Thanks to funds received from
the state, DASD high school students have an opportunity to explore biology,
chemistry and other lab sciences through a unique partnership with Ursinus College. “Science in Motion” is a program that
brings state-of-the-art lab equipment and highly qualified science teachers
into schools in our local area.
Former teacher Ron Faust has been driving the mobile science
lab to schools for several years. He
unloads his van and spends the day with students, bringing lesson plans and
other coordinators to teach several unique lessons. On Wednesday, Dr. Faust was at DHS West,
teaching photosynthesis and respiration in Lenore Walseben’s
fifth period class. The students used
crickets and budding and dormant seeds to study respiration.
Ron Faust visits approximately 66,000 students in our area
each year. Due to the delay in the
state budget vote last summer, the “Science in Motion” lab remained parked at
Ursinus until the funding was once again
approved. Both the district and Ursinus are pleased that we can once again present this
program to our students.
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