Join us for a conversation with Jessica Amsbary, who will talk about STEM learning opportunity gaps and why starting STEM learning early is important. She will explain how STEM Innovation for Inclusion in Early Education Center (STEMIE) are planning to teach foundational computational thinking concepts to very young children with differing abilities by sharing a Read more...
Is there another world out there suitable for humans? How are humans exploring space to find these worlds and how do they determine their viability? Chat more about these questions and more during a very special Teen Science Cafe with Charlotte Minsky. About Charlotte: Charlotte is a recent graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Read more...
This week we'll be joined by Megan Damico for a discussion about BUGS! More specifically, Megan will talk about how different factors - like diet and age - can influence the composition of insect gut microbiomes. Do you know what's even cooler? She studies all of these things using honey bees! About Megan: Megan Damico Read more...
Speaker: Dr. Checo Rorie, Associate Professor of Genetics | North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University About Dr. Rorie: Dr. Rorie is an Associate Professor and the Interim Chair of the Department of Biology at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. He has a Cancer Genetics and Cell Biology laboratory where he studies breast Read more...
Join us for a scientific look at humanity's most famous mythological beast! We'll look into the taxonomy of dragons, and watch Draco slither across the sky. To cap it off, we will have fire demonstrations! Speakers include Morehead Educators: Amy Sayle, Nick Eakes, Daniel Wheeler, Wayne Capps Please Note: Participants need to register for this Virtual Read more...
Join us for this Teen Science Cafe with Jeromy Rech; we will discuss creating new types of plastics including those that can conduct electricity and be used in solar panels. We will also have a virtual lab tour to see where some of this chemistry is done. Finally, we'll look at some applications of these Read more...
The heart is a complex organ powered by electricity to move blood throughout an entire organism. In this Teen Science Cafe, we will explore the cells responsible for electrical activity in the heart, cardiac pacemaking cells, and what characteristics these cells need to function. About the speaker: Kandace Thomas is a 5th year Genetic and Molecular Read more...
Have you ever wondered how common conjunctions like the "great conjunction" on December 21, 2020 happen? How often is there a full moon on Halloween? Using clues in the book "The Martian" and what we know about launch opportunities to Mars, when would Mark Whatney's mission take place? We'll chat with Tony Rice for this Teen Read more...
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Tammara Watts! Dr. Watts will explore how a surgeon can approach two patients with similar cancers, perform the same surgery, yet the patients have two different outcomes with respect to the biology of their cancer. She'll discuss how doctors come to understand how noncancerous cells, like stem cells Read more...
Join us for a discussion with doctoral students Cyrus Sinai (Health Geography) and Griffin Bell (Infectious Disease Epidemiology) will provide an overview of the field of epidemiology within the context of global public health. Participants will learn about the epidemiologic perspective, especially as it pertains to HIV/AIDS, a disease which has arguably been the greatest Read more...
