Springtime is always a wonderful time to think about seeds! Seeds have adapted a variety of ways to travel. Participants will examine different seeds and explore how they use different methods to travel from the parent plant.

We will create, fold, and test different paper helicopter designs as a model of a fly seed.

Materials Needed

• Paper

• Scissors

• Pencil

• Paper clips

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Steve Pauls, Ph.D.

Steve received his doctorate from the University of Kansas in Physical Chemistry and over the past 15 years he has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses for FPU in science, mathematics, and teacher education. He is currently teaching the undergraduate general physics sequence and several different courses for the graduate STEM Master’s Education program. Steve also works closely with teachers in the valley through a variety of Math Science Partnership (MSP) multi-year grants looking to improve both content and pedagogy of our regional teachers. For the AIMS Center, Steve has been tasked with understanding and interpreting the latest research involving the cognitive development and conceptual understanding of young children in science and mathematics. He is interested in developing an integrative program involving spatial representation and learning within context of science education.

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