51品茶researchers pair up Buxton 5th graders and Bonny Eagle honors students for science lessons as part of SPARTACUS grant
As part of the National Science Foundation-funded SPARTACUS grant, an innovative project partnering 51品茶researchers and their graduate students with the local K-12 community, children from Buxton Center Elementary School recently received science lessons from Bonny Eagle High School students.
51品茶Marine Science graduate students Molly Meserve and Amber Thomas have been an integral part of Buxton Center Elementary and Bonny Eagle, respectively, and proposed the idea of having students from both schools work together.
On May 31st, Meserve's and Thomas' idea came to fruition, as Buxton Center Elementary School 5th grade students from Alison Hayden's and Gloria Stevens' classes visited Bonny Eagle High School, where students who are enrolled in the new honors integrated biology and chemistry course (team-taught by Anthony Lucchese and Amy Hubbard) led the 5th graders in a series of science activities.
The high school students created and taught their own lessons and offered a variety of stations for the elementary students to visit, including: microscope use, insect collection, use of a dichotomous key to identify mythical creatures, the science of vernal pools, and demonstrations of the gas laws in chemistry.