Inspired by the work of Cypher and their artist-mentors Chris & Kevin, we are creating stop animation video to model the science for our documentary movies. Two days ago we had a BLAST getting our feet (and […]

On Saturday, January 28, the Science STARS boarded a yellow bus for an adventure in documentaries. The first stop was the Cinema Theater, where the girls saw their names in lights on the marque, got an exclusive […]

Starting on January 5, 2012 eleven brave young girls started out on a journey into the unknown called Spring Science STARS. These girls have one mission: create a science documentary about a topic that is […]

Today Science STARS took a field trip to Freshwise Farms, just outside of Rochester in Penfield, NY. There, we learned about healthy food, hydroponic crops, chickens and what it takes to maintain these very […]

Today girls piled into the computer lab, filled out charts and graph paper to try and make meaning of their data. Other groups were busy replicating experiments, collecting background information and yes, even […]

Today our Science STARS worked hard, diligently collecting data and putting together the pieces of their investigation to come up with answers to their investigatable question. Girls were all over the school […]

Day 2 of camp started with a delicious breakfast before we had students break out into individual inquiry stations!  Each of these stations involved a specific aspect of scientific investigation: developing […]

After a whirlwind of new things, the scavenger hunt, the Eco Extravaganza and camp, we were back at East High.  The girls were armed with questions and knowledge for all of their experiences – ready and eager to […]

We had such an exciting day today!  Carol Lee, a guest speaker from the Northwestern University came to see our STARS in action, and BOY did we have fun!

Girls modeled the spread of a sneeze on the atrium […]

Fueled by last week’s Science Advisory Day, our pre-service teachers were inspired to deliver some intensive lessons for today that addressed misconceptions, uncovered details and really guided the girls to […]

This week, we had eight amazing and accomplished scientists come and advise our girls on their investigations!   They were truly an inspiration for us, and we really welcomed their input.  Our scientists:

Dr. […]

After a beautiful drive through New York, we all got the opportunity to go up to Camp Cory on Friday, November 29th with 40 girls and our teachers.  Although the weather was a bit drizzly, the girls made the best of it, and we did a bit of exploring around the camp.  After an amazing dinner [...]

Week two was all abuzz with excitement as girls gathered for the Eco Extravaganza that took place in the atrium at East High.  Each one of our teachers created stations that revolved around basic ecological themes found in the Urban EcoLab manual.  Students visited stations and learned about proper handwashing technique, epidemiology, oil spills,…[Read more]

Our first day of STARS kicked off with a spectacular scavenger hunt in the quad of East High.  We had a huge turnout of girls – 87 students to be exact!  For the first day, girls scoured the East High campus collecting data, taking plant samples, creating tree rubbings and having a great time looking at [...]

This year’s STARS started with a bang!  Here are some highlights to this year’s program: We have received a 1.2 million dollar grant from NSF to develop the STARS program and disseminate at three other sites in the next 3 years We will be adapting the Urban EcoLab Curriculum developed by Boston College! We also have an AMAZING local advisory [...]

S.T.A.R.S. (Students Tackling Authentic and Relevant Science) is an after-school all girl’s science club that provides authentic scientific inquiry investigation experiences that relate to real-world problems. The program highlights a strong social justice issue of females in science, and promotes the opportunity for 7th to 9th grade female…[Read more]