Yankee Ridge Elementary School

The MAE Center Student Leadership Council has been active with pre-college outreach programs.  Graduate students Lisa Cleveland, Erin O’Keefe, Ken Marley, and Soon Sim Goh presented hands-on earthquake preparedness and safety activities at the 4th annual Yankee Ridge Elementary School Junior Scientist Day, Urbana, IL on April, 19, 2006.  Four sessions, with 25 students each, from the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th grades, divided into groups to build structures with K’Nex that were tested on the shaketable.  This showcase was a big hit with the kids.  The Junior Scientist Day is sponsored by the school’s PTA Science Committee to promote careers in science.