Miss Science and Biz in a Boxx Create Slime Out Cancer

April 5, 2012 - PRLog -- After 5-year-old Elizabeth Blair was diagnosed with Stage IV Non-Hodgkins Lymphoblastic Lymphoma, Miss Science and Biz in a Boxx stepped in to create Slime Out Cancer, a mini science and entrepreneurship kit that let’s kids make, play and sell slime.  

“When I gave the first Slime Out Cancer kit to Elizabeth, she was at the hospital getting her chemotherapy treatment,” says Sherri “Miss Science” Smith Dodgson.  “She had so much fun with it that it took her mind off her long, tedious treatment.”

Watching Elizabeth engrossed in making something as simple as slime gave Miss Science and Melissa Rose, president of Biz in a Boxx the idea to produce the kits for other kids.  Profits from the kits go towards the EBB Foundation to benefit Elizabeth’s fight against cancer and bring awareness about pediatric cancer.

The Slime Out Cancer kits were fashioned from SciPreneur’s curriculum that mixes science and entrepreneurship education for kids in elementary and middle school.  Miss Science and Rose, both co-owners of SciPreneur, took one of their signature programs, Slimeology, and scaled it down into a take-home kit where kids get an overview of polymers and how to sell the slime they make.

The kits retail for $19.95 and come with slime and binding solutions, 10 cups with lids, two pipettes, stirring sticks, glitter and directions on how to make and sell the slime.  Slime Out Cancer kits can be purchased online at http://www.scipreneur.org.  

About SciPreneur

SciPreneur is a multi-faceted program that combines science and entrepreneurship curricula into hands-on, project-based learning for kids in elementary and middle school.  All of the SciPreneur programs have an emphasis on innovation where students get to make their own, unique product prototype and develop a business model around it.  SciPreneur programs include after-school enrichment and in-school curriculum that aligns with common core, technology and science standards.  Professional development for educators in cross-curricula integration is also a primary focus.

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Biz in a Boxx is a fun, interactive business tool that teaches kids and teens the step-by-step, practical fundamentals of starting and running a business in the real world. http://www.bizinaboxx.com.