At Aavishkaar, the staff and fellows have a goal of making STEM education more interactive by creating hands-on demonstrations in the form of games and models that can fit into plastic tubs that can be brought to schools around the area. One of our fellows, Betsy, had the opportunity to leverage her skills and knowledge as a chemist to develop experiment boxes that would convey principles such as solubility, filtration, polarity, and the power of acids in the environment. In collaboration with a longer term Aavishkaar staff member, Betsy visited local schools to apply these lessons to actual classroom situations. With her fellow educator helping with translation and teaching, Betsy was able to directly interact with students and share the wonder of chemistry with them. Betsy also helped train another Aavishkaar staff in her experimental boxes, so her work could continue benefiting later students.

Her contributions to the science curriculum at Aavishkaar will without a doubt be beneficial to future students. Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication, Betsy!