Tag Archive for science

Small World Could Bring Big Rewards

Small World Initiative classroom

Clark joins Yale University’s innovative new program to hunt for new antibiotics and ignite interest in STEM       When antibiotics were first introduced in the 1930s, they seemed almost magical in their ability to save people from previously fatal infections. But recently, the medical community has warned that bacteria are evolving to resist…

Rockets, Eggs, and Safety Goggles

Science Olympiad

Clark hosts its largest Elementary Science Olympiad ever      Normally, you wouldn’t encourage kids to drop eggs on your floor. But this Saturday, all the rules got bent (or possibly refracted) at Clark College’s seventh annual Elementary Science Olympiad, where third-through-fifth graders tested the limits of physics with egg drops and challenged their engineering…

Choppers, Gunk, Bugs and Barges

Clark College hosts the Southwest Washington Elementary Science Olympiad      On Saturday, November 2, Clark College’s main campus was fizzing like a lab beaker as hundreds of students participated in the Southwest Washington Elementary Science Olympiad. Almost 300 third-through-fifth grade students from 19 local elementary schools participated in the half-day event, which included five…

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