By JeAnn Watson – SOSA Secretary Under the theme ‘Demystifying Vaccines‘, we hosted primary and secondary school students in some virtual STEM fun! We explored the world of vaccines, a hotly debated topic currently… Starting off with an explanation of our...
By Danielle Webster – Vice Chair How do Coding and Lab Grown Meat go together? In a workshop designed to introduce cutting-edge technology, where we focus on innovation and environmental health – our students bring us back down to earth…...
By Danielle Webster – Vice Chair Given the realities of the pandemic, STEPS went virtual this year! We maintained our hands-on approach for our 150+ students! Our theme this year, “Do good for yourself, do good for the world”, had...
By Natricha Levy-McFarlane – Publications Director The world is in the middle of a pandemic and we are all adjusting to a new normal. This is no different at SOSA, where we have had to be nimble to quickly pivot...
By Danielle Webster – Vice Chair We’d like to begin by thanking you for your continued support in these uncertain times. As you know our programming is usually local in Jamaica, but as the world copes with COVID-19, SOSA evolves....
By Danielle Webster – Vice Chair A large warning sign greets you as you stumble to the hospital entrance: “DENGUE OUTBREAK: CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE”. The viral disease that once spread only through the bite of a mosquito has now mutated! Dengue...
By Danielle Webster – Vice Chair Are you ready?? SOSAvember 2019 is just around the corner! We are gearing up for an AMAZING STEPS program with exciting experiments that include teaching our younger students about the international space program. Here we use...
By Danielle Webster – Vice Chair SOSA takes pride in its volunteer opportunities! Our STEPS workshop is designed to excite and ignite the love of science in each young person who engages in the activities. We have found that not...
By Danielle Webster – Vice Chair SOSA is dedicated to exposing our students to cutting-edge scientific theories. This past STEPS event we gave our high school students a taste of CRISPR. CRISPR is a gene-editing technique with applications such as...
By Danielle Webster – STEPS Director 2018 ended on an exciting and productive note! On our most recent trip to Jamaica, we visited Allman Town Primary School for an assessment of our lab equipment donation! SOSA had previously outfitted a...