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Scientist in Residence- Geologist Ashliegh Bellrose

This week students were awestruck by the stories and pictures that Ashliegh Bellrose shared when she came in to talk about her life as a geologist. One little girl was over heard saying, "That's the coolest thing I've ever heard." Ashliegh is a research student at the University of Vermont. She has traveled all over the country to study the Earth. At this point in her career she is researching the bottom of Lake Champlain. In a few weeks she will be extracting and testing lake bottom core samples- how cool is that?! Ashliegh adjusted her presentation to match the grade levels she was presenting to. She moved between kindergarten, grade three and grade four grade. She had rock and fossil samples and a host of cool geology tools. A few teachers even asked her to come back. She was not able to visit every class, but she did see the classes that have studied or will be studying geology this year. The good news is we have more scientists ready to visit, so all the classrooms will have the chance to be inspired by an active scientist. Look for the next post on our February physicist visit.

Ashliegh sharing her stories with Mrs. Bouchard's Class and

Tools of the Geologist

1/17 Weather

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Kick-off to the Scientist in Residence Program

This week at the school-wide morning meeting we met our first scientist in residence, Jamie Abaied. Jamie is a Jericho resident and a research scientist at the University of Vermont (see this link). Thanks to the hard work of Anita de Waard we will be hearing from a new scientist almost every week through February. Anita herself is a scientist and the parent of a student here at JES. Anita was the inspiration for the program, and we could not have gotten it off the ground without her help and determination, so many thanks. During Jamie's visit grade 3 and 4 students were introduced to a world of science many had not been exposed to in the past. As Jamie shared her work in studying child development, wide-eyed students were surprised to learn that not all science is done in labs with test tubes and chemicals. Jamie described the steps she goes through when exploring a research question. She shared videos of other scientists conducting research with infants and she had grade 4 do an activity to give them a feel for what kind of work she does. It was very exciting to have her in. We are looking forward to our next visit from Ashliegh Kollmer, a geologist from the University of Vermont.

Jamie Abaied being introduced at school-wide morning meeting

Jamie working with students in the Enrichment Room

Weather Friday 1/4/13

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