BioBus Completes First Full School Year

The BioBus spent the Fall touring the mid-west and getting a bright new paint job in Jersey City. Then we made our first visit to the Bronx in December, which went so well that we ended up visiting 20 high school and middle schools in the Bronx, in addition to schools throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan. Over 10,000 students visited the BioBus for our introductory Explorers course, and hundreds more received our in-depth Discoverers training. Feedback from students, teachers, parents, and the popular press was astounding, and we are already planning return trips to many of theses schools for next year, along with new schools. We are particularly proud of this article in the Bronx Times.

BioBus Back from Mid-West Tour The BioBus returned last week from our Fall Mid-West tour. Over 600 students at Leal Elementary and St. Joe's Middle School explored the meaning of life by looking through the microscope, while the Girls Do Science Club at the Orpheum Children's science center prepared and looked at water samples from their back yards, taking lots of great pictures and making a wonderful movie of a crawling amoeba (movie on right). Check out the BioBus News Blog for more information and a link to a nice article in the Urbana News-Gazette.

Kids Day March 8th was an especially fun day on the BioBus! About a dozen kids from ages 2-10 got on the bus, learned about cells, made some great drawings, and got to use a microscope. We looked at cheek cells, fish cells, hair, and even some snot cells! Check out more pictures and movies from the day.