Teaching Problem-based Learning at Sammamish High School

The Boydston Group has been involved in discussions regarding lesson plans and lab planning, and has helped develop hands-on lab experiences in which SHS students work with UW graduate researchers to address a specific scientific problem. The environment provides an opportunity for young students to get a glimpse of how researchers approach scientific problems, and for graduate researchers to explain the impacts of their research and how it builds from key fundamental principles in chemistry.