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volume 4, Issue 2 October– December 2013
volume 4, Issue 3 October– December 2013 EXCITING TOURS FOR STUDENTS DURING S&T MONTH
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In this issue S&T Month Tour Highlights Shotwood Science Trainee Awarded Where are they now?
ovember was celebrated as Science, Technology and innovation Month, during this period the SRC partnered with ten (10) Public and Private Sector Organisations to facilitate tours for Primary and Secondary School students. The tours were aimed at demonstrating the applications of Science and Technology in the organisations’ day-to-day functions.
The schools were notified through Science teachers, and Science club Facilitators included in the SSTS Database.
Students from Waterford High with their teacher Ms. Rankine touching a wind turbine blade at the entracnce of Wigton Windfarm.
The participating organisations were; •Caribbean Aviation training Centre •The Earthquake Unit, UWI Mona •International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences •Jamaica Standard Products •The Meteorological Service •Sugar Industry Research Instit •Water Resources Authority •Wigton Windfarm •Ministry of Agriculture and FisheriesResearch and Development Division •The Sandal Group
In total 24 schools took part in 36 tours in these organisations, spanning from November 7 to December 5. The effort was aimed at giving students exposure, allowing them to better understand and put into perspective aspects of the taught curriculum. Ms. Kerry-Ann Smith, Science Club Facilitator at Montego Bay High School for Girls: ”The students learnt a lot about the various energy saving and environmentally friendly resources that are present at Sandals Montego Bay”
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Mr. Astley Fletcher, teacher at deCarteret College:”What made this visit so important is that these students will cover Instrumentation in their Unit 2 module 2 CAPE Chemistry syllabus and many of these methods are explored. Even basic vacuum filtration was demonstrated. Seeing these applications in a real work setting reinforced the significance of the theory to these students”. Ms. Oshea Davis, teacher at Clonmel Primary and Junior High: “The visit was very informative and fun. The tour guides and presenter were very cordial and accommodating. The highlight of the day was when the students got a chance to sit in one of the planes.”
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU MAY CONTACT THE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION UNIT: Telephone: (876) 927-1771-4 Fax: (876) 1 927-0806 Email: ssts.src@gmail.com Editor: Ms. Felicia Bailey