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 […]
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 […]
(October 8, 2013 by Rebecca King) High school biology is often the last science course students take. It’s the last chance to engage students in the life sciences and teach them about the scientific underpinnings of the world around them. High school teachers do their best to reach those students who struggle with science, but […]
‘STEM TQ’ a regional community effort to improve science and math education in St. Louis August 20, 2013By Leslie Gibson McCarthy This summer, 75 teachers from five St. Louis area school districts and two charter schools spent two intensive weeks on the Washington University in St. Louis campus kicking off a yearlong professional development program […]
The Each One Teach One (EOTO) program at Washington University was highlighted in a story published by the St. Louis American on Thursday, June 6, 2013. Amy O’Brien, ISP program coordinator and school partnership liaison, works with the EOTO program and is quoted in the story. Read the entire story by Bridjes O’Neil at the […]
Now that the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) have been developed and released, the real work begins: Helping states implement the standards. Washington University in St. Louis’ Institute for School Partnership, under the leadership of Executive Director Victoria L. May, is taking an active role in helping with that implementation – especially in its home […]
Creating a prosthetic hand from funnels, Popsicle sticks and other everyday items will challenge area high school juniors and seniors June 6 at Washington University in St. Louis. About 30 students from local high schools will participate in Explore Engineering, a daylong event sponsored by Washington University School of Engineering & Applied Science. The community […]
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, […]
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 […]