Last week we showed how elemental sodium will oxidize into a sodium ion and dissolve in water. Today we did the opposite by observing a precipitation reaction.

Today we concluded our unit on applied biochemistry with a student-led review.

In today’s session, the periodic table and its fundamental properties were introduced to the students. 

We summarized the last 3 months of their study of chemistry branching into medicine, biology, genetics and more!

Today we applied all of our learning about biochemistry to imagine what alien life might look like and explore where it is most likely exists.

Today we learned that viruses can either actively reproduce themselves as part of the lytic cycle, or lie dormant in a host cell’s genome as part of the lysogenic cycle.

Today we explored gene therapy, the process of adding a functioning gene to a patient's cells and/or blocking a harmful gene. We determined whether different diseases would be good candidates for gene therapy by answering four important questions.

Cogitanian’s have been discovering and looking for answers to the big questions in life sciences.

In Cogitania your kids learn how to be a scientist and what it takes to become one!

Some photos of our work on how chemistry links to genetics, bio-chemistry and global warming!

Today we took a hiatus from hard science to consider questions like "What is of value?" and "What should be legal?" in the context of the biotechnologies that we will dive into in subsequent sessions.