NSU Horizons Spring 2016

SCIENCE COMES ALIVE A s a biologist, Emily Schmitt Lavin, Ph.D., hoped her children also would experience the excitement that she felt with her first scientific discovery. For NSU’s Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography professor Schmitt Lavin, concrete action followed that thought. She introduced herself to her four-year-old son’s preschool teacher and basically said, “I’m a college science teacher. Anything I can do?” So Schmitt Lavin began showing the children simple science experiments, bringing along an NSU student to help. Their first demonstration was the vinegar and baking soda volcano that mesmerized the 20 preschoolers at NSU’s Mailman Segal Center for Human Development. “Emily contributed so much that year with her handmade games and PROGRAM MAKES FUTURE SCIENTISTS OF SCHOOLCHILDREN. BY JOHN DOLEN