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Mathematics Festival hosted by Math for Love on March 18 in Shoreline

Friday, March 9, 2012

Math for Love is proud to host Seattle’s first Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival at 9am to noon on Sunday, March 18, 2012 at the Evergreen School, 15201 Meridian Avenue North, Shoreline, WA 98133. The festival is open to 4th-12th graders and their parents and teachers.

The festival features an abundance of inspiring mathematical activities for students to explore, led by mathematicians, teachers, and volunteers. These activities will range from levels that older elementary students will enjoy, to levels that will challenge the brightest high school students.

At the festival, there will be tables set up, and each table will be staffed by one or two volunteers to introduce the students to a mathematical problem or puzzle that requires creativity and exploration to solve. 

The activities are designed to engage students for about 20-30 minutes. The students will have an entire morning to explore a number of fascinating, interesting problems in mathematics with the help and encouragement of our volunteers.

The Julia Robinson Festival is challenging but noncompetitive, highlighting rich mathematical problems curated by adults who love math. It’s a perfect place for students who love math, games, or puzzles; for contest-goers looking to see what else math is about; or students who prefer the collaborative, noncompetitive aspects of math to contests.

To sign up, go to the Festival webpage 


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Einstein, Highland Terrace students to design experiments for space

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Photo courtesy SSEP
Two schools in the Shoreline School District, Einstein Middle School and Highland Terrace Elementary School, have been selected to participate in Mission Two to the International Space Station through the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program,  (SSEP).

The Student Spaceflight Experiment is a national educational program undertaken by the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE), in partnership with NanoRacks, LLC. One student experiment from either Einstein or Highland Terrace will be chosen from a field of over 100 completed scientific proposals from to be performed on the International Space Station this fall. Shoreline is one of only 11 districts nationwide to be chosen for this program.

The Spaceflight Program uses a commercial spaceflight payload, which will contain the student experiments, and will be placed aboard ferry vehicles for transfer to the International Space Station. The student experiment flight opportunity is enabled through NanoRacks LLC, which is in partnership with NASA under a formal Space Act Agreement as part of the utilization of the International Space Station as a national laboratory.

All Einstein eighth graders and Highland Terrace sixth graders will participate in a competition between now and the end of April in which they will work in teams of four to five students to design an experiment that answers the question, "What phenomenon associated with a physical, chemical, or biological system would I like to explore with gravity turned off for a period of time?"

A committee of science professionals from the community will evaluate the proposal and select three to be sent to the National Center for Earth and Space Science for the final evaluation where one of our proposals will be selected. Then the students will prepare the winning proposal in the specially designed NanoRack Mini-lab kit and send to Houston for launch.

Shoreline teachers hope to collaborate with local scientific community. Teachers and administrators from both schools are also supporting students. Stephanie Clark is principal of Einstein Middle School and Mike VanOrden is principal of Highland Terrace Elementary. The Einstein teachers are Ellen Smith, Mary Thurber and Ryan Paulhamus and the Highland Terrace teachers are Peggy Nordwall and Dennis Griner.

This truly an out-of-this world experience for these young students and staff and was made possible by the support of the Shoreline Community, including the Shoreline Public Schools Foundation, the Knossos Foundation, the, the Wong family, Tiia-Mai Redditt, Einstein PTSA and Highland Terrace PTSA.

Parents and community members with expertise in science and research are invited to consider helping mentor students with their proposals or participate on the evaluation committee. The schools would like to provide students with contacts of professionals in various fields of science to ask questions as they develop their experiments. If you can help please contact Mike Van Orden or Stephanie Clark.

For more information about this amazing learning opportunity visit the program's website.


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Room Nine Math and Engineering Fair March 6

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Room Nine Community School

Room Nine will be hosting their annual "Math And Engineering" Fair on Tuesday, March 6th, featuring the middle school Journey Program kids' STEAM projects.

