Description In this course, students will explore the connection between personal care products and disproportionate rates of harm toward People of Color. Using a systems thinking approach, students will learn how beauty injustices, such as colorism, skin color, and hair discrimination, lead to higher chemical exposure and higher rates of asthma, cancers, and endocrine disorders. Students will use consumer product safety databases to screen their personal care products. They will analyze … [Read more...] about Environmental Injustice in the Beauty Industry
Grade 11
Media Influence: Crafting Your Voice in a Digital World
Description In this dynamic, project-based ESL Level 3-4 course, students will dive into the world of media to explore how advertisements, social media, and public service announcements shape our beliefs, identities, and communities. By analyzing real-world media, students will uncover how persuasive techniques such as ethos, pathos, and logos are used to influence audiences—equipping them to navigate and critique the messages they encounter every day. This course is culturally responsive, … [Read more...] about Media Influence: Crafting Your Voice in a Digital World
Science Ambassadors: Outreach Activities that Empower Youth to be Scientists
Description High school Science Ambassador students research common everyday products and their potential hazards, then choose a product they’d like to try making a safer version of using green chemistry principles. Students spend weeks in the lab to pilot different procedures and incorporate green chemistry principles to optimize their safer alternatives. Then, Science Ambassador students visit K-8 classrooms and inspire the younger children to become scientists while doing hands-on … [Read more...] about Science Ambassadors: Outreach Activities that Empower Youth to be Scientists
Money Talks! Let’s Make it Work for You!
Description During this financial literacy course, students will learn the core tenets of financial planning, spending and budgeting, and financial markets and investing. This course is perfect for teens who are interested in learning more about personal finance. All of the information learned in this course will be practical and applicable to daily life. Students will ultimately learn how to create a financial plan, how saving and budgeting impact future goals, and how to invest! Money talks, … [Read more...] about Money Talks! Let’s Make it Work for You!
The Fictional Mind: Exploring diverse fictional perspectives in literature
Description English classes are more than just reading to write about what you read. In this course, students will analyze short stories, poetry and plays in order to understand the intersectionality of diverse perspectives. While the majority of the texts in this course are fiction, the skills learned are transferrable to all genres. This course has required readings and also gives students opportunities to choose their own texts in order to build student autonomy and help students to better … [Read more...] about The Fictional Mind: Exploring diverse fictional perspectives in literature
Is There a Doctor in the House?
Description HMS MEDscience is an innovative high school Biology course immersing students into simulated medical emergencies. Students learn to think like scientists as they are charged with diagnosing a patient! Our science curriculum motivates students to think critically, communicate effectively, and work collaboratively in teams. We bring classroom learning into the real world with hands-on experiences, giving students the confidence they need to succeed. In the first session, students … [Read more...] about Is There a Doctor in the House?