Reflecting on online teaching methods during COVID-10 Pandemic.

If you are a high school or college science teacher teaching online right now, or an educator looking for ways to promote critical thinking, spacial reason, and computation thinking in the context of service to those impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic, and encourage you to check out Foldit.. 

Foldit is a multiplayer game that empowers students to learn how to manipulate, and develop, various protein structures. Players progress through various levels where they learn, subtly, about protein folding, hydrophobic/hydrophilic side chains, and protein receptor interaction.

​Special "puzzles" have been developed that challenge users to develop proteins to be used as biological pharmaceuticals to bind COVID-19 Spike Protein. Top designs are actually synthesized and test for efficacy! Check out the below videos to learn more about Foldit!

I will be using Foldit in the following ways:

• Chemistry: To help reinforce concepts around polarity and IMFs.
• Biochemistry; To help reinforce concepts around Protein Structure.
• Engineering: To introduce students to current advancements in Chemical Engineering.