L'ANSE, MI (AP)-- Students in L'Anse are taking part in new hands-on science units being piloted this year in the state.
The Daily Mining Gazette reports that the lessons for sixth-through eighth-graders are part of the science, technology, math and engineering fields, also known as STEM. The STEM-focused Mi-STAR science curriculum development is a statewide program led by Michigan Technological University and Provost Jackie Huntoon. The same teachers piloting curriculum were part of teams developing the lessons last summer.
The students use adult terminology, strategies and tools. They focus on cross-cutting concepts that show how different scientific disciplines are related.
In a yeast lab, for example, sixth-graders learn about turbidity and graphing, as well as practical applications of yeast.