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1 2 » MYSCI HELPS MASTERCARD ENTERTAIN YOUTHS DURING ‘TAKE YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER TO WORK DAY’ Last Updated: 06/19/2008 Thanks to MySci, youths had a chance to participate in interactive science activities during Take Your Son or Daughter to Work Day at MasterCard Worldwide in O'Fallon, Mo.   MYSCI TO CELEBRATE EARTH DAY ON SUNDAY AT FOREST PARK Last Updated: 04/16/2008 For the third consecutive year, the MySci program will participate in Earth Day activities at Forest Park. A MySci Investigation Station will be located near The Muny grounds from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday (April 20).   MYSCI LAUNCHES WEBSITE Last Updated: 10/18/2007 The MySci program recently announced the expansion of their educational outreach capabilities to include an online component. Their Web site, www.mysci.info, will serve as a resource for area teachers and as a portal to engage students and provide necessary information about the inquiry-based MySci program.   MYSCI INVESTIGATION STATION VISITS DELMAR-HARVARD ELEMENTARY, INSPIRES SCIENTISTS OF TOMORROW Last Updated: 10/18/2007 In its second year of outreach to St. Louis elementary schools, the MySci Investigation Station will visit Delmar-Harvard elementary and allow students to engage in innovative, hands-on science learning. Children from kindergarten through second grade will explore a Missouri limestone cave, enter a woodlands area and interact with live bugs and insects within this state-of-the-art traveling classroom. Highly trained education specialists will be on hand to assist both the teachers and the students as they explore animal, plant and earth sciences.   MYSCI INVESTIGATION STATION VISITS DUCHESNE ELEMENTARY, INSPIRES SCIENTISTS OF TOMORROW Last Updated: 10/18/2007 In its second year of outreach to St. Louis elementary schools, the MySci Investigation Station will visit Duchesne Elementary and allow students to engage in innovative, hands-on science learning. Children from kindergarten through second grade will explore a Missouri limestone cave, enter a woodlands area and interact with live bugs and insects within this state-of-the-art traveling classroom. Highly trained education specialists will be on hand to assist both the teachers and the students as they explore animal, plant and earth sciences.   NORFLEET RECEIVES SALUTE 2007 EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AWARD Last Updated: 10/18/2007 Darlene Norfleet, program specialist for MySci, has been selected by the St. Louis American Foundation to receive a Salute to Excellence in Education Award. The award, designed to recognize contributions by African-Americans in various realms of education, honors Norfleet's commitment to help close achievement gaps and to interest young students in science.   MYSCI™ WINS “WHAT’S RIGHT WITH THE REGION” AWARD Last Updated: 10/18/2007 Almost two years after its debut, the MySci program received a "What's Right With The Region" award at the 10th annual FOCUS St. Louis awards celebration on Thursday, May 10 at the Sheldon Concert Hall.   MYSCI™ PROGRAM EXPANDS REACH, CONTINUES TO TAKE ON ACHIEVEMENT GAP IN ST. LOUIS’ ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Last Updated: 10/18/2007 One and a half school years after its debut, the MySci program will expand its reach by launching a second Investigation Station in January 2007. The Investigation Station, a traveling interactive science experience created with the early elementary student in mind, consists of a Missouri woodlands area, a specimen room and a replica of a Missouri limestone cave. The new Investigation Station will make its first official visit to Clay Elementary in the St. Louis Public School District from Jan. 23-25.   MySci™ Welcomes New Team Member Last Updated: 10/18/2007 MySci, a program that is cultivating the region’s next generation of scientists by engaging children in kindergarten through second grade in science curriculum and interactive learning experiences on plants, animals and the earth, recently added Darlene Norfleet as a program specialist. In this position, Norfleet will travel to local elementary schools with the MySci program’s Investigation Station and provide professional development for participating teachers.   MySci™ Welcomes New Team Member Last Updated: 10/18/2007 MySci, a program that is cultivating the region's next generation of scientists by engaging children in kindergarten through second grade in science curriculum and interactive learning experiences on plants, animals and the earth, recently added Steven Kessel as a program specialist. In this position, Kessel will travel to local elementary schools with the MySci program’s Investigation Station and provide professional development for teachers participating in the program.   1 2 »