Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) annually hosts a large science fair where winners from all participating schools present their projects. To make this event more interesting, the district invites its STEM partners (including Berkeley Lab) to set up a table with a short, hands-on science activity. Read more »
Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) STEM Fair
Berkeley Lab returned to the OUSD STEM Fair in Oakland, offering a hands-on activity where students and their parents learn about the electromagnetic spectrum. The Lab’s booth was staffed by ALS staff members, Gianna Fazioliu, Ian Lacey, and Ina Reichel. Read more »
Join the ALS Live on Facebook on Friday, July 27
A Berkeley Lab livestream event will take you inside the ALS on Friday, July 27, from 1:30-2:00 pm PT. The event is geared toward all ages, so tell your favorite young scientists to tune in at https://facebook.com/BerkeleyLab/. Sol Omolayo will show how vacuums keep the ALS running, and Monika Blum and Ethan Crumlin will explain the work at their beamline.
Local High Schoolers Get “The ALS Experience”
As part of a pilot program to strengthen the STEM career pipeline in the East Bay, Berkeley Lab’s Workforce Development & Education and the Advanced Light Source recently collaborated on a high school study trip. Students from two local high schools worked with scientists at the ALS to design custom experiments and then spent a day at the ALS running their experiments and learning about the ALS and Berkeley Lab. Read more »