Students Apply Science by Counting Kernels and Chucking Pumpkins

Using kernels of knowledge gained from teacher Sherri Newenhouse, Brown Elementary School students participated in an “a-maize-ing” project: helping farmer Marc Van Dyk estimate his corn yield. During the new Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) class, kindergarten through fourth-grade students broke corn off ears, which Newenhouse gathered from Van Dyk’s Hudsonville farm. They first … Continue reading Students Apply Science by Counting Kernels and Chucking Pumpkins