The Stan State Junior Scientist program provides STEM curriculum enrichment to 4th-grade students from local schools in the Turlock Unified School District. This past year, students from Cunningham Elementary and Wakefield Elementary schools came to the Stan State campus for Saturday activities of STEM enrichment. Teachers and parents, accompanied by 32 students from their schools, visit Naraghi Hall of Science to take part in 3-hour long science lessons, free of cost. The science activities, which are aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), reinforce the in-class curriculum and provide a hands-on approach to localized issues and problems.
We would like to acknowledge the support from the Walmart Foundation and their Community Grant Program for financial support of the Junior Scientist Program.
Spring 2019 Junior Scientist Programs
Engineering, Chemistry, & Biology
Saturday, April 13, 2019
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Naraghi Hall of Science Room 101
Appropriate for grades 4
No charge to attend.
Three Sessions. Students will do the following:
- Bridge Building - students will work to build a strong, stable, and reproducible bridge from common materials.
- pH Lab - students will use cabbage juice to test the pH of household chemicals.
- Cell Lab - students will use microscopes to see different cells and make a cell baggie model.
Participants must wear closed toed shoes and long pants
Presented by Stan State STEM Ambassadors
Fall 2018 Junior Scientist Programs
Fun Day with Science
Saturday, November 3, 2018
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Naraghi Hall of Science Room 101
Appropriate for grades 4
No charge to attend.
Three Sessions. Students will do the following:
- Microscopy - students will learn how to use a microscope and observe different types of cells
- Electricity - students will learn how to make a graphite circuit
- Bottle cap bots - students will create a robot using a bottle cap
Participants must wear closed toed shoes and long pants
Presented by Stan State STEM Ambassadors
Environmental Ag Science
Saturday, October 6, 2018
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Naraghi Hall of Science Room 101
Appropriate for grades 4
No charge to attend.
Three Sessions. Students will do the following:
- Fall Leaf Chromatography - students will work with different colored leaves and set up chromatography to show chlorophyll/pigments present
- Meal Worm Environments - students will act like "animal physiologist" by working with mealworms
- Dirty Water Clean-up - students create a method of clean in a "polluted" jar of H20
Participants must wear closed toed shoes and long pants
Presented by Stan State STEM Ambassadors