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Center for the advancement of Stem education

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Program of Events

Center for the

Advancement of STEM

Education

Open Lab Night

October 24, 2018

A self-guided tour of the greenhouse, which houses many useful plants from around the world. You will explore banana, coffee, grapefruit, macadamia, papaya, and orange trees.

Age Group: All ages Where: Greenhouse Time: Walk-in/self-guided

Plants from around the world and their uses

Explore EarthLab EarthLab is a spherically shaped digital display system that uses a computer and two internal laser projectors to display information on a four-foot diameter sphere. EarthLab features presentations, short films and real time data that pertain to land, oceans, atmosphere, biodiversity, astronomy, human activity and more. Visit EarthLab and use the iPad to explore!

Age Group: All Ages Where: DMF First Floor Atrium Time: Walk-in/self-guided

Oobleck for all!

Love slime? Come and join the chemistry club to make oobleck, an even better version of slime! This hands on activity allows children to express their creativity through personalizing their very own oobleck with color, beads, and charms! Students will learn about the Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids in a creative, safe, and hands-on way. Children get to measure, pour, stir, decorate, personalize, play, and take home their very own oobleck to continue their learning at home!

Age group: All Ages

Where: DMF 481 Time: Walk-in

Interested in stars, planets and the sky? Come join us for a great time looking at the sky and its magnificent features!

Age group: All Ages Where: The Observatory - 5th Floor Time: Open from 5:00 - 8:30 PM

Observatory Viewing

CandyLab! The Sweet Chemistry of Candy! Gummy bears, Life Savers, chewing gum, cotton candy…you can do a lot with sugar! Have you ever wondered about the science and chemical reactions that occur in making our favorite sugary treats? Please join scientists from the BSU Chemistry Department as we discover the wonders of chemistry through candy! Join us for a fun, interactive discussion about candy, plus hands-on activities. Explore the chemistry of candy as we run M&M reactions, try a little candy chromatography and put some sour candies to the acid and base test.

Age Group: All Ages

Where: DMF 477 Time: Walk-in

The Science of Origami

In this activity, we will explore geometric shapes using the art of paper folding. You can build mathematical objects, and even other shapes like boats and birds, by folding paper in a specific way. Stop in to build an object to take home with you!

Age Group: All Ages Where: DMF 461 Time: Walk-in

Full STEAM Ahead: Coloring to Learn Science With the Quiver App Watch your drawing come to life! Students will get special science coloring pages to work with, and families will be able to use their smartphones to make the drawing 3-dimensional! Must have an iPhone, Android, or Amazon phone to download the Quiver app.

Age Group: All Ages Where: DMF 130 Time: Walk-in

Bizarbots Robotics demonstration and Lego Mind Storm Learn to program Lego Mind Storm robots and compete against each other in Lego sumo wrestling.

Age Group: All Ages Where: DMF 140 Time: Every 30 minutes

Welcome to the Anatomy and Physiology Lab! There are four fun activities in which participants are invited to partake ~ View the structures of the heart and the brain and learn about the specific functions of each organ. In addition, participants can test simulated blood to learn about blood typing. Finally, participants are invited to test their reaction time to an auditory stimulus and see how they measure up to their peers of similar ages! Age Group: All Ages Where: DMF 165 Time: Walk-in

Hearts, Brains and Blood, Oh My- What is Your Reaction to "Gross" Anatomy

Assemble laser cut cardboard pieces to create a 3D pumpkin and enjoy a tour of the new BSU Think Tank.

Age Group: Middle School, High School, Adults Where: DMF 151 Time: Every 30 minutes

Laser Cut Pumpkin Puzzles and Think Tank Tour

Learning CS with Robot Games This event will let students play various robots related games to learn computer science. There will be different board games and a computer simulated game for robot tanks (robocode). Depending on your age group and interests, you will find one or a few interesting and learn computer science knowledge from playing.

Age Group: PreK-Elementary, Middle School Where: DMF 294 Time: Anytime before 6:30pm

Snap Circuits and Vintage Gaming Snap circuits consist of tiny pieces of computer hardware that makes big ideas come to life using the basics of logic and science. Bring out your creative side in technology with the Computer Science department!

Do you like video games? Have you ever wondered where video games started? We have all sorts of vintage gaming consoles for you to enjoy! Go back in time exploring the world of vintage gaming.

Age group: All Ages Where: DMF 294 Time: Walk-in

Glowing Circuit Lab Can you draw a picture on a card that lights up? Come learn more about circuits and electricity as you do hands-on, take-home experiments to figure out what weird things can and cannot con-duct electricity.

Age Group: Late Elementary School and Middle School Where: DMF 288 Time: Every 20 minutes

Liquidizing Sand Learn how to change a solid into a liquid through experimen-tation with liquidizing sand. You will do hands-on activities while playing with the sand as a solid and feeling it as it changes to a liquid form. Who will have the most fun?

Age Group: Late Elementary School and Middle School Where: DMF 288 Time: Every 15 minutes

Life Through Time Examine fossils from different geologic time periods. In addition, spectacular samples of sedimentary rocks with environmental features preserved will be on display.

Age Group: All Ages Where: DMF 176 Time: Walk-in

Virtual Sandbox

Create landforms and topographic elevation maps in the virtual sandbox!

Age Group: All Ages Where: DMF 174 Time: Walk-in

Look at cool crystals and rocks. View ultra thin slices of rocks with a petrographic microscope. The colors and patterns are spectacular!

