At the April 9, 2024, 麻豆区 ISD (GPISD) Board of Trustees Meeting, a plaque was presented to Rice University’s Fun With Chemistry chapter and Dr. Kasey Leigh Yearty, Madeline Belknap, Alina Chow, Gabriel Seanz, and Maria Telesforo’s annual “Fun With Chemistry” demonstration at the North Shore Senior High 10th Center (NS10).
Fun with Chemistry is a Rice University outreach organization dedicated to inspiring and motivating K-12 students to develop an interest in and pursue careers in science. The program originated at the University of Texas and expanded to Rice University, which is now organized by Dr. Kasey Leigh Yearty and a Student Leadership Team. Since 2017, student volunteer teams have traveled to schools in the greater Houston area and have initiated community outreach by performing exciting demonstrations. The mission of the organization is to get often underserved students excited about science by presenting science to them in fun and creative ways.
Since the Spring of 2022, the Science Department at NS10 has had the invaluable opportunity of hosting the “Fun With Chemistry '' demonstrations on its campus and inviting neighboring schools to benefit from the demonstrations. As NS10 and Rice University have worked to make this an annual event, Dr. Yearty and her team have not only fascinated students of GPISD with their unique demonstrations and experiments but have also acted as a catalyst to inspire students to explore future opportunities in STEM.