Metro-Central S.T.E.M.

Gift Exchange Breakfast

2011-01-01T15:32:00.000-08:00

Working with Santa

2011-01-01T15:12:00.001-08:00

Do Reflexes Effect Heart Rate?

2011-01-01T15:01:00.000-08:00

The Brain..There is nothing like the brain !

2011-01-01T14:39:00.000-08:00

Electrophoresis Take 2

2011-01-01T14:29:00.000-08:00

OSU Genetics Lab

2010-11-13T14:26:00.001-08:00

English Class Time

2010-11-13T14:21:00.001-08:00

b-Globin

2010-11-13T14:18:00.000-08:00

Starnds of DNA

2010-11-13T14:09:00.000-08:00

DNA DNA DNA

2010-11-13T13:58:00.000-08:00

We are..WESTERVILLE!!!

2010-11-13T13:40:00.001-08:00

Gram-Staining

2010-11-13T13:38:00.000-08:00

The STEM -Bodies Teaching Team

2010-11-13T13:24:00.000-08:00

Autumn McCormick,Scott Paynter, Pam Hayes, Eric Rothaker,Peter DeWitt

Prism Award Ceremony at Ohio Health

2010-10-11T17:28:00.000-07:00

Enzymes and Toothpicks

2010-10-11T17:23:00.001-07:00

September Birthdays

2010-10-11T17:06:00.000-07:00

OSU Lab on Cell Membranes

2010-10-11T16:43:00.000-07:00

Feedback Loop Models

2010-10-11T16:32:00.003-07:00

Ohio Health, Volunteering, TB Shots and CPR

2010-10-02T12:13:00.000-07:00

Ohio Health in Westerville has adopted our STEM-Bodies program. We spent many days getting our TB shots, taking CPR and volunteering classes. On September 22nd many of us shadowed doctors and researchers in and around Columbus.

Blood Pressure

2010-10-02T11:06:00.000-07:00

Hmmmm..I think you're alive

Making Heart Videos

2010-10-02T10:08:00.000-07:00

Heart videos were great with the fresh pig hearts. We traced the flow of blood through the heart as we explained the pathways of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood.

Cardiology and Blood Flow

2010-10-02T09:57:00.000-07:00

Working on our Blood Flow presentations.

Coroner's Office

2010-10-02T09:49:00.000-07:00

No matter how I tried this picture wanted to STAY upside down...soooo stand on your head or turn your computer :)

Building a Heart Pump

2010-10-02T09:24:00.000-07:00

Books, ID's, Student Union and Jennings Hall

2010-10-02T08:26:00.000-07:00

Took our first trip to OSU to get our biology books, ID's at the student union and visit Jennings Hall where our classes will be held this fall.

Body System Groups

2010-08-29T16:48:00.000-07:00

Another year for STEM-bodies. We begin with a mystery and break down into groups to solve it. Forty-eight students strong.

STEM-Internship Presentations

2010-06-28T17:44:00.000-07:00

Blood Pressure and Pulses

2010-03-15T16:54:00.000-07:00

Our nurse, Mrs. Xander, Explained blood pressure and "pulse points" on the body.

COSI and Knee Replacement

2010-03-14T17:49:00.000-07:00

We visited COSI and watched a knee replacement. Very awesome (well some of us didn't watch)

The Largest Organ

2010-03-14T17:39:00.000-07:00

Get your mind out of the gutter..it's the skin.

Muscle Fatigue

2010-03-14T17:27:00.000-07:00

The lab showed how muscles fatigue by squeezing the handometer. With a little encouragement we made it for 2 minutes..ouch!

Blood Typing

2010-02-16T11:10:00.000-08:00

Biology 114 Lab- Invertebrates

2010-02-16T10:49:00.000-08:00

X-Rays and Range of Motion

2010-02-07T16:11:00.000-08:00

Tendons, Ligaments, Muscles and Deer Legs

2010-02-07T15:53:00.000-08:00

Systematics Lab- OSU

2010-01-30T18:17:00.000-08:00

Kidney Dissection

2010-01-30T18:09:00.000-08:00

Biology 114 Lab Ohio State

2010-01-24T11:25:00.000-08:00

Riverside CME&I

2010-01-20T17:50:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Ben Stobbe and the Riverside CME&I team for an awesome day . The students learned how to suture, intubate a patient, cath procedures and a mock code blue. Special thanks to Ron Truax, Jim Heberling, Gina Ruffner and Scott Winfield who were very patient teachers.

