Last Tuesday and Wednesday, RHAM High School played host to the BioBus, a travelling laboratory that uses elaborate equipment to teach elementary through high school students about biology. All of RHAM's biology classes either participated in the lab on the Bus itself or through a program known as BioConnections. BioConnections loans the necessary lab materials and instructions to teachers so that students can conduct the experiment in the classroom.
Sophomore Brennan Whalen felt that the BioBus experiment was interestingly different from the normal classroom setting. He also thought all of the equipment on the BioBus was very intriguing to learn about.
Both BioBus and BioConnections are programs overseen by a larger organization called CURE. CURE not only runs biology teaching programs but also lobbies the Connecticut state legislature in an effort to expand funding for scientific research and education.
Due to the high demand for the BioBus all around Connecticut, RHAM is unable to book it more than once every several years. However, RHAM students and teachers who participated in the BioBus excursion eagerly await its return.
For more information on this event, watch this week's edition of RHAM News.
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