Age Group: All Ages Where: DMF 180 Time: Walk-in

Rocks and Minerals

Phuntastic Physics Experience our menagerie of hands-on physics activities de-signed and implemented by the students of The Art of Physics Outreach course!! Test your skills with our egg drop, catapult and paper airplane engineering challenges. Make things that fly, foam, ooze and shoot. See sound, dancing slime and more!! Be amazed as we open your eyes to the awesome world of physics!!

Age Group: All Ages Where: DMF 222 Time: Walk-in

Dancing Racing Lego Cars in a Wind Tunnel! Love to build race cars with legos? Then stop by! Students will compete with each other to build the most aerodynamic Lego cars and test them in the BSU wind tunnel.

Age group: All Ages Where: DMF 287

Time: Every 30 minutes

Make DNA Out of Candy

Learn all about the structure of DNA and that DNA is all around us. Visitors will build a model of DNA using tasty treats.

Age Group: Late Elementary School and Middle School Where: DMF 288 Time: Every 10 minutes

Heavy Lifting with Water: Use Bowling Balls to Test Density!

Ever wonder why you can or cannot float in a pool or in the ocean? Well, the explanation of this phenomenon isn't just about relaxing your body. It has to do with density. Come learn about density in this activity with water, bowling balls, and other objects that may or may not float!

Age Group: All Ages Where: DMF 280 Time: Walk-in

Trapping Beads with Lasers - Optical Tweezers

When lasers are finely focused they can trap tiny objects. We will be demonstrating how we can trap tiny polystyrene beads with the Optical tweezers in the Biophysics Lab. Optical Tweezers and their applications to Biological systems was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physics.

Age Group: Middle School, High School, Adults Where: DMF 282 Time: Every 30 minutes

Where Does a Spider Live?

Have you ever wondered where a spider lives? In this lab, we will explore the homes of different kinds of spiders, including where they are found and what they are made of. You will also have the chance to make your own spider and a home for it!

Age Group: All Ages Where: DMF 261 Time: Walk-in, ends at 7:00pm

Professor Milham of the Department of Music will speak on and demonstrate one of the earliest electronic musical instruments, the theremin. Participants will even have the chance to try this fascinating instrument!

Age Group: All Ages Where: DMF 242 Time: Every 30 mins

Theremin Demo

Dirty Water

What a mess! Oil spills aren’t just messy for humans, they also can affect the lives of animals and the environment. Learn how we work to clean up oil spills in a way that is safe for animals and the environment, and get a chance to try it yourself!

Age Group: All Ages Where: DMF 261 Time: Walk-in, ends at 7:00pm

Magnetic Leaf Rubbing

Come play with our magnetic leaves and create a fall masterpiece of your own!

Age Group: All Ages Where: DMF 261 Time: Walk-in, ends at 7:00pm

How to Make Water Disappear Do you think you can make water disappear? In this hands-on activity, you will use water, food coloring, and gel powder to experiment with and discuss how to change liquid to solid.

Age Group: Late Elementary School and Middle School Where: DMF 280 Time: Walk-in

Got A LAVA Density

Oil and water don’t get along. They never mix! Why do these two liquids repel each other? In this activity, we will mix the two together and explore the properties of water and oil. You will learn about solubility, density, and polarity while creating an awesome, funky decoration you can bring home.

Age Group: Late Elementary School and Middle School Where: DMF 280 Time: Every 10 minutes

Here's the scoop... you will witness how liquid nitrogen-cooled superconductors levitate magnets, how magnetic fields curve the path of electrons, and how we can make our students spin in a chair by flipping a rotating wheel!

Age group: All Ages Where: DMF 278 Time: Walk-in

Physics Extravaganza

Water Density and Ocean Circulation

Visitor's will test and observe how salinity and temperature vari-ations influence water density using small-scale physical mixing models to simulate ocean environments.

Age Group: PreK-Elementary, Middle School

Where: DMF 279

Time: Walk-in

Fishing Fun!

Do you love fishing? Or do you want to learn more about fish and their environment? Stop by Fishing Fun! Fishing Fun is all about learning more about fish, where they live, and how to “fish” right here in the lab!

Age Group: All Ages Where: DMF 261 Time: Walk-in, ends at 7:00pm

Hydro Logic Bank Account

Rivers are like bank accounts: An equal amount must be flowing in and out to make sure they are sustained! Come learn about how hydrologists plan for the use of their water to stay within budget!

Age Group: Middle School, High School Where: DMF 261 Time: Walk-in, ends at 7:00pm

Lunch for a Bear

Ever wonder what keeps a bear going? In this lab, you will learn about the different kinds of food that bears eat in the wild as well as their habitats. Come learn about the kinds of food that bears eat compared to what Bridgewater Bears eat, by creating your own plate of "bear food"!

Age Group: All Ages Where: DMF 261 Time: Walk-in, ends at 7:00pm

Is that Owl Poop? It’s not poop, it’s regurgitation! Explore what owls eat by investigating what bones and debris can be found hidden in the owl pellet. This is a dissection like no other.

Age Group: All Ages Where: DMF 267 Time: Walk-in

Yikes! That’s a Dragonfly?

Use microscopes and magnifiers to spy into the creepy, crawly world of underwater aquatic insects. You will be shocked at what you find!

Age Group: All Ages Where: DMF 267 Time: Walk-in

This workshop includes an introduction to Art & Science Jour-naling, illustrated by paintings from the artist’s award-winning books, "Waltzes with Giants" and "Dreams to Dance in Moon-light." In half-hour sessions, participants will learn about the lan-guage of symbols in nature and ways to develop mindful obser-vation skills. They will create pen and ink drawings and written pieces that will help them expand on stories of their own.

Age Group: Middle School, High School Where: DMF 275 Time: Every 30 minutes

Art & Science Nature Journaling with Author and Artist, Peter C. Stone