A One-Minute Documentary
By Alexa Nash
April 28, 2017
Technology
Agriculture Shifts to Sustainability
By Alexa Nash
UPDATE: April 27, 2017
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Unmasking Underrepresentation
By Alexa Nash
April 12, 2017
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Find the Right Fit
A map locating public, K-12 STEM programs in Virginia
By Alexa Nash
April 5, 2017
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Click on the red points on the map to discover the K-12 STEM programs in the state of Virginia. The descriptions feature the address, website and the percent of females enrolled at the respective school. Some data points were unable to be recovered, so the map will be continually updated.
TBD= To Be Determined; updates needed.
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St. Catherine’s School students solve mock crime scene mystery
By Alexa Nash
March 2, 2017
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A high school class of sophomores and juniors at St. Catherine’s School, an age 3 through 12th grade all-girls school in Richmond, Va., took part in a mock crime scene as a part of a week-long program called X-Term: an experiential learning program in coordination with St. Christopher’s School to enhance understanding of new material. They had to solve a “murder” by using evidence they collected at the crime scene as well as “suspect” interviews.
This term’s theme was forensics, and the students learned how to process a crime scene which includes identifying the parts of the skeleton, dusting for fingerprints, testing dirt samples, analyzing blood spatter and testing for poison. The students, broken up into two groups, went through the entire forensic process for the mock crime scene, and each member of the group had a specific job that mimics a real crime scene.
Their teachers, Jennifer Harper and Jeanette Adkins, gave the students a list of suspects and their fingerprints. The group members interviewed the suspects based on evidence collected. While neither group identified the correct “perpetrator,” their processed evidence and interviews pointed to two different suspects with two different motives: The need for money for a trip to London and having the same hair color which was found on the crime scene. The “murderer” was later identified as Dr. Ryan Warren, based on fingerprints and his shoe print.
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Females forge a new STEM culture
Education programs in the Richmond, Va. region work to bridge the gender gap in male-dominated STEM careers.
By Alexa Nash
UPDATE: April 12, 2017
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