Ohio State partners with local teachers to teach K-5 students science

The Department of Chemistry’s Wonders of Our World program (W.O.W.) is teaming up with elementary school teachers to help K-5 students gain the tools for learning science. The science experiments about sound are set for 9:20 to 10:20 a.m. and for 1:15 to 2:30 p.m. on Thursday (5/2) at Wright Elementary School, 2335 W. Case Road.

Initiated in 1999, Ohio State’s W.O.W. program teaches basic concepts of the physical and biological sciences through hands-on experiments. The program involves a close collaboration between Ohio State faculty and students, the entire faculty of each of the five Columbus-area elementary schools and local-area scientists.

The schools that take part in the program are: Chapman and Wright elementary schools in the Dublin City School District; and Gables and Medary elementary schools and Ecole Kenwood in the Columbus City School District. The program involves about 2,500 elementary school students in 78 classrooms, approximately 90 elementary school teachers and about 130 volunteers from the science community.

WHAT:The Department of Chemistry’s Wonders of Our World program (W.O.W.) is teaming up with elementary school teachers to help K-5 students gain the tools for learning science. This experiment will teach the children about sound.

WHEN:1st session: 9:20 to 10:20 a.m. on Thursday (5/2).
2nd session: 1:15 to 2:30 p.m. on Thursday (5/2).

WHERE:Wright Elementary School, 2335 W. Case Road.

WHY:To help elementary school teachers instruct K-5 students on the tools of learning science.