Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement, an awkward acronym for one of the country's most innovative and successful K-12 educational programs. MESA works with thousands of educationally disadvantaged students so they excel in math and science and ultimately contribute in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Approximately 200 7th and 8th grade MESA participants invaded campus today from Spokane District 81, visiting the university for various enriching activities. I presented a short slide-illustrated travelogue about my adventurous work in large cave systems in Central America, including an acknowledgment to my 8th grade earth science teacher who stimulated my early interest in geology and speleology.
This is a good age to get kids engaged in scientific inquiry. They're curious, they haven't quite discovered the opposite sex, yet, and they're not entirely snots.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
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