Babylon Tech Resources Enhance Science Course

Babylon High School’s Marine Science class has been using the technology resources at their fingertips as they study the basic principles of oceanography and marine biology.

As part of the course, students have been learning about the community’s local marine ecosystems and conduct over 12 hands-on marine organism dissections, analyze real data and study the dynamics between humans and marine organisms/ecosystems. This year, they are digitalizing their work using the district’s Chromebooks and Google Classroom module.

Students are learning how to document and digitize their weekly specimen dissections, collaborate with other students using shared documents and are analyzing actual marine data from scientists around the world. They are learning how to create and upload new documents, share documents and submit their classwork online in an almost paperless environment. They are also able stay abreast of current advances as they view database, marine scientists’ and other government resources electronically.

Photo courtesy of the Babylon School District.