WILKES UNIVERSITY HOSTS FREE STEM DISCOVERY DAY FOR GRADES 4-8 ON NOV. 3

Wilkes-Barre, PA (11/01/2018) — More than 300 participants are expected to attend STEM Discovery Day at Wilkes University on Nov 3. Students in grades 4 through 8 will explore the fields of biology, mathematics, physics, chemistry, environmental engineering and earth and environmental sciences. The free event will be held be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lawrence and Sally Cohen Science Center, and the Stark Learning Center, 150-180 S. River St., Wilkes-Barre.

More than a dozen laboratory demonstrations begin every 30 minutes, starting at 10 a.m. The last series of labs will begin at 12:30 p.m.

Workshops will cover the fields of chemistry, biology, environmental engineering, earth and environmental sciences, anatomy and physiology, mathematics and computer science and physics. For a complete list of labs, please visit the Wilkes University web site. A sampling of the lab projects includes:

Research with Invertebrate Animals will use planarians -- flatworms that can regenerate lost body parts -- to study repair of the central nervous system and Alzheimer's disease, and also show how using scorpion venom is used to treat brain cancer.

Fun with Plants that Move and Eat Bugs explores how sometimes nutrients from the soil just aren't enough for plants. It will also demonstrate how plants can move and catch light to convert it to carbon dioxide for more plant material.

Wizards of Physics will allow participants to become Gandalfs and Harry Potters as they learn how physics explains the exciting yet complicated things in our world that almost seem magical. In this laboratory students will have some fun by wielding our powers of gravity, electricity and magnetism.

For more information on covering the event, please contact Viki Mayk, Senior Editor, Marketing Communications, at 570-408-4779.

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