Yankee Ridge Elementary School PTA Science Committee

The Yankee Ridge Elementary School PTA Science Committee, Urbana, IL, hosted the 3rd "Junior Scientist Day" on April 7, 2005. Kindergarten, first, and fourth grade students learned about earthquake preparedness and safety in the New Madrid Seismic Zone from MAE Center graduate students Johanna Gonzalez Ballester, Nick Burdette, Meghan Meyers, Ryan Hopeman, and John Barry, with assistance from the education program specialist Sandra Menke. The children divided into teams and explored methods for making buildings safer while designing structures that were tested on the miniature shaketable.