Debbie Mickle

Nothing stops 470 Henrico County Public School students from helping the Chesapeake Bay and James River Watersheds. Now they challenge all of us to develop an action plan!

Get moving with a seriously silly drawing challenge, a visit with the Anna Julia Cooper Episcopal School's step team, and a great big outdoor adventure art project. Developed for grades 4- adult.

Tracking the health of the world’s 10,000+ bird species is an immense challenge. Hundreds of thousands of people are needed to report what they see in backyards, neighborhoods, and wild places around the world. Two critical components of this work are who’s doing it and how well are they doing it. Learn more about this topic and talk with two scientific thinkers on August 31.

Join Miss America 2020, Camille Schrier, as she uses her kitchen as her laboratory to explore the science of concentration through fun with food coloring and edible rock candy. Science, Physical Science, Biology grades 6-10.

Explore the power of words with Tracey Ingle, English Instructional Specialist, Powhatan County and read an eyewitness account of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake written by Jack London. Learn how to write your own eyewitness account and explore the root word "numer". Developed for students in grades 6-8.

How can we honor the people, places, and events woven into the fabric of our communities, and continue to make history every day? Students will learn about ways that individuals and families are keeping memories alive at Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia, and then create a found poem.SOLs:Standard VS.1c, d, gStandard VS.3d, eStandard VS.7c

NASA interns Sarah, Lenore and Jacob, explore water as it moves through Earth's spheres in the water cycle. Learn about clouds and how to make your own cloud estimator. Learn how to make an "automatic" system to water your plants using cohesion and adhesion.

Learn about polymerization with Camille Schrier, science lover and Miss America 2020. Learn how to use the power of polymers to make "gummy worms" and biodegradable corn plastic.

This COVID-19 moment is the time to raise the value of the interdisciplinary approach of STEM for every person to develop and apply their understandings of science, technology, engineering and mathematics to our daily lives. To notice. To wonder. To ask questions. This is our moment to clearly define how STEM can support and impact our lives.

Does commemorating the past and preserving our history get in the way of progress? Learn about debates in Hampton, Virginia among community members, developers, and archaeologists about how best to preserve history, and then write reflections in a journal.