This blog post will stray away from our Biological Anthropology posts and focus on our current Banthro nonprofit updates. By the beginning of the summer of 2023, Banthro will have two online/in person classes up for students through the grades of k-8. These two courses are titled “Introducing Climate Change: Analyzing from a Scientist’s Perspective”, a course that will be taught by lead instructors Ethan Wan and Anil. Our other course, titled “Evolution of Human Civilizations”, will be taught by Henry Gao. These courses are designed to educate the next generation of future leaders in hopes of mitigating world wide problems such as climate change.
Introducing Climate Change: Analyzing from a Scientist’s Perspective
Students get the opportunity to explore activities related to climate change alongside their fellow classmates in this course. The course consists of both virtual and in-person opportunities, and will last four weeks.
Link to Course Curriculum:
https://sites.google.com/students.wcpss.net/introductiontoclimatechange/home
Evolution of Human Civilizations
Starting from the early stages of human civilization to the modern world, development and progression is a primary component of analysis and great detail. In this course, students will learn about the different ancient civilizations and how they function. Students will also use a variety of artifacts to observe and analyze their impact on different civilizations.
Link to Course Curriculum:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ootDjKVHZSTLmdYT_200hKMBFpSTuKMz61lMIV6YaDo/edit?usp=sharing
Research updates
Alongside our two brand new launched courses, Banthro is taking the initiative to engage in Research projects such as the Bioremediation of Contaminated Soil with Select Microorganisms. Bioremediation is the use of natural microorganisms to clean up polluted areas such as contaminated soil and oil spills. The research that we will be focusing on is centered around areas of contaminated soils. We are currently in the beginning stages of our research, but more progress is soon to come. Our hopes of completing this research is to better understand our environment and develop solutions to combat modern day problems such as climate change.