Digestion

2010-01-11T17:45:00.000-08:00

The Eyes Have It

2010-01-11T17:22:00.000-08:00

STEM Breakfast with Mr. Spinner

2010-01-11T16:35:00.000-08:00

Holiday Party and Reaction Time Lab

2010-01-11T16:04:00.000-08:00

A Little Chess and the Neuron

2010-01-11T15:52:00.000-08:00

The Brain and Swimcaps

2010-01-11T15:41:00.000-08:00

Gel Electrophoresis of Restriction Enzymes

2010-01-11T15:31:00.000-08:00

Sherlock Bones

2009-12-08T17:22:00.000-08:00

Forensic Anthropology and discovering the identities of the three victims.

HBS- Human Body Systems

2009-12-08T17:11:00.000-08:00

We began our HBS unit by learning the bones and a few facial muscles. We also learned directional areas on the anatomical structure. Now we are artists and scientists ..cool!

Last OSU Lab..On to Finals

2009-11-22T17:25:00.000-08:00

Making Viruses and Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

2009-11-22T17:08:00.000-08:00

HUH? Yes we made 3D viruses and also took time to have lunch and make grilled cheese sandwiches..We needed a break!

Making Agar Plates

2009-11-22T16:55:00.000-08:00

Before doing our bacteria section, we learned how to make and pour agar plates..not as easy as it looks,but pretty soon we got the hang of it.

S.T.E.M. Staff

2009-11-14T18:47:00.000-08:00

Betsy, Pam, Eric and Peter

He needs his morning coffee..mmmmmm

Genetics, Corn and Chi-square

2009-11-14T18:31:00.000-08:00

Cholesterol, LDL, HDL and Electrophoresis

2009-11-14T18:17:00.000-08:00

B-Globin Models

2009-11-14T18:02:00.000-08:00

OSU Stadium

2009-11-08T16:13:00.000-08:00

Yes, Mr. Guseman, we can see the horseshoe from our lab window!!!!

OSU- Lab #5

2009-11-08T15:58:00.000-08:00

Friday we worked on our mitosis lab and finishing up the photosynthesis data. Mr. Dewitt was trying to take "inspirational" pictures..whatever.

Monkey Business

2009-11-08T15:45:00.000-08:00

A former studet of Mrs. Hayes' made us a STEM sock monkey mascot named BOB. Bob will travel with us to our different locations. Friday Bob went to Ohio State Bio 113 lab and since it was a beautiful day, Emily, Trevor and Julie took him to Mirror Lake for this photo opportunity.

Nucleotide Sequences

2009-11-08T15:36:00.000-08:00

We determine the nucleotide sequence in b-globin.

Extracting DNA

2009-11-08T15:16:00.000-08:00

Liver, Strawberries and Kiwi were our source for DNA extraction. Cutting, Blending and using the centrifuge seemed to do the trick. Our "centrifuge thugs" did an excellent job of maintaining centrifugal force. HUH!

DNA

2009-11-02T17:10:00.000-08:00

Photosynthesis -The Dark Reaction

2009-11-02T17:01:00.000-08:00

Studying for Bio Midterm

2009-11-02T16:49:00.000-08:00

HeLa Cells

2009-10-27T18:08:00.000-07:00

Henrietta Lack passed away from cervical cancer in October of 1951. Her cancer cells have been growing in labs all over the world ever since. She has saved many lives and allowed the medical community to study and test cancer cells. We stained and examined these cells today and held a socratic seminar into "medical morality".

Photosynthesis Notes

2009-10-27T18:02:00.000-07:00

Kyle, Nathan and Achal made a study guide for photosynthesis...LIFE SIZE!!

Skyping for Office Hours

2009-10-26T17:43:00.000-07:00

Since we can't make it to OSU for office hours we skype Dr. Rotheker every week to get all of our questions answered. Isn't technology grand?

Activity Rates of Enzymes

2009-10-19T18:07:00.000-07:00

Peroxidase is the enzyme we tested at our OSU lab. It catalyzes the hydrolysis of hydrogen peroxide which can be a toxic by-product of aerobic respiration. After we processed the turnips, we used the spectrophotometer to establish the peroxidase activity.

Which Molecule Am I?

2009-10-18T13:04:00.000-07:00

We are getting pretty good at this Biochemistry stuff.

Biological Membranes

2009-10-18T12:27:00.000-07:00

Week 3 for our OSU labs and we are booking. We are studying prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and their membranes. Our labs consisted of functions of membranes and their composition of lipids, carbohydrates and proteins.

Molecules and Snuggie Day

2009-10-06T18:01:00.000-07:00

During Spirit Week we dove into the molecular structures of biomolecules. Eric was warm and cozy building his molecules. Phong ,Kyle and Nathan got way too into it !!!

CPR Certification

2009-10-06T17:49:00.000-07:00

The class went to the new Ohio Health Center to get certified in CPR and the use of AED. All went well and we are now certified to save your life :) Anyone need rescued?

