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The importance of a diverse STEM-educated workforce to our nation's prosperity, security, and competitiveness grows every year. Preparing this future workforce must begin in the earliest grades. SJND’s Biomedical Sciences Pathway program is among the most innovative and rigorous STEM curricula in the nation, and it inspires students to explore human physiology, medicine, research processes, and bioinformatics through hands-on experiments, learning activities, and projects that prepare them for college and careers in science. Some of the first graduates from this program have completed their undergraduate studies and are now attending prestigious institutions such as Johns Hopkins to further their studies as they enter the field.
Biological microscopes are not only a critical component to our numerous science programs ranging from biology, chemistry, environmental, marine ecology, forensics, and physics, they are one of the best tools for giving students access to an unseen world and provoking their curiosity about science. Exploratory learning using microscopes helps break through barriers of STEM education and is a vital part of any biomedical career. Students depend on microscopes to explore the structures of human body tissues, learn how to diagnose diseases by gram-staining bacteria, or discover how plant and animal cells differ. Many things not visible to the naked eye are essential for students to experience first-hand and search through discovery learning.
With more advanced and high-quality microscopes, students across grades 9-12 will review specimens with accuracy, interest, and curiosity while further developing their analytical skills. The correct use of microscope analysis is necessary to improve student achievement in laboratory sciences.
Your support of any amount will help:
- Increase active and engaged learning in the classroom
- Increase student confidence with laboratory equipment and practical laboratory learning skills
- Promote hypothesizing, observing, questioning, critical thinking, and discussing
- Allow more opportunities for hands-on learning and real-world problem solving
Inspire our young students to pursue a career in science and technology!