Research Fellows enjoyed a summertime celebration at Fern Hollow Nature Center. Special thanks for Jennifer Scheib for organizing! Check out the upcoming calendar of events at the Center for some great opportunities to enrich the summer.
Category: 2013-2014 Research Fellows
Veronica Judt (4th Grade) with assistant and co-author Kamryn Vilscek have worked hard on a book titled Hamster Fun Facts. Veronica’s love of hamsters unfolded in creative stories written down on long bus rides. The project grew to include research and fun. Hamster Fun Facts is the fruit of a year […]
4th grade filmographers captured a truly Happy day at Baden Academy Charter School. We hope it makes you smile. This was our first attempt at an all school video. For everyone who didn’t get in, please accept our sincerest apologies. Feel free to contact the media lab for ideas on […]
Kate H. made sculptures of snakes because she loved snakes and she also liked art. She didn’t know much about how to make sculptures so she tried different materials from plaster of Paris, air drying clay, oven baked clay, a deer skull, and sticks, leftover electrical wiring, pennies, washer and […]
An interview with filmmaker and research fellow Eli L. What was your original idea for filmmaking? The first idea for my project was that I would make a sequel to last year’s film The Fellowship of the Media Lab: “The Dawn of Imagination” about this year’s Media Lab fellows. But, […]
The latest Webisode from our Kitty Whisperers is online! Free adoption this month at Beaver County Humane Society if you mention the Kitty Whisperers.
My name is Kadie. I am a 3rd grader and I am a research fellow. My project is to raise money by selling print on demand items through my website. You can see the beginning of the site and think about next year. What types of products would you like […]
Gavin Phillips (4th Grade) with assistant Brian Curry have worked hard on a book titled Saving a Galapagos Penguin Family. In 1982, El Nino killed 70 percent of the Galapagos penguin population putting them on the Endangered Species List. The penguins are dying out due to pollution, animals brought to the island […]
Ava, Gloria, Bryant, and Emily will serve as members of NASA’s virtual crew on Orion Flight Test-1 (EFT-1). With the help of Mrs. Walaan, the research fellows team successfully completed the NASA Design Exploration Challenge. Videos from astronauts and NASA engineers guided the students in mastering difficult concepts of space […]
Congratulations to all our 4th graders! Students from Mrs. Keriotis and Mr. Finn’s classes composed individual Storm Stories set on their collaborative virtual worlds. Their stories take place on the fictional worlds they created while studying planetary science and biology. Profits from the sale of the book benefit the ongoing […]