Bio 113 and Dr. Eric

2009-09-26T15:21:00.000-07:00

We started our OSU class this week with lecture on Thursday and Lab on Friday at Jennings Hall on campus. We are pretty good at the microscope by now and most of us made the 6:45 AM( yes that is AM) bus to campus. Lecture was good and we like our new professor ,even though we all needed a little "java" to get going.

Area, Volume and Agar...Oh My!

2009-09-26T15:08:00.001-07:00

So how does NaOH effect the volume of an agar square? Just ask us :)

Microscopes and Heavy Books

2009-09-26T14:48:00.000-07:00

We started another week learning many lessons. First..college textbooks are very heavy..second microscopes with 1000X magnification are really cool... but not so easy to focus and third oil immersion lenses ....interesting .

College Lessons

2009-09-19T18:39:00.000-07:00

We found out attending college required patience and a lot of waiting. We got our BUCK-I-D and visited the book store for our new Biology Books and lab manuals. Walking, waiting, smiling,standing,walking some more, hunger,thirst, long bus rides..but we made it and are now "official" Buckeyes!

Heart and Lung Research Center

2009-09-19T18:30:00.000-07:00

Friday we visisted OSU and attended a lecture on Cardiovascular MRI's at the Heart and Lung Research Institute.

EKG

2009-09-19T18:01:00.000-07:00

We learned how to do an EKG this week. Once we got the electrodes hooked up, we found our p waves and recorded our data. Below are pictures ....ZZZZZap!

Blood Pressure

2009-09-16T16:12:00.000-07:00

The school nurse taught us blood pressure the old-fashioned way, then we tried the computerized method. Believe it or not, the former was more accurate. Here Colby and Matthew practice their doctor skills.

Check Your Pulse.

2009-09-16T16:08:00.000-07:00

Kyle, Nathan, a race, pulse rate analysis . . . fun. Almost as fun as seeing what a "screamer" does to your pulse.

Hearts Dissected!

2009-09-16T16:02:00.000-07:00

Hearts open wide! The students dissected sheep hearts this week and produced videos of the experience for their lab report.

Trail Blazers

2009-09-12T13:33:00.000-07:00

Some portraits of Friday's adventurers. The Bodies students have been very ambitious and hard working.

OSU Orientation

2009-09-12T12:07:00.000-07:00

The students explored OSU's campus on Friday. They found their lab where they will work on Bio 113 and 114, and they made it back to us at the Wexner Center to catch the bus.

Inquiring how to build a pump

2009-09-12T12:02:00.000-07:00

The students also designed pumps using their physics know-how and a set of basic supplies. They were not given any instructions. It was neat to see them discover ways to make it work.

BioMedical Artists

2009-09-12T08:48:00.000-07:00

The students did some heart art this week.

Mystery Crackers

2009-09-12T08:44:00.000-07:00

The biomedical class started with a mystery concerning the death of a fictitious 35-year old female. After studying the coroner's report, Andrew, Lili, and Julie cracked the case first. Other teams were close on their tale - one turning in the correct response only 1 minute later.

Well done young biomedical scientists!

Columbus Dispatch Article

2009-09-09T07:17:00.000-07:00

The Columbus Dispatch recently visited Bodies in order to talk with us about how the roll-out of this Metro program has gone. It was nice to talk with Jennifer Smith Richards and work with photographer Tom Dodge. The article can be found here:

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/09/06/metrospreads.ART_ART_09-06-09_B1_Q7F02CG.html

Coroner's Office

2009-09-06T19:08:00.000-07:00

Friday, September 4, we visited the Franklin County Coroner's office. We visited toxicology labs,the pathology lab and watched two autopsies. Many of us that wanted to be forensic scientists have definitely changed our minds.

Bodies Projects

2009-09-06T18:47:00.000-07:00

Our projects and powerpoints were awesome. All of our hard work paid off. Students not only demonstrated understanding of the basic form and function of each organ system, but they also incorporated current scientific research into a chemical-level understanding of their system.

Man-i-kins

2009-09-06T18:18:00.000-07:00

Bodies Research- Once we got our computers ready to go (thank you IT guys) the students broke into "systems" groups and became experts on their asssigned body system. Researching medical journals and anatomy and physiology of each system were part of the first day events. Here are some pictures:

Kick-Off Breakfast

2009-09-04T04:12:00.000-07:00

What a great start we have had for the Bodies Program! Our kick-off parent-student breakfast was no exception. Bagels, doughnuts, and a CSI-style MYSTERY! Our building principals Todd Spinner, Dr. Machelle Kline, and Marcy Raymond were in attendance. Dr. J Daniel Good, superintendent of Westerville City Schools, also showed his support of the Bodies program. Here are some pictures: