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Boehringer
Ingelheim Science Quest Debuts
At
Shelter Rock School in Danbury
“Wow! This is so cool! I
love science! I want to be a scientist!” These are
just a few of the exciting comments from elementary students
on board the Boehringer Ingelheim Science Quest mobile
laboratory at its inaugural school visit on May 17th at
Shelter Rock School in Danbury.
Present at the celebration
were Connecticut Commissioner of Education Mark McQuillan,
Congressman Chris Murphy, Boehringer Ingelheim executives,
and students and parents from Shelter Rock School, as well
as numerous key educators and legislators from across the
State. Principal Julia Horne and three classes
of students graciously welcomed the visitors.
Boehringer Ingelheim
Science Quest brings exciting hands-on science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics education to elementary school
children in some of Connecticut’s neediest school
districts.
Photos from the May 17 Event
Photography by Harold Shapiro,
Guilford, CT
Click
here to see more photos.
Commissioner McQuillan
praised the Science Quest as a model program which builds
key partnerships between industry and education. Such
partnerships, McQuillan added, are integral to the success
of Connecticut’s education system. The Science Quest
program, as well as other programs offered by CURE’s
BioScience Explorations, was recently included in
Connecticut’s federal Race to the Top application.
Congressman Murphy called
on the students and teachers present to embrace science and
science careers. Murphy added that programs like Boehringer
Ingelheim Science Quest will go far in helping American
students improve their performance in math and science
learning.
Dr. Jeanne Magram, vice
president of immunology and inflammation research at
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, explained Boehringer
Ingelheim’s motivation for supporting the Science Quest
program. She emphasized that Boehringer Ingelheim believes
future biomedical advances that improve people’s lives are
deeply dependant on the educational tools children — and
potential future scientists — receive. The Boehringer
Ingelheim Science Quest mobile lab and especially its
curricula are extremely valuable tools, bringing 21st
century high quality science education to our schools.
Paul Pescatello Welcomes
Guests
Paul Pescatello, president
and CEO of CURE, said, “Boehringer Ingelheim and CURE have
a long partnership in working toward an important goal:
stimulating interest in science by bringing engaging quality
science curricula directly to students and teachers. The
most recent example of Boehringer Ingelheim’s science
education commitment is their generous funding and help in
developing our new multifaceted science outreach initiative,
Boehringer Ingelheim Science Quest.”
Pescatello also
acknowledged the many guests who had come to express their
support for early science education including: State Senator
Toni Boucher, State Senator Michael MaLachlan, First
Selectman Rudy Marconi of Ridgefield, President Stephen Bull
of the Greater Danbury Chamber of Commerce, Dan Giannini of
MannKind Corporation, Science Supervisor Liz Buttner of the
Connecticut Department of Education, Science Supervisor
Deanna DiLuggo of the Bridgeport Public Schools,
Principal Glenn Horter of New Britain's Holmes Elementary
School, Robert Borello of Wesleyan University's PIMMS
(project to Increase Mastery of Mathematics and Science),
and Bruce Dixon of CPEP (Connecticut Pre-Engineering
Program).
Following a brief
ribbon-cutting, Dr. Sarah Berke, director of CURE BioScience
Explorations, welcomed the first class of students aboard
the new Science Quest vehicle for a hands-on science
experiment.
Click
here for coverage of the event by the Danbury NewsTimes.
The
Boehringer Ingelheim Science Quest Program
By focusing on elementary
school students, the new Boehringer Ingelheim Science Quest
program complements and expands the CURE BioScience
Explorations educational outreach service, which also
includes the CURE BioBus and CURE BioConnection programs.
Boehringer Ingelheim
Science Quest is a program of CURE Bioscience Explorations,
an educational outreach service of CURE (Connecticut United
for Research Excellence), the state bioscience organization.
For 125 years Boehringer
Ingelheim has been committed to improving the lives of
patients and their families through the discovery and
development of innovative medicines. This global
pharmaceutical company, with its U.S. headquarters in
Ridgefield, has a shared commitment with CURE to stimulate
interest in science by bringing engaging, quality science
curricula directly to students and teachers.
