Carolina Skies
2023-04-21 16:30 - 17:30, 2023-04-22 16:30 - 17:30, 2023-04-23 16:30 - 17:30, 2023-04-28 16:30 - 17:30, 2023-04-29 16:30 - 17:30, 2023-04-30 16:30 - 17:30, 2023-05-05 16:30 - 17:30, 2023-05-06 16:30 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | GSK Fulldome Theater

Teen Science Cafe | Decoding the Structure of Birdsong
2023-04-21 17:30 - 19:00 | Morehead Planetarium and Science Center Science Stage, 250 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514, United States
Teen Science Cafe is for you! This program is just for young adults, ages 13-18, and it’s free!

Birdsong is a unique form of animal communication, as it faces evolutionary pressures from mate selection and social learning, and it possesses a vast amount of diversity. There is still much left to understand about how this variation arises and its relevance in interactions between individuals of the same species.

This talk will examine an element of birdsong that has remained relatively enigmatic to researchers: syntax, or the sequence of notes within a song. By exposing wild male songbirds to songs with familiar and scrambled syntax, we can continue to decipher how information is conveyed in animal communication systems.

About The Speaker:

Emma Reinhardt is a graduate student in the Department of Biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She joined Dr. Keith Sockman’s lab after graduating with a BS in biology from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2020. Emma has worked with a variety of organisms, ranging from yeast to lizards to crabs, before landing on songbirds. She is interested in understanding which elements of birdsong are most relevant in reproductive interactions. In pursuit of this, Emma spends her summers in the mountains of southwest Colorado to collect data on a population of Lincoln’s sparrows, a small, brown bird with a wildly complex song.

Schedule

5:30 pm – Arrive and check in. We will gather inside the west, main entrance of Morehead.

5:30 pm – 6:00 pm: Pizza social. Pizza social will take place in our classrooms, located on the 2nd floor.

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Discussion & activities. Presentations will take place at the Science LIVE! Stage.

*Please Note: Depending on scheduled activities, the program may end between 7 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Magic Tree House Space Mission
2023-04-22 10:30 - 11:30, 2023-04-29 10:30 - 11:30, 2023-05-06 10:30 - 11:30 | GSK Fulldome Theater

From Earth to the Universe
2023-04-22 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-05-06 12:00 - 13:00 | GSK Fulldome Theater

Mysteries of Your Brain
2023-04-22 13:30 - 14:30, 2023-04-29 13:30 - 14:30, 2023-05-06 13:30 - 14:30 | GSK Fulldome Theater

Mars: The Ultimate Voyage
2023-04-22 15:00 - 16:00, 2023-04-23 15:00 - 16:00, 2023-04-29 15:00 - 16:00, 2023-04-30 15:00 - 16:00, 2023-05-06 15:00 - 16:00, 2023-05-07 15:00 - 16:00 | GSK Fulldome Theater

Astronaut
2023-04-23 13:30 - 14:30, 2023-04-30 13:30 - 14:30, 2023-05-07 13:30 - 14:30 | GSK Fulldome Theater

Solar System Odyssey
2023-04-28 15:00 - 16:00, 2023-05-05 15:00 - 16:00 | GSK Fulldome Theater

We Are Stars
2023-04-29 12:00 - 13:00 | GSK Fulldome Theater

Carolina Science Cafe | Rethinking How We Use Our Landscapes
2023-05-02 18:00 - 19:00 | Gizmo Brew Works, 157 E Franklin St #100, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514, United States
How do we rethink our landscape usage? Let’s start with three positive outcomes: benefits to mental health, alleviation of food insecurity, and conservation for pollinators by planting habitats. Using data from mental health research and case studies on food insecurity on campus, we will explore the benefits of reconnecting with the natural world through gardening. Edible Campus UNC is currently partnering with the Chicago Botanical Garden on the community science project Budburst, a collection of researchers, educators, gardeners, and community scientists working together to illustrate the human impacts on the natural world around us.

This month we will be joined by Kyle Parker, a former UNC philosophy graduate who has spent the last decade working directly with UNC students growing organic produce for the UNC community. Now in his third year as coordinator at Edible Campus UNC, Kyle is at his best leading groups of students during volunteer workdays or engaging with visitors and foragers out in the gardens.

In recent years, he has consulted with students and staff from dozens of universities within the US and internationally regarding Edible Campus’ unique model for utilizing landscapes within urban environments to not only grow food but to also serve as pollinator habitats. Edible Campus is at the forefront of rethinking urban landscape usage to provide maximum utility to both humans and the environment.

Designed for adults, this program explores science topics making national and international headlines and offers the chance to meet the experts behind the headlines. The Carolina Science Café will be hosted at Gizmo Brew Works on Tuesday, May 2nd, starting at 6:00 p.m.

You do not need to register…just show up!
