Serendipity Day at Eura Brown Elem.
JSU Volunteers for STEM Challenge with Dr. Johns Last weekend I had the privilege to visit Eura Brown Elementary in Rainbow City, Alabama, to participate in what they have called their "Serendipity Day". Held every spring, Serendipity Day is a day spent challenging students to think beyond a typical school day. Guests from all over the area are brought in to enrich the children in music, performing and visual arts, social sciences, and science. The students take part in demonstrations, simulations, challenges, and performances. It is a constructionist educator's dream day. I, along with several of my peers from JSU, was invited by two of the most passionate professors I have ever had, Dr. Jennifer Troncale and Dr. Kyoko Johns, to assist in a STEM challenge. STEM is the collaboration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics into meaningful and realistic challenges for students. Because these areas are so closely intertwined, teaching them together creates...