Take balsa wood, corrugated plastic, analytical young minds and a basic engineering problem and what do you get? At Washington University, the result was ingenious solutions to the perennial problem of how to decrease the dependence on fossil fuels for energy and use renewables instead. The recent exercise was part of Explore Engineering, a program […]
Brittany Woods Middle School honored; WUSTL’s ISP, Brown School play role Jamie Jordan, principal of Brittany Woods Middle School in the University City School District, accepts one of 20 “What’s Right With the Region!” awards from Focus St. Louis May 9. Washington University in St. Louis is a key partner with Brittany Woods through the […]
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,” […]
A recent issue of Washington Magazine highlighted the Metro Theater Company production of Jackie and Me at Edison Theatre. The show is a theatrical adaptation of Dan Gutman’s magical book of the same name. Through the Institute for School Partnership, the K-12 Connections program was able to bring nearly 500 students from St. Louis and […]
The Institute for School Partnership MySci Resource Center opened Feb. 18 to much fanfare, including an appearance by “Magic” Mark Wrighton. The WUSTL chancellor, a chemist by training, demonstrated to students the magic of chemistry and how fun science can be. With classrooms, meeting rooms and a warehouse of educational science materials, the MySci Resource […]
University City Patch Feb. 20, 2013 “Washington University Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton became “Magic Mark” to teach kids about science. Most new facilities are opened with a ribbon cutting. Washington University in St. Louis’ MySci Resource Center opened with a bang. After a round of science experiments featuring Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton and speeches from […]
KSDK NewsChannel 5Feb. 18, 2013 “Science class isn’t all about textbooks and test tubes. That’s the idea behind a new learning center that opened Monday on the campus of Washington University.” Watch the full news story on the KSDK website.
St. Louis Business JournalFeb. 15, 2013 “Washington University Chancellor Mark Wrighton will be on hand Monday to open the MySci Resource Center, a new 17,500-square-foot K-12 science education facility at 6601 Vernon Ave.” Read the full story in the St. Louis Business Journal.
Washington University in St. Louis’ Institute for School Partnership (ISP) and the signature science education program developed in conjunction with Monsanto Fund, MySci, will take a major step forward Monday, Feb. 18, when it opens the MySci Resource Center at 6601 Vernon Ave. Refurbished with the help of a $2.2 million grant from the Monsanto […]