Chiawana High, WSU team up for science videos

Students at Chiawana High School and Washington State University Tri-Cities are teaming up with Mid-Columbia scientists to promote education and work force preparation for science- and technology-focused fields in a series of videos.

The three groups received a $6,240 grant to produce two five- to seven-minute videos, called STEM Flicks, to promote science- and technology-focused education and work force training, a release said. Once completed, the videos will be used for classroom instruction in Pasco middle and high schools.

The grant came from the Mid-Columbia STEM Collaboratory, an initiative of Battelle, Delta High School and several other organizations aimed at advancing science, technology, engineering and math education and careers.

Students in WSU Tri-Cities’ digital technology and culture program will write scripts for the videos and film them while Chiawana High students and scientists from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO, on the Hanford site star in them.

Masters in teaching students at the university will then provide guidance on how the videos can be used in classrooms.

This story was originally published February 11, 2016 at 10:07 AM with the headline "Chiawana High, WSU team up for science videos."