
Program Specialist Darlene Norfleet leads a hands-on session on insects aboard the MySci Investigation Station April 20 at Edgar Road Elementary School in Webster Groves, Mo. Norfleet is part of the MySci Program, which brings interactive science education to area K-2 students through its investigation station, a mobile science classroom in a custom-built, 37-foot semitrailer. Students and faculty from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Art’s Visual Communications Research Studio designed the vehicle’s exterior graphics and interior displays. The program will receive a “What’s Right With The Region!” award from FOCUS St. Louis May 10 at The Sheldon Concert Hall. Launched in 2005 with support from the Monsanto Fund, MySci is a collaboration among the University, the Saint Louis Science Center, the Saint Louis Zoo and the Missouri Botanical Garden. The program is part of WUSTL’s Science Outreach, which strives to improve learning in math and science through hands-on, investigative teaching methods in area school districts in underserved communities.