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CIFAL Honolulu - I Am A Scientist: STEM Outreach

People

Deadline
Type
Side Event
Location
Honolulu, United States of America
Date
Duration
1 Days
Programme Area
Decentralize Cooperation Programme
Event Focal Point Email
CIFALHonolulu@chaminade.edu
Partnership
Girl Scouts Hawaiʻi
I Am a Scientist Outreach Program
CIFAL Honolulu

Background

Camp Paumalū’s Stem Center for Excellence creates a place-based experience through which the Girl Scouts’ keys to leadership and learning processes are realized. The design approach respects Paumalū as a Hawaiian place and reflects its purpose of being a gathering place for those who want to learn how to better the world in great and powerful ways. The STEM Camp allows scouts to learn STEM in a fun, exciting ways. Partnering with various community organizations, the STEM Camp provides different subjects in STEM. CIFAL Honolulu offered an activity called "Lab Olympics" that allows students to learn the rudimentary lab techniques scientists uses in the lab.

Event Objectives

N/A

Content and Structure

Lab Olympics: Pipette Transfer I Pipette Transfer II Micropipette  Parafilm Stretch Parafilm Wrap Weighing Accuracy Micropipette Tip Racking Tip Box relay Micropipette Tip Ejection Suspension Separation Graduated Cylinder Microtube Volume Sorting Microtube Labeling Vortex Challenge

Methodology

hands-on activities 

Targeted Audience

k-12 scouts