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Space Place family workshops are offered every Saturday at 10 a.m. for children ages 6-10 and their parents. The workshops are free and open to the public. No registration is required.
David J. Baumler Ph.D, an avid chili pepper enthusiast, will provide an overview of the evolutionary and historical science behind these remarkable plants during his presentation. According to Baumler, “Chili pepper plants are grown on almost every continent on Earth and have evolved to range in color, shape, size, sweetness, and heat level.” Baumler will guide you through a descriptive photo journey of his personal collection of over 70 varieties, including some of the most ancestral and hottest in the world. Wednesday Nite @ the Lab is organized by the Wisconsin Alumni Association. Programs are free and open to the public, Note: There is FREE parking in Lot 20, 1390 University Avenue. Lot 20 is a three-level parking structure on the right side of University Avenue, just before Henry Mall. Lot 20 is attached to the Genetics/Biotechnology Center. Park on the top level, and you can enter the building without going up any steps.
Learn all about beets, one of the world’s most under-appreciated root vegetables, at the next Wednesday Night at the Lab, held from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on August 18th, in Room 1111 (the auditorium) at 425 Henry Mall (the Genetics-Biotechnology Center Building). Irwin Goldman, a Professor of Horticulture, will deliver a presentation titled “The Beet Goes On: Health, Nutrition, and Social Justice from an Under-appreciated Root Vegetable.” According to Goldman, “While generations of children have confronted the challenges of canned vegetables, beets and many other root crops can be roasted and prepared in ways that breathe new life into this ancient vegetable. Australians, for example, typically put beet slices on their burgers, much in the way Americans use tomato and lettuce. And beets turn out to have a number of nutritional benefits that make them an ideal complement to a healthy diet. Along the way, they have given rise to the modern sugarbeet, played an important role in Wisconsin’s agriculture, and served to fulfill the suggestion by Michael Pollan that it’s a good idea to seek out foods that your great-grandmother would have recognized.” Wednesday Nite @ the Lab is organized by the Wisconsin Alumni Association. Programs are free and open to the public, Note: There is FREE parking in