challenge: Electricity and Matter
- Design Challenge: Create a Simple Motor
- Design Challenge: Using Electromagnetic Radiation to Bleach Plastic
Data 101 – A deeper dive into how and why we collect and use data from graphs and labels to predictions and proof.
- Design Challenge: Create a Data Set
- Design Challenge: Create a chart
- Design Challenge: Tell a Story with Data
Day Three:
The Circle of Life – a crash course into Applied STEM and Math integration in Ag and in STEM.
- Design Challenge: Conductors VS Insulators
- Design Challenge: Identify a Reframe of a Simple Problem
- Design Challenge: Using The Force
As Above; So Below – a reminder that life is sophisticated and deeper than we want to acknowledge, but is essentially Yin and Yang with a boundary layer.
- Design Challenge: What IS Lightning?
- Design Challenge: Air, Water, Earth, Fire
- Design Challenge: Creating a simple LED Card
Day Four
Career Crossover – Allows students to reflect on what they have observed and how it impacts their curiosity and their future
- Design Challenge: Career Memory Game
- Design Challenge: Team Algorithm
- Design Challenge: Create a Portable Broadcast System
Analyze and Modify – Create a script for the final video for the team at Camp.
- Design Challenge: Discuss with your team what your video will be
- Design Challenge: Assign Random Roles
- Design Challenge: Create an Exploded LED Light
Day Five
- Finish Your Product Development
- Prep for Presentation
- Present your Final Presentation

Project BioChemistry
Day One:
- Design Challenge: Compost 101
- Design Challenge: Create a Simple Pump
- Design Challenge: Understanding The Cycles on a Farm
Team Building – What makes a good team and how do you make that happen?
- Design Challenge: Atomic People (creating teams with atomic properties)
- Design Challenge: Team Identity
- Design Challenge: STEM Identity
Layers of Reality – a fun way to introduce the STEM in #UrbanAgTech by creating a model for the way the world works through art and lecture.
Day Two
Webs of Life – a quick review of where in our world we interact with Atoms and why.
- Design Challenge: NHCOPS Challenge
- Design Challenge: Creating a Perfect Fertilizer
- Design Challenge: How Nitrogen Propagates
Data 101 – A deeper dive into how and why we collect and use data from graphs and labels to predictions and proof.
- Design Challenge: Create a Data Set
- Design Challenge: Create a chart
- Design Challenge: Tell a Story with Data
Day Three:
The Circle of Life – a crash course into Applied STEM and Math integration in Ag and in STEM.
- Design Challenge: Create a Lasagna Garden
- Design Challenge: Identify a Useful Pollinator
- Design Challenge: Using Bases to Bleach things
As Above; So Below – a reminder that life is sophisticated and deeper than we want to acknowledge, but is essentially Yin and Yang with a boundary layer.
- Design Challenge: The MicroFauna
- Design Challenge: Air, Water, Earth, Fire
- Design Challenge: Create a Water Purifier
Day Four
Career Crossover – Allows students to reflect on what they have observed and how it impacts their curiosity and their future
- Design Challenge: Career Memory Game
- Design Challenge: Team Algorithm
- Design Challenge: Interview for Your Future Job
Analyze and Modify – Create a script for the final video for the team at Camp.
- Design Challenge: Discuss with your team what your video will be
- Design Challenge: Assign Random Roles
- Design Challenge: Create a Carbon Sink
Day Five
- Finish Your Product Development
- Prep for Presentation
- Present your Final Presentation
