A jeepney-turned-science laboratory has started unlocking new ideas for grades five, six, and first year high school students in five public schools in Sarangani province.
JeepneED, a mobile science laboratory that runs on used vegetable oil, is an engaging outdoor learning area equipped with 10 netbooks, 3G hub for internet connectivity, and basic science materials.
Sarangani is JeepneED’s pilot site for this first-ever science mobile and technology laboratory in the country.
Governor Migs Dominguez said JeepneED had rightly chosen Sarangani as its pilot site because communities (here) are “hungry for innovation, hungry for development, and most importantly hungry for new opportunities that come their way.”
The governor said JeepneED is “not only to deliver opportunities through a laboratory on wheels. However the real message here is, we have to continuously innovate.”
Shaina Tantuico, JeepneED co-founder, said the project sought to address gaps of science teaching methods in public schools where teachers usually resort to lectures only due to unavailability of resource materials and other exposure activities.
The mobile laboratory, Tantuico said, would stir students’ interest to discover new things from indigenous materials.
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