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Recently, Owego Elementary School teacher Julie McEvoy wrote a grant to help bring the Physics Bus to the Owego Elementary School.
The Physics Bus brings science to the public on a traveling bus. It brings 20-plus exhibits that students can do in a hands-on setting. Students rotate through the exhibits and trouble-shoot, experiment, and have conversations to reveal higher-order thinking.
The goal of the Physics Bus is to engage students in science/physics exhibits and demonstrations. Utilizing common materials for the exhibits, it shows kids they don’t need to own anything fancy to learn about science. Students will leave understanding their world a little better.
The Physics Bus will meet the need of connecting the common core standards and the Next Generation Science standards. Also, with the rise in STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) education awareness, the bus will give the opportunity to increase the level of STEM understanding and interest. These hands on experiments will help develop a love for learning in students.
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