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Merced City School District officials, elected officials and community members gathered Wednesday for a dedication ceremony to the districts recent learning center, district official said. The STEAM Center, which stands … Click to Continue »
Read More »The inconvenient science of Tangier Island
The following editorial appeared in The Baltimore Sun on Friday, Aug. 4: Tangier Island Mayor James “Ooker” Eskridge’s 15 minutes of fame went into overtime this week when he appeared … Click to Continue »
Read More »Livingston kids get a hands-on science lesson
First-graders did their share of goofing around Thursday, but it was in the name of science. The 6- and -7-year-olds from Campus Park Elementary played with bubbles, made their own … Click to Continue »
Read More »Livingston High students share science with first-graders
First-graders in Livingston got a closer look at science with Livingston High biology students on Thursday, May 18, 2017. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Climate change science notches a win
The following editorial appeared in The Baltimore Sun on Sunday, May 14: While much of official Washington was in an uproar Wednesday over the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s unexpected … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced students grow science knowledge, life lessons through school garden
Students at Charles Wright Elementary are learning the science of plants’ life cycle in the school garden while building life skills. Teacher Jaime Enriquez is managing the garden, where students … Click to Continue »
Read More »March for Science at Yosemite National Park
People walk through Yosemite National Park during the March for Science in Yosemite, Calif., on Saturday, April 22, 2017. Scientists and science supporters across the nation and the world are marching this Earth Day to support scientific research. … Click to Continue »
Read More »March for Science comes to Yosemite on Earth Day
A national push for scientific research funding called the March for Science will come to the Yosemite Valley on Saturday. Scientists and supporters plan to gather in Washington D.C. and … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced kids play with science at UC Merced event
About 75 Merced children got a closer look at science on Tuesday, April 11, 2017, at UC Merced. … Click to Continue »
Read More »In the war on science, the EPA is the first casualty
The following editorial appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Friday, March 17: Scott Pruitt, the new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, recently touched off the most easily predicted … Click to Continue »
Read More »Atwater students become ‘wizards’ during UC Berkeley science program
Students in Atwater Elementary School District’s Gifted and Talented Education program experimented with electricity and physics last week during a Wizards Festival hosted by University of California, Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced students shine at district science fair
My last column was all about arts education in the Merced City School District, as we prepared for our second annual Spotlight show at the historic Merced Theatre on Feb. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced Students Shine at Science Fair
Merced City School District schools have been hosting science fairs over the past several days, and on Wednesday the top three projects from each elementary school and top six from each middle school were presented during a district-wide science fair at our Professional Development Center on Brookdale Avenue. They included …
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