18th July, 2018
Stanford Tour Day 9 Group 4



After our visit to the marine biology laboratory!


The circular economy class!


We started off with the circular economy lesson. It was indeed one of the most engaging lessons as our instructor included multiple hands-on activities, which stimulated us to apply the “business canvas” we have learnt in the previous entrepreneurship class. We grasped the difference between linear economy and circular economy, and we also further pursued our understanding of the economic topics we learn at school such as how large firms were able to enjoy high fixed costs, low variable costs, and also how they boosted their novelty.

After lunch, we went to the epigenetics lesson conducted by Professor Sebastian Alvarado. He taught us the basics of DNA, RNA, and how they were interrelated. The processes of transcription and translation were also made clear by him and the analogies he implied successfully elevated our level of interest in human biology. We were very glad to have the opportunity to visit his laboratory where he displayed tanks of fishes for research!

We then headed to our GSP meeting to start our display board of the project. Since we spent our past meetings refining the content of the different aspects of our made-up-country, we were in a very tight schedule this time. Everyone rushed so hard to complete the display board, and it was indeed quite chaotic. Luckily, we managed to complete most of the board and was efficiently enough to complete the catch up with our schedule.

This was an intense yet enriching day as we gained a lot from the lessons and was another step nearer to our final destination of the GSP project!

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