Editors: Photographers are welcome at the events. Most visual are "Science from CU" at 12:30 p.m., Nubian mummies at 12:30 p.m. and the Bugmobile at 1:40 p.m. The high school students will attend sessions from 8 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Afternoon sessions have from 20 to 60 students in each.
About 120 high school students from throughout Colorado will visit the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø on Thursday, Oct. 11, for a day of science presentations ranging from "Cool and Creative Chemistry" to Nubian mummies.
As members of the Colorado/Wyoming Junior Academy of Science, the high school students are interested in pursuing scientific studies at the college level. The group targets girls and underrepresented populations.
For the past 10 years, Junior Academy participants have visited the CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø campus for a closer look at university-level research. Schools represented this year will include Weld Charter School in Kingsbury, Denver Christian, and Columbine, Ponderosa, Â鶹¹ÙÍø New Vista, Bear Creek and Cherry Creek high schools.
The daylong event is geared for advanced science students who want to learn more about CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø research in their respective areas of interest and to review university resources in those areas.
The students will arrive at CU's Fiske Planetarium between 8 a.m. and 8:45 a.m. on Thursday and will attend a presentation by an admissions officer during registration. At 9 a.m. the students will watch "Cosmic Collisions" at Fiske Planetarium before walking to the CU Museum of Natural History.
At the museum the students will attend two presentations. Physics Professor Tricia Rankin will cover "Time Travel with Physics" and chemistry and biochemistry Professor David Walba will speak on "Visualizing Molecules in 3D."
After lunch, the group will be divided into six groups with each group attending two presentations. The presentations will include:
o "Science from CU: Cool and Creative Chemistry" by the Chemistry and Biochemistry Club
o "BugMobile" by the Science Discovery program in partnership with the Butterfly Pavilion
o "Nubian Mummies and Myths" by graduate student Tina Nepstad-Thornberry
o "Taking Your Own EKGs" by biology Professor Mark Osadjan
o "Snakes" by psychology Professor David Chiszar.
The visit by the Colorado/Wyoming Junior Academy of Science is being coordinated by the CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Office of Community Affairs. For more information contact Sara Morrison at (303) 735-5580.
A complete schedule follows:
Colorado/Wyoming Junior Academy of Science Tour
Schedule Thursday, October 11, 2001
GREEN GROUP
8:00-8:45 Arrive at Fiske Planetarium
Welcome and Registration
8:45-9:00 Admissions
9:00-10:00 Fiske Planetarium: Cosmic Collisions
10:00 Walk to the CU Museum of Natural History - meet in the Dinosaur Hall
10:15 Treats at the CU Museum of Natural History
10:30-11:00 Time Travel with Physics - presentation
Physics Professor Tricia Rankin at CU Museum of Natural History
11:00-11:30 Visualizing Molecules in 3D - talk and video presentation
Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor David Walba at CU Museum of Natural History
11:30-12:15 Brown Bag Lunch
12:20 Reconvene at the Dinosaur Hall
12:30-1:30 Science from CU: Cool and Creative Chemistry
by the Chemistry and Biochemistry Club
CU Museum of Natural History
1:40-2:40 Bug Mobile!
Biology Hall - CU Museum of Natural History
2:45-3:00 Back at CU Museum of Natural History - Evaluations
3:00 Depart from CU Museum of Natural History
PINK GROUP
12:30-1:30 Nubian Mummies and Myths
Tina Nepstad-Thornberry
Hale Science #129
1:40-2:40 Science from CU: Cool and Creative Chemistry
by the Chemistry and Biochemistry Club
CU Museum of Natural History
2:45-3:00 Back at CU Museum of Natural History - Evaluations
3:00 Depart from CU Museum of Natural History
12:30-1:30 Nubian Mummies and Myths
Tina Nepstad-Thornberry
Hale Science #129
1:40-2:40 Science from CU: Cool and Creative Chemistry
by the Chemistry and Biochemistry Club
CU Museum of Natural History
2:45-3:00 Back at CU Museum of Natural History - Evaluations
3:00 Depart from CU Museum of Natural History