To learn more about the
CURE BioScience Explorations programs, including the
Boehringer Ingelheim Science Quest program, please visit our
website at
http://bioscienceexplorations.org/.
You can download
a copy of our most recent annual report.
Continue
Science Fun This Summer!
Family involvement is key
to sparking a child’s interest in science and cultivating
our next generation of scientists. Provide your students and
their families with fun science activities they can do
together. Visit our Family Science Quest channel on YouTube
for six fun and educational activities that will engage and
entertain families as they learn about science.
As the school year comes to
a close, we've again assembled a summer reading list for the
scientifically inclined. Needless to say, the views
expressed by individual authors (especially in the works of
fiction) do not necessarily represent those of CURE
BioScience Explorations’ Staff or its sponsors. But
there's a lot of good science and fun in the following
titles.
Elementary School Students and Teachers
·
Drinking Cleopatra’s Tears by Kevin Beals
·
A Drop of Water by Walter Wick
·
A Refreshing Look at Renewable Energy with Max
Axiom by Katherine Krohn
·
Investigating the Scientific Method with Max Axiom
by Donald Lemke
Middle/High School
Students and Teachers of All Ages
·
The Immortal
Life of Henrietta Lacks by
Rebecca Skloot
·
The Blooding by
Joseph Wambaugh
·
Genome
by Matt Ridley
·
The Seven
Daughters of Eve: The Science that Reveals Our Genetic
Ancestry by Bryan
Sykes
·
The Best
American Science Writing 2009
by Natalie Angier and Jesse Cohen
·
Microcosm:
E. Coli and the New Science of Life
by Carl Zimmer
CURE
BioScience Explorations Job Opportunities
ELEMENTARY SCIENCE
EDUCATOR and PROGRAM COORDINATOR: CURE BioScience
Explorations in New Haven, Connecticut is looking for an
energetic elementary science teacher, curriculum developer,
and program coordinator for the Boehringer Ingelheim Science
Quest program. This is a full-time, year-round position.
Elementary Teacher Certification and two years of science
teaching or laboratory experience required. Bilingual
Spanish/English speaker preferred. Salary will be
commensurate with experience. Applicants must be willing to
travel statewide. Please visit
www.bioscienceexplorations.org for more information. Please
submit a resume and references to Dr. Sarah Berke at sberke@curenet.org.
SCIENCE EDUCATOR and
PROGRAM COORDINATOR: CURE BioScience Explorations
in New Haven, Connecticut is looking for an energetic
middle/high school science teacher and program coordinator
for the BioConnection and the BioBus mobile lab programs.
This is a full-time, year-round position. Teacher
certification or BS in science, and two years of science
teaching or laboratory experience required. Salary will be
commensurate with experience. Applicants must be willing to
travel statewide. Please visit
www.bioscienceexplorations.org for more information. Please
submit a resume and references to Dr. Sarah Berke at sberke@curenet.org.
SCIENCE EDUCATOR:
CURE BioScience Explorations in New Haven,
Connecticut is looking for an energetic middle/high school
science teacher for the BioConnection and the BioBus mobile
lab programs. This is a part-time, school year position.
Teacher certification or BS in science, and two years
of science teaching or laboratory experience preferred.
Salary will be commensurate with experience. Applicants must
be willing to travel statewide. Please visit
www.bioscienceexplorations.org for more information.
Please submit a resume and references to Dr. Sarah Berke at sberke@curenet.org.
SCIENCE EDUCATOR:
CURE BioScience Explorations in New Haven,
Connecticut is looking for an energetic elementary science
teacher for the Boehringer Ingelheim Science Quest program.
This is a part-time, school year position. Teacher
certification or BS in science, and two years of science
teaching or laboratory experience preferred. Salary will be
commensurate with experience. Applicants must be willing to
travel statewide. Please visit
www.bioscienceexplorations.org for more information. Please
submit a resume and references to Dr. Sarah Berke at sberke@curenet.org.
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