Science

Students get hands-on for Miami science fair (03/08/11)
As a way to get students interested in science, Miami Schools hosted a science fair Friday, March 4, inviting participants from neighboring schools. The fair included projects in life, earth and physical sciences from finding the most absorbent diapers and building volcanoes to studies in aerodynamics...

Science takes shape in St. Peter School gym (02/28/11)
A science fair held Thursday, Feb. 24, transformed the St. Peter School gym into a breeding ground of hypotheses. Students from 4th to 8th grade participated in this year's fair and, according to instructor Tracy Crumbaugh, a lot of effort went into it...

Students participate in Olympiad (11/19/10)
Shadows stretched up a wall in the Martin Community Center. Marshall elementary students moved between stations during the Math and Science Olympiad. Third grade students learned about the sun's location through the shape of their shadows Thursday, Nov. 18, as their instructor shined a light behind them -- moving it low to the floor to simulate the sunrise and above their heads to show them what their shadows might look like in the afternoon...

St. Peter to hold local blood drive (05/05/08)
St. Peter Catholic School will be hosting a blood drive Monday, May 5, from 2 to 6 p.m. in the gymnasium. Tracy Crumbaugh, science teacher, and Sarah Bowers, physical education and nutrition teacher, decided the fourth through eighth graders could gain a lot from organizing a blood drive...

Marshall woman recalls work with famed heart surgeon DeBakey (04/29/08)
Just a few days ago, Dr. Michael DeBakey, a pioneer in cardiothoracic surgery, received the Congressional Gold Medal, the nation's highest civilian honor. He adds the medal to a very long list of honors bestowed on him throughout his long career. At the ceremony in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, fellow Texan, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, said of DeBakey, "(In receiving this award) he joins the company of George Washington, Winston Churchill and Thomas Edison."...

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