Since February 1994, the Ruth Patrick Science Education
Center Traveling Science Demonstrations
Program, with the assistance of volunteer scientists, engineers, and WSRC
Educational Outreach Programs, has been on the road in the CSRA conducting mini-conferences
to train K-12 teachers to use scientific equipment. The program
provides access for K-12 teachers and students to science equipment that is unavailable
in most schools. It helps connect classroom science experiences with
the outside world.
As part of the RPSEC Traveling Science Demonstrations Program,
teachers are able to check out
equipment kits as well as request classroom visits by scientists or engineers.
Through STRAND (Scientists with Traveling Resources And Neat Demonstrations),
a scientist or engineer will take a "neat" demonstration (sometimes hands-on)
to classrooms across the CSRA.
Forms for requesting a visit by a scientist/engineer and for checking out a kit are
available by contacting Ms. Harriet Hare at 648-6851, ext. 3474 or harrieth@aiken.sc.edu. All requests
for classroom visits must be made in writing. Visits are limited to 8 hours
per month per school.
The Ruth Patrick Science
Education Center
The University of South Carolina - Aiken
