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1/30/2021

Go2Science in the News!

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Classrooms are getting attention and accolades! 

Woolwich, ME (March 31, 2020) – How can schools take advantage of the ever-expanding digital world? With iPhones and other devices popping up in the hands of more students, it can be tempting to see screens as a distraction from learning, but Woolwich Central School (WCS) has found a way to make the Internet a tool for engagement.
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PORTLAND (WGME) -- An elementary school in Portland is using a web based educational tool that uses real science adventures to help students learn reading, writing, math and much more.
At Lyseth Elementary School, three times out of the year, kindergarten students go on virtual missions all around the world.
It's an online program called “Go 2 Science.”
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PORTLAND — After they learned about a school in Kenya that didn’t have ready access to clean drinking water, kindergarten students at Lyseth Elementary School decided they had to help.
They raided their piggy banks and donated their tooth fairy money. One enterprising student set up a lemonade and cupcake stand in her neighborhood. In all, the kindergartners raised more than $650.
The money will go to the Wishing Well campaign at the HIP Academy in Kimilili, an impoverished rural area of Kenya, to help cover the cost of drilling a well and installing a pump. The goal of the online campaign is to raise at least $14,200.
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Global Science Education and Go2Science
May 15, 2019
 
An upcoming research adventure will take educator Beth Heidemann and scientist Curtis Bentley to HIP Academy, which is located in Bungoma County in rural Kenya. Ms. Heidemann and Mr. Bentley are co-creators of Go2Science, an online resource for Pre-K-to-second grade classrooms. They are going to Kenya to help HIP Academy Director Livingstone Kegode solve a problem that he says is interfering with the education of his students – the lack of clean, accessible drinking water. 
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At the moment, students must fetch drinking water from a distant river; this causes illness and cuts into academic time, says Mr. Kegode.
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BRES K STUDENTS TRAVEL TO THAILAND
Tricia Campbell
SEP 16, 2019

This morning BRES Kindergarten students traveled to Thailand on a real science mission with educator Beth Heideman and scientists/explorer Curtis Bentley, co-founders of Go2Science. 
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    Meet Beth and Curtis!

    Presidential Award-Winning teacher and hula hoop fanatic, Beth loves bringing real world science to kids! Beth is fascinated by engineering challenges, technology, and outdoor learning spaces. After 25 years teaching kindergarten, she’s excited to share her passion and experience on-line with classrooms from around the world!

    Curtis is a lot of things: a scientist, lawyer, explorer, drummer and Ironman. His brain is always churning. His paleontological finds are in museums across the country and he even has an extinct sea turtle named after him. He loves traveling the world and immersing himself in new environments and cultures. Curtis finds joy in sparking the imagination of young learners and making them think in new ways.

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