Reaching Behind the Black Screen

Abstract

Shira Passentin is a MSc student in the Department of Science Teaching at the Weizmann Institute of Science. She also is a teacher of science and technology in a middle school (junior high school) in Israel. In this article, she describes a simple biophysical activity, performed by her students at home during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdowns, which explicates the meaning and importance of surface area in a biologic context.