TWO-WAY OUTREACH
Visits to Lee School by MU scientists & student field trips to the university are complementary activities of Science ARTreach
K-5 students learn why volcanoes explode
Dr. Alan Whittington (MU Geology) uses an exploding soda bottle to show how pressure builds up inside volcanoes. Visit to Lee during Fall Festival, October 2015. See also story in Columbia Tribune, October 2015 |
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3rd graders learn about germs
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MU Geology shows off its geodes About 50 Lee students visited the Geology Department to learn about geodes and other rocks, including some that glow in the dark! Dr. Alan Whittington and graduate student Arianna Soldati hosted the tour of 4th grade students in Feb. 2015. Students then created geode-inspired art displayed on campus in March 2015. |
4th graders get a close-up view of small things
Lee 4th graders tour the MU Electron Microscopy Core facility. Dr. Tommi White, director, and her staff hosted students in Nov. 2014. |
Dr. Speck gives students a new view of light
Lee 5th graders see light in a new way using diffraction glasses, as part of their school's Fall Festival in Oct. 2014. Angela Speck visited the school and encouraged students to observe differences between the diffraction patterns of sun, fluorescent, and incandescent lights, and to ponder the origins. |
"Germs" make a visit to 3rd grade classrooms
The focus was on germs - good, bad, and otherwise - in the 3rd grade classrooms of Lee School in January 2014. Dr. Lesa Beamer discussed bacteria, viruses, and why to wash your hands. Students got to handle models of virus capsids, and also cultured germs collected around the school on Petri dishes. |