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JEP STEM Education Programs JEP STEM Education Programs SPRING 2 0 2 1 CONTENTS Springing Back Into Remote Learning Springing Back Into by Sabrina Mir Remote Learning With the COVID-19 pandemic still in full force in Los Angeles, YSP staff began fever- Wonderkids ishly preparing for the Spring semester of teaching. Since the Fall semester threw us into Medical STEM remote teaching, our staff was more than Program prepared to face the challenges associated with Zoom learning. Still, we had to adjust our STEM Moms plans to ensure that Spring instruction was also at-home-friendly. In preparation for this Green STEM Kits semester, YSP staff members spent countless Unfortunately, we were unable to hours revising lessons, finding household hold on-site workshops this semester, due to Program Staff materials to substitute for inaccessible COVID-19 precautions. In addition, our supplies, and making lesson accommodations semester was shortened to seven weeks of for online teaching. instruction. However, our staff was able to For example, several of our continue making lessons more accessible for fourth-grade lessons centered on the concept all of our partner schools. For classrooms that of electricity. For our squishy circuits lesson, were unable to receive live instruction, several the 4th grade staff decided to swap out D-cell staff members continued creating Youtube batteries, battery holders, and wire for coin videos that corresponded with weekly lessons. batteries and Play-doh, allowing us to illustrate In total this Spring, we created 60 the same concept with more easily obtainable new instructional videos: 45 of which were for materials. YSP, 9 for MSP, and six for Wonderkids. The Youtube Channel is called USC JEP STEM Follow us on social Programs. Furthermore, many of the staff and media to get weekly volunteers revised the kindergarten and first updates on all of our grade curricula and also created correspond- STEM Programs! ing Youtube videos to expand the virtual resources to share with our partner schools. @USCJEPSTEM Ninety-one percent of our student staff returned to teach this semester. Luckily, we were able to take on several new staff @STEMJEP Mr. Shaginyan, a second grade teacher members, including Max Moulton and Quetzal- from Foshay Learning Center stated “the li Vergara for YSP, and Lindsay Huerta for @JEP_STEM Young Scientist Program from USC has been a Wonderkids. great resource for my students and has This semester, JEP’s STEM Education allowed them to turn their personal spaces programs, which include the Young Scientists @JEP STEM into a science lab. Thank you for engaging my Program, Wonderkids, and the Medical STEM Programs students and for making online learning more program, are generously supported by the interactive!” Thanks to funding from the USC following individuals and organizations: the Good Neighbors Campaign for the Communi- USC Good Neighbors Campaign, Raytheon, ty Applying Systemic STEM Education to the Lau and Winn Family, the North Area Schools (C-ASSETS) we were able to send Neighborhood Development Council several local-LA staff members materials with (NANDC), Union Bank, and the USC Norris which they could assemble STEM supply kits Comprehensive Cancer Center. We thank that were later kindly distributed by our them for their continued support of our STEM partner teachers. programs! P A G E 2 Women in STEM Extravaganza by Dr. Dieuwertje Kast It is crucial to inspire and support the inclusion of Wonderkids targets Kindergarten through fifth BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) and grade students; however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, women in STEM fields. Data show that in 2020, the majority like so many programs, our program was delivered online of STEM workers in the U.S. are white (69%); Blacks and for the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters. Student Hispanics are grossly underrepresented, making up only 9% enrollment this semester (Spring 2021) is 60% female at and 7% of STEM fields, respectively (Pew Research Center, the Kindergarten through second grade levels; and 50% at 2018). Disparities are even greater among women: only the third through fifth grade levels. This results in a major- 2.5% of women working in science and engineering fields ity of our participants being female, and 100% of students are Black and 2.3% are Latina (Catalyst, 2020). In light of identify as BIPOC. Our speakers this semester were these issues, the USC Wonderkids Program strives to 100% female; 83% self-identified as BIPOC individuals. provide an inclusive model of how to support women in The Animal Science Unit focused on habitats and STEM and scientists of color at all levels of the program. adaptations. Students eagerly matched animals to their The Wonderkids’ student-leadership level boasts respective habitats from all around the world, then creat- impressive marks--100% of the staff are female, and 66% ed animal themed murals with their results. The corre- identify as BIPOC, including