Summer Enrichment Program Serves High-Schoolers a Slice of College Life
July 14, 2023 by Lisa Chinn Marvashti
Students turned an unusual array of objects – a puffy pink pony, a giant nose, one wooden hoop – into charcoal sketches at the University of Mary Washington earlier this week. “Awesome stuff, guys,” Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing Ashe Laughlin said of the rising 10th- through 12th-graders’ still-life creations. “Really terrific!” More than […]
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UMW-Hosted Science Olympiad Tests Students’ STEM Skills
March 2, 2023 by Lisa Chinn Marvashti
Stafford High School senior Justin Kelly used a curious collection of objects to make his science competition entry last weekend: PVC pipe, duct tape, Styrofoam, a No. 2 pencil, half a sock. Despite its patchwork of parts, the contraption – an egg transporter that represents a lesson in physics – performed well in the “Scrambler” […]
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UMW-Hosted Science Olympiad Tests Students’ STEM Skills
March 2, 2023 by Lisa Chinn Marvashti
Stafford High School senior Justin Kelly used a curious collection of objects to make his science competition entry last weekend: PVC pipe, duct tape, Styrofoam, a No. 2 pencil, half a sock. Despite its patchwork of parts, the contraption – an egg transporter that represents a lesson in physics – performed well in the “Scrambler” […]
Filed Under: Department of Biological Science, mstebar, Top Stories Tagged With: STEM, Virginia Science Olympiad
Field Trip Gets Elementary School Students Excited About STEM
December 13, 2022 by Lisa Chinn Marvashti
Elephant toothpaste. The giant glob of sudsy foam created in a classroom experiment gave Battlefield Elementary School student Aidan Muller a thought: “Chemistry is cool!” The whimsical tooth wash – hydrogen peroxide mixed with dish soap and a healthy dose of imagination – was part of a fall field trip designed to get students excited […]
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UMW Summer Camp Gives High School Students a Glimpse of College Life
July 27, 2022 by Lisa Chinn Marvashti
Holding tight to a video camera aimed at his face, high school junior Simon Young became a blur of motion earlier this month, whirling on a whimsical stool in the University of Mary Washington’s Hurley Convergence Center. The experience and its result – a panoramic portrayal of Simon’s dizzying ride on the curious chair – […]
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