Science * Experimentation * Exploration* Knowledge*

Exciting Boys & Girls about science - Involving parents - Activity based "Hands-On" science experiences.

Red Mountain Ranch Elementary School first began S.E.E.K. 4 years ago as a brainchild of the Math and Science Journey School team though the state department. We wanted to find a way to excite boys and girls about science and incorporate parent volunteers into the process. In 1995, a grant was written and awarded for over $5.OO0 that funded a team of 14 teachers to write and gather mini science lessons that would be activity based not sit and lecture type of lessons, but hands on! We organized them the next year into grade level lessons and created enough to have a minimum of one lesson every other week for the entire year. The following year₁ the lessons were organized into kits.

You teach every other week for about 15-20 minutes

Lets get started!

Most lessons have the materials housed in big green tubs in the science closet located in the multipurpose room. A key is available in the S.E.E.K. cupboard in the teachers' workroom or from the classroom teacher. There are also lessons available from a kit entitled "World in Motion" developed and supplied by the Society of Automotive Engineers.

• What if I need my classroom teacher to give me supplies?

Some materials, like paper, glue, or paper clips, the teacher may have right in his or her classroom. But if you find something unusual that is needed for a lesson, like newspapers or a brown paper bag, please ask your teacher if a supply is available. You may request the students to bring the supply. We have a form developed that tells parents that a certain supply is needed, that you will be teaching a lesson, and that you need a donation in your S.E.E.K. lesson book.

• What if I need to purchase materials?

We have used most of the grant monies to purchase tubs and supplies, but we do have some left for your expenditures. Before making a purchase, please check the S.E.E.K. supply shelf, request student donations, or call Linda our parent aide, to see if the supply is available. If none of these avenues work, then feel free to purchase what you need, save the receipt₁ and turn it into the S.E.E.K. mail box with your name and child's room number on it, and Linda Dorsch will refund you the money.

• What do I do with the materials that I have collected for a lesson or if I see that a lesson works better with a revision?

The S.E.E.K. Program WANTS TO IMPROVE EACH YEAR! Please feel free to write notes and add to each kit! Any supplies that you can add to the kit will be greatly appreciated. However, please do not leave anything that would need to be refrigerated or that may spoil the kits.

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Try the lesson at home to see how long it takes and to make sure you have all needed materials.