two--new staffer Lindsay sponding speaker, Staci Wong, from the Aquarium of the Huerta and veteran staffer Jasmin Sanchez--who grew up in Pacific, introduced both an otter and a sea bird to thrill the South Los Angeles community and attended the same the students. elementary schools that host the Wonderkids program. The Polar Science Unit discussed penguins. Students created penguin models to pose with, along with the speak- er, Jocelyn Argueta, and her penguin counterpart, Ben. Argueta described her work in Antarctica with PolarTREC (Teachers & Researchers Educating and Collab- orating) and the National Atmo- spheric and Space Administration (NASA)’s Project Icebridge. The Dermatology Unit informed students about how to protect their skin from harmful sun rays; it included a scavenger hunt around their homes to discover simple items that could protect their skin from sun damage. Their speaker, Dr. Jessica So, aka “The Breakfasteur,” performed a playdough surgery that demonstrated how various skin lesions and cancers were excised. During the Anatomy Unit, Wonderkids (Spring 2021) Corresponding Topics and Speakers: students created their own • Animal Science - Staci Wong, an educator from Aquarium of the Pacific. Students were “anatomically correct” person introduced to Betty, an otter, and Sula, a red-footed booby with Q-tips for bones and • Polar Science - Jocelyn Argueta, Web Producer, NASA JPL playdough for organs. The speaker, • Dermatology/Surgery - Dr. Jessica So, Dermatologist Jamie Decker, who works with • Anatomy - Dr. Jamie Decker, Founder of Experience Anatomy Experience Anatomy, showcased • Stem Cells - Tal Rosen, graduate student researcher at Keck, USC real life organs. • Space - Dr. Sian Proctor, Geoscience expert, Analog Astronaut, Astronaut for SpaceX Inspiration4 Crew & Janet Ivey, Creator and CEO of Janet’s Planet, Inc. JEP STEM EDUCATION PROGRAMS P A G E 3 The Stem Cell Unit included students discussing The impact on the students has not gone unnoticed by and recreating the transformation of stem cells into their families. One parent remarked “The Wonderkids varying types of cells utilizing playdough. Speaker, Tal Rosen, Program has grasped my son’s curiosity and taught him to spoke about her stem cell research and did a “day in the life use science to solve problems.” - Heather M. (Mason M’s of a scientist”. Mom). Another parent, Patricia P. said “I cannot express 3, 2, 1 BLAST-OFF! During our space week, how I feel about WonderKids. I have two daughters Nicole students tested out ways to eat in zero gravity. Students and Sophia in WonderKids. Their confidence and self-es- used their imagination and creativity to figure out ways to teem has increased tremendously. They always look keep food on a plate in an environment where everything forward to every class. The teachers validate their floats. Our speakers for space week were Dr. Sian Proctor opinions and creativity.” Lastly, Zoe-Marie R.’s mom Jodie Y. and Dr. Janet Ivey. Dr. Proctor, a geoscientist, explorer, said “the WonderKids class has been a unique experience space artist, and science communication specialist with a among virtual classes for my daughter in Kindergarten. She passion for space exploration, has completed four analog looks forward to her science class that challenges her mind missions, including an all female mission. She was also beyond what I, as her mother, thought she was capable of. chosen to go to space as an astronaut this fall with The class structure allows for personal attention and small SpaceX’s Inspiration4 Crew. Our other space speaker, groups that keeps her engaged and excited.” Janet Ivey, is the Creator and CEO of Janet’s Planet, Inc. and Wonderkids covered a wide variety of STEM showed students all about lunar landings. fields this semester! Thanks to the generosity of the USC Good Neighbors Campaign, this year's Wonderkids JEP STEM EDUCATION PROGRAMS program was fully funded. P A G E 4 Medical & Cancer STEM Programs: A continued success story in virtual times by Anupam Singh & Dr. Dieuwertje Kast The second unit of teaching was centered around topics related to Dermatology. The main topics covered included the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation (UV) on skin and cancers associated with it. Students learned the basics of skin cancer diagnosis using ABCDE’s - Asymmetry, Barriers, Color, Diameter and Evolving - as the differentiat- ing factors between a benign vs a cancerous mole. The last unit was Pulmonology, where students learned how lungs function, how pollutants persist in the air we breathe and how smoking can cause diseases, especially cancer. The last lesson this semester emphasized the importance of using filters like masks to protect oneself from airborne-pathogens and was very relevant to continue to protect oneself from COVID-19. MSP TAs Yvonne Hernandez (on the left) demonstrating 3D Teaching online has been fun but also an immense models of healthy (pink) vs unhealthy() lung models and Eduar- learning experience for C-SEPP’s MSP team.
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