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Terrace Review — Wednesday, April 24,1991 C3

NORTHWEST COMMUNITY COLLEGE science students prepare
for their final exams. In Dr. Kerby's biology class, they dissected
the head.of a cow.

DISCOVERY BOXES are a big hit in School District #88.. Uplands kindergarten student Travis
Porter and Grade 7 student Joey Hadley examine one of thirty.Discovery Boxes from Science
World. This one includes the skeleton of a turtle to be examined and'assembled by the students.

Travelling Discovery Boxes

As part of the province-wide
mandate of the SCIENCE
WORLD Outreach program,
SCIENCE WORLD has developed
Travelling Discovery Boxes. The
Travelling Discovery Boxes are a
collection of the most successful
Discovery Boxes in the. Search
Gallery at SCIENCE WORLD.
They are designed to travel
throughout the province, making
science learning entertaining and
accessible to the children of B.C.

This year, the Terrace & District
Teachers’ Association, in cooper-
ation with a number of other
donors, decided to fund the Dis-
covery Boxes for the benefit of
School District #88 students. At a
cost of $1500, thirty Discovery
Boxes have been made available
through SCIENCE WORLD to
local students in the three weeks
leading up to Science Week.

The collection of boxes is self-
contained and designed for easy

travel and set-up. Subjects covered .

by the boxes include: the trees of
British Columbia, mammals, birds,
industries of nature, rocks, min-
erals and shells, and more. Accom-
panying graphics are brief and
understandable for all ages. The
boxes promote learning by encour-
aging students’ natural curiosity,
and accompanying resource
materials provide a wealth of in-
formation for training volunteers
and developing follow-up class-
room activities.

Last week, the Terrace Review
visited the library of Uplands
Elementary Schoo] to view the

Discovery Boxes firsthand. As part .

of an on-going programme of
Assisted Learning, Ken Morton’s
Grade 6/7 class and Melayne
Gough’s kindergarten class were
working in pairs (one senior and
one primary student) investigating
the Discovery Boxes and going
through the assigned exercises
specified for each. The boxes were
rotated among the pairs after the
boxes had been thoroughly exam-
ined and tasks were completed,

Some of the Travelling Dis-
covery Boxes include;

Animal Dentist - examine a bear’s
skull and its teeth. How many
types of teeth docs this animal
have? Compare them to your own,

Nose Sense - it's been said that

your nose can save your life! Test
your sniffer out with this box and

match common objects with what .
might be their tricky scents.

The Hole Truth - imagine your-

self afloat on the Pacific Ocean on

your way south when leaks begin

to pop up all over your wooden

sailboat. What could be making

those dangerous holes? How. do
you stop them? Discover wood-
boring insects larger than your
thumb.

Today through Friday, the Dis-
covery Boxes will continue their

(all day tomorrow and Friday of the body,
morning).

travels to Thornhill Primary (all NURSING STUDENTS at NWCC examine their own skeleton to |
day today) and Copper Mountain determine the physical make up, mechanics and muscle structure

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