Article:
Building Blocks of
Learning
(last article on page)
MIT's CEHS outreach staff uses hands-on models of DNA and
chromosomes from LEGO Education to teach basic biology.
Basic concepts in molecular biology are necessary for understanding
environmental health science.
Article:
Edgerton program's
message is
You Go Girl!
This article describes an engaging hands-on lesson that CEHS created in
population genetics using the LEGO Chromosome set. The effect of
a genetic susceptibility to an environmental toxin can be discovered by
the students in the course of this activity.
Article:
Students Study
Toxicology at
MIT
In their after-school academic program, Summerbridge middle
school students conducted experiments in toxicology and visited CEHS
labs at MIT.