Stimulating Understanding of Computational science through Collaboration, Exploration, Experiment, and Discovery for students with Hearing Impairments
a collaboration of the Shodor Education Foundation, Inc., Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf, Barton College, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, and Interpreters, Inc.

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How does your hair know how long to grow?

Objectives: The students will learn the process that regulates the length that hairs grow. They will be able to explain why some people can grow long hair while other people can only grow shoulder- length hair. They will learn the value of computational models in the exploration of scientific questions. They will understand the importance of verification and validation in the scientific process. They will learn that the answers to scientific inquiry are opportunities for further inquiry.

National standards addressed:

UNIFYING cONCEPTS aND pROCESSES: Evidence, models, and explanation; change, constancy, and measurement.

SCIENCE AS INQUIRY: An appreciation of "how we know" what we know in science. Understanding of the nature of science.  

Life Science: 5-8 Regulation and Behavior

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The Shodor Education Foundation, Inc.

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This project is supported, in part, by the National Science Foundation Opinions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the National Science Foundation.