Category Archives: Fall 2011 Newsletter
Engaging Families with Science
Schools have long known the value of involving families in a child’s education. Studies performed over the past thirty years have consistently found that parental involvement improves student achievement, motivation, and attitudes about school regardless of socioeconomic status, ethnicity, or … Continue reading
Summer Activities of the SAL Team
After the last school visit in June, you might expect that the Science Adventure Lab team pauses to take a collective breath following a fast-paced season of travel across Washington. However, summer is actually the time when everything except school … Continue reading
The SOVREN Guild: Racing for the Cure
Each year on the weekend prior to July 4th, vintage Ferraris, Corvettes, Porsches, and Lotuses zoom around the track at Pacific Raceways in Kent in the Pacific Northwest Historics Races. It wasn’t hard to miss the Science Adventure Lab on … Continue reading
End of Year Recap: 2010-2011
In June the Science Adventure Lab team wrapped up a second successful year of visiting schools around the state. Between September and June the Science Adventure Lab visited 63 schools (which is 9 more than in the previous year), and … Continue reading
