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Schoolyard encounter. Mivsam Yekutiel and students with Science Mobile exhibits
[Development Town Kids Encounter Science]
Spring in the Negev, at the very edge of the desert: Small, prosperous villages nestle among the golden wheat fields, blooming acacia and grazing goat herds. Suddenly, on the horizon, the town of Sderot appears. Sderot, hometown of several of Israel’s premier rock groups, has known hard times, unemployment and “Qassam” missile strikes from the neighboring Gaza strip. The educational system in the town has had its ups and downs as well, and the country’s best teachers often give this place – far from the urban centers – a miss. Fortunately, there’s the Science Mobile.
The Science Mobile, a special science-lab-in-a-van developed at the Weizmann Institute, brings the science experience to every corner of Israel, even to places where going down to the bomb shelter is a part of daily life.
Past the first curve and the second, past the traffic circle and along the main street, the van pulls up to the gate of the state-accredited religious high school. “I knew you’d be back,” says the security guard as he swings the gate wide open to let the bulky van through. “Rocket attacks or not, you guys don’t give up.”
A commercial van outfitted with portable science-teaching aids, the Science Mobile made its first run in 1994. The instructors who run it are mostly students at the Feinberg Graduate School who also work with kids in the Weizmann Institute’s youth program, Young@Science. The Science Mobile’s aim is to convey the excitement of scientific discovery to those schoolchildren and teachers who are not likely to have access to a first-class museum, up-to-date library or large university.
[Development Town Kids Encounter Science]
Spring in the Negev, at the very edge of the desert: Small, prosperous villages nestle among the golden wheat fields, blooming acacia and grazing goat herds. Suddenly, on the horizon, the town of Sderot appears. Sderot, hometown of several of Israel’s premier rock groups, has known hard times, unemployment and “Qassam” missile strikes from the neighboring Gaza strip. The educational system in the town has had its ups and downs as well, and the country’s best teachers often give this place – far from the urban centers – a miss. Fortunately, there’s the Science Mobile.
The Science Mobile, a special science-lab-in-a-van developed at the Weizmann Institute, brings the science experience to every corner of Israel, even to places where going down to the bomb shelter is a part of daily life.
Past the first curve and the second, past the traffic circle and along the main street, the van pulls up to the gate of the state-accredited religious high school. “I knew you’d be back,” says the security guard as he swings the gate wide open to let the bulky van through. “Rocket attacks or not, you guys don’t give up.”
A commercial van outfitted with portable science-teaching aids, the Science Mobile made its first run in 1994. The instructors who run it are mostly students at the Feinberg Graduate School who also work with kids in the Weizmann Institute’s youth program, Young@Science. The Science Mobile’s aim is to convey the excitement of scientific discovery to those schoolchildren and teachers who are not likely to have access to a first-class museum, up-to-date library or large university.
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