Even younger students can help to design experiments to answer questions about fat, sugar and water in food. Students take part in hands-on activities to learn about processes and ways of knowing in the geosciences. Rock formation, the rock cycle, core sampling and for older students, topographical mapping are explored. Discovering the composition of an object or substance is an ongoing theme in science. It is important in astronomy, chemistry, environmental science, medicine, and food science to name a few.
Students experience the brain and nervous system using hands-on methods.
Parts and functions of the brain and nervous system, senses, memory and learning, and brain diseases and disorders are explored depending on age level. Students will explore the importance of wetlands. Depending on age,students will study life in wetlands, the components of wetlands,and how wetlands are connected to other natural systems including their place in the water cycle. For frequently asked questions about the SIR program click here . The time is spent in a teaching laboratory pursuing a scientific topic or question with our student assistants.