Prominent biologist, WUSTL alum Sean B. Carroll to keynote weekend events that also include Assembly Series talk (January 24, 2014 by Leslie Gibson McCarthy) Teaching biology without evolution, David Kirk said, is like teaching chemistry without atomic theory or physics without the theory of gravity. “When biology is taught without evolution, it turns into a […]
This article appeared in the August 2013 (Volume 18 Number 3) issue of the Missouri Science News published by Science Teachers of Missouri (STOM), the state chapter of the National Science Teachers Association. Why Teaching Evolution Is So Darn Fun By Elizabeth PetersenScience TeacherLadue Middle School, St. Louis, MO I’ll never forget the first time […]
A chance to explore the hottest research topic in St. Louis St. Louis is known for its plant science, but few of us know what is going on in the labs we drive by on the way to work. Now is our chance to find out. The International Society of Photosynthesis Research, meeting this August […]
Over the past 22 years, nearly 400 students at Washington University have spent their summer prior to freshman year getting to know more about research through the Howard Hughes Medical Institute-sponsored Summer Scholars in Biology and Biomedical Research (SSBBR) program. High school seniors apply to this fellowship when they are applying for admission to Washington […]
The WUSTL Each One Teach One program was spotlighted in the St. Louis American as part of the Newspapers in Education STEM full page insert that goes out to St. Louis area schools each week. The ISP works in partnership with the WUSTL Community Service Office to support the efforts of WUSTL undergraduates who volunteer […]
ANNUAL BOEING CHALLENGE HELD MAY 3 AT WU FIELD HOUSE The event was the culmination of a six-month-long project that began in November when the students visited Boeing to receive instructions from a Boeing mentor along with materials for their hand-held gliders. “This competition really helps students think about the principles of flight and design,” […]
Despite cool spring temperatures, April proved to be a “hot” month for the nearly 40 middle and high school science teachers who attended two Hot Topics Workshops, one on Wind Energy and one on Biomass Energy. Sponsored by HHMI and WUSTL’s Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center, these workshops on sustainable energy sources provide teachers with hands-on, […]