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Bio Bus: Hands on, Minds on
 Arms outstretched, Shameka Williams shimmied from side-to-side like a human tug of war as her students debated whether oobleck, an ooze-like mix of cornstarch and water, is a solid or a liquid. "Okay, so we've all come to determine it's a solid or it's a liquid," Williams told her eighth grade science class at Drew Charter School. She loves this career; the funny thing is she never planned to do it. She was on her way to medical school when she arrived at Georgia State University more than 10 years ago. Then she began working for the Bio-Bus, a program in the Department of Biology that brings college students to K-12 classrooms across the state to teach science lessons using teaching modules, essentially curricula-in-a-box complete with hands-on exhibits. Her life and career trajectory were forever altered. "It was the best thing I ever did," she said. "I just realized how much I enjoyed the kids." She started planning her classes around when she could work for Bio-Bus, visiting schools near and far to teach students about everything from the medicinal properties of plants to the structure of DNA.
For more information about Williams and the Bio-Bus, click here.
Photo caption: More than 80 percent of teachers surveyed said that a single Bio-Bus visit improved both their content knowledge and confidence in science teaching and 83 percent reported that they are more likely to offer more hands-on science as a result of seeing the Bio-Bus modules.
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Upcoming Events in the
College of Education
"Taking Action Toward Eradicating Poverty"
March 2, 2013
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
 College of Education, room 150 30 Pryor Street Atlanta, GA 30303 The College of Education has partnered with the Committee on Teaching about the United Nations to host "Taking Action toward Eradicating Poverty," a day-long conference aimed at promoting the discussion of eradicating poverty supported through a collaboration of higher education institutions including Georgia State University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, Kennesaw State University, Emory University, Spelman College and Clark Atlanta University. The conference will feature a keynote speech followed by break-out sessions on topics ranging from the economic issues of poverty to poverty and education. For more information about the conference, click here.
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COE Accolades
College of Education student Xiaoxuan Lei will present papers entitled, "Financial trends of college students" and "International student engagement in higher education" at the Southeastern Psychological Association's 2013 Conference in Atlanta on March 15, 2013.
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