STEM Initiatives and Breakfast of Science Champions

• Main Author: Chandler, Miryam
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Ohio State University. Office of Outreach and Engagement 2013
• Subjects: Byrd; Chandler; Byrd Polar Research; Byrd Polar Research Center
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/85016

IMPACT. 1: Approximately 650 students participated in the Breakfast of Science Champions events held in November and February. They visited 13 different labs across OSU. -- 2. Activities included flying flight simulators at the OSU Airport, using liquid nitrogen-frozen bananas as hammers at the Center for Emergent Materials, and dissecting cow eyes at the College of Optometry. -- 3. The first Breakfast of Science Champions event was held in 1998. STEM Initiatives has run the event since 2011 and has seen consistently increasing numbers of attendees. OSU PARTNERS: College of Arts and Sciences, STEM Initiatives; Center for Cognitive and Behavioral Brain Imaging; Neuroscience; OSU Airport; Biological Sciences Greenhouse; Arachnid Lab; Center for Applied Plant Sciences; Women in Engineering Program; Center for Emergent Materials; College of Optometry; Byrd Polar Research Center; Insect Molecular Genetics; Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center; Ohio 4-H Center COMMUNITY PARTNERS: Columbus City Schools PRIMARY CONTACT: Miryam Chandler ([e-mail]) Have you ever wanted to see how the brain works, or how to run a super- conductor train? At STEM Initiative's Breakfast of Science Champions, Columbus middle school students learn these things and more. Students come to OSU for a morning of handson exposure to science, technology, engineering, and math programs. They learn about the work conducted by various labs and then participate in activities and experiments reflecting the labs' work.