STEAM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math and is a curriculum certified by the STEM National Coalition to promote 21st Century skill building in the Middle Schools.

Room Nine's Middle School is the only school in the district to offer this as a core curriculum. Kids from all 3-5 and Journey (6-8) grades will display their science and math projects to be adjudicated and considered for awards.

Tuesday, March 6th, 6 - 8 pm, free and open to the community.
For more information, email or phone 206-393-4180.



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Global health scientists of the future

Friday, November 25, 2011

Updated Nov 28, 2011, 9:02am
Text and photography by Marc Weinberg

Shorecrest student Amina
Photo by Marc Weinberg
Amina, a student at Shorecrest High School, is one of many local students who have developed a passion for science and global health through the BioQuest experience. 

As a participant in BioQuest Academy—a two-week science immersion program—Amina conducted biomedical research activities within the footprint of a world-class research institution and received mentoring that helped her discover her own potential to make a lasting impact on global health.

In many countries, a 16-year-old may have already lived half her life. The burden of infectious disease — including 14 million deaths every year — means short life expectancies. 

The future is in her sights
Photo by Marc Weinberg
But right here in Washington State, a program called BioQuest is enabling teens to become the global health heroes who will lift this burden.

BioQuest is an educational program of Seattle Biomedical Research Institute that fosters scientific education among the youth of Washington State with the goal of building and inspiring a community that supports science and global health. 

This is the beginning for the doctors and scientists of tomorrow
Photo by Marc Weinberg

BioQuest’s unique, multi-disciplinary offerings reach thousands of individuals every year, providing them with unprecedented access to authentic science lab experiences, hands-on training in biomedical skills and unique opportunities to engage directly with leading global health professionals.

Finding a cure for malaria starts in this lab dissecting mosquitos
Photo by Marc Weinberg

Because of BioQuest and the inquiring minds of students like Amina, more young men and women are aspiring to be the global health scientists of the future who will have the knowledge, skills and compassion to create healthy futures for millions of people. 

The door to the future - a world free of infectious disease
Photo by Marc Weinberg

More information about participating in or supporting BioQuest at their website.
More photos by Marc Weinberg here.


Theresa Britschgi, BioQuest Director, adds:
BioQuest Academy is a 60-hour, immersive science job shadow program for high school juniors that since 2007 has been generously supported by Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) Grant Number R25RR024260 from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Additional support was generously provided by the Byron and Alice Lockwood Foundation the Silver Family Foundation and BioQuest donors.

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Shorecrest Math Team places second in state competition

Wednesday, April 27, 2011


Three Shorecrest High School students earned second place at the state level in the Washington State Math Competition held at Eisenhower High School in Yakima, Washington on Saturday April 16. Pictured, left to right, Brian Fortney (sophomore), Skylar Shibayama (junior) and Sid Dellby (senior).  Photo by Jenny Shibayama.

They earned this award in the Topical Teams section for Division 1. To qualify for the state level, this Shorecrest math team earned first place at the Regional level contest which was held at Kamiak High school on March 9.

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The Wizards of Chemistry, Tuesday, Mar 15, 7pm SCC Theatre

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Tim Hoyt and Herb Bryce - Wizards of Chemistry
Wizards of Chemistry, Tuesday March 15, 7pm, Campus Theater, 1600 Building, Shoreline Community College, 16101 Greenwood Ave N, Shoreline WA 98133. Download Campus map

The Wizards of Chemistry is an educational show of demonstrations with awesome colors, flashes, foams, and fantastic booms, bangs and Ahhhhh!

The show will be performed by Herb Bryce (Seattle Central Community College, Dean, Prof. Emeritus) and Tim Hoyt (University of Puget Sound) well known in the Puget Sound area for their "magical" presentations.

The show is sponsored by the Shoreline Community College Science Club and the American Chemical Society, Puget Sound Section.

Admission is free. All ages are welcome. Special invitation goes out to all middle and high school faculty, students and their families.


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