A science enrichment program for Grades K-6. Science Topic Outreach Posters
"STOP for Science" is a building-wide enrichment program consisting of a series of posters and accompanying questions designed to pique student interest in science concepts and their application to the world in which we live. Accompanying each poster is a series of question sheets of increasing difficulty levels that students answer and submit at a designated location (collection box, office, etc.). Random prize drawings can be used to recognize/celebrate student participation. The purpose is to expose students to and create school-wide interest about science so students want to "STOP for Science" as displays are changed throughout the year. Although the focus is building-wide, content can be linked to classrooms through use of accompanying teacher resource guides.
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Please email us your questions/comments/suggestions at cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu or mail to
SAO, CXC Ed/Outreach
Kim Arcand, MS 70
60 Garden St. Cambridge, MA 02138
Funding for the Stop for Science! program was provided through a grant from the Chandra X-ray Center.
Developers:
Patrick Slane - Principal Investigator; Science Lead
(Senior Astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
Robert Slane - Co-Investigator; Education Lead
(Principal, Section Elementary School, Mukwonago, WI)
Kim Kowal Arcand - Media Production Lead
(Chandra Science Center)
Melissa Weiss - Science Illustrator & Graphic Designer
(Chandra Science Center)
Overview (pdf)
Program Implementation (pdf)
Common Core State Standards (pdf)
Sample photos of posters displayed
Facilitator STOP Webinar
VIDEO
STOP Podcast: Listening to Light
When we look up on a dark night, we see a sky filled with stars. The light from a star, like the light from a flashlight or a lightning bug, is one form of electromagnetic radiation.
STOP For Science Webinar
Videos by astrophysicist/STOP creator that discuss the content, resources, & suggestions on activities.
That's Fast!
This video for one of the activities in "That's Fast!" in which we measure the speed of a pitched baseball.
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