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 […]
Articles on the strategic partnership between Washington University and Brittany Woods Middle School in University City were featured on the front page of the December 2013 issue of the U. City Pride newspaper, a publication of the School District of University City, Missouri. Read the December 2013 issue of U. City Pride.
(November 26, 2013 by Jessica Bock, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, photo by J.B. Forbes)For a lesson about the components of soil, fifth-grade science teacher Sara Berghoff could have read definitions out of a textbook. Instead, she had her students dig in. Her class at Jamestown Elementary combed through plastic containers of soil. In groups of four, […]
Tours of the MySci Investigation Station, housed at the MySci Resource Center, were in full force Nov. 19 at the latest event of the STL PREP (Perception, Reality, Engagement and Partnership) orientation series. The center hosted a learning session for WUSTL faculty and staff called “Impacting K-12 Education.” The event included a tour of the […]
For several years ISP Faculty Fellow Joe Culver, PhD, associate professor of radiology, and his colleagues in the Program of Excellence in Nanotechnology (PEN) at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology have offered a free after-school field trip to Washington University for middle school students to explore the topic of nanotechnology. With support from the PEN Skills […]
The WUSTL Newsroom story “Closing the gap: How one school district went about fixing standardized science test scores” by Leslie Gibson McCarthy was published with permission by the Missouri Mathematics and Science Coalition as part of their spring 2014 newsletter. See the story as it appears in the Missouri STEM Connection. The Missouri Mathematics and […]
Long-term collaboration between Hazelwood School District and Washington University’s Institute for School Partnership showing measurable progress (November 11, 2013 by Leslie Gibson McCarthy) A unique, long-term partnership between a university and an underserved suburban school district in Missouri is showing eye-popping, unprecedented success in elementary and middle school science test scores — and in the […]
KHS Student Participates and Presents at Research Symposium KHS senior Ellen Sulser presented along side Adam Vorel, a junior at Eureka High School, the results of their summer ecological research at the Washington University St. Louis (WUSTL) fall 2013 Undergraduate Research Symposium on Oct. 26. Sulser and Vorel are members of the Tyson Environmental Research […]
The Shaw Institute for Field Training (SIFT) and Tyson Environmental Research Fellowships (TERF) programs have been awarded the 2013 Outstanding Service Award from the Missouri Environmental Education Association (MEEA) in recognition of promoting environmental education in Missouri. Susan Flowers, ISP assistant director and Tyson outreach coordinator, accepted the award on behalf of Tyson Research Center […]
Teens in the Tyson Environmental Research Fellowships (TERF) program presented the results of summer ecological research at the WUSTL Fall 2013 Undergraduate Research Symposium Oct. 26. The TERFers braved ticks, chiggers, and poison ivy during four weeks working in the field alongside university faculty, staff, post-doctoral researchers, and undergraduates at Tyson Research Center. The TERF […]