Citizen scientists STEM Beyond School stimulates young, probing minds In one classroom, kids may be hooking up buddies to homemade lie detectors and comparing the noises that signal fibs versus whoppers. In another, children could be demonstrating Newton’s third law of motion by setting off Alka-Seltzer rockets. Whether
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Star pupil Douglas County grad aims for astrophysics career The story of Charity Woodrum’s early years could make a convincing children’s book. As a little girl living in Canyonville, she was good at math and loved watching the night skies. Her parents, who had never finished high school, worked hard
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Check out these checkouts! STEAM Hub library lends materials to educators in and out of school Shakespeare’s characters didn’t always give good advice. In “Hamlet,” Polonius famously warns, “Neither a borrower nor a lender be.” That may be wise in certain situations, but if we all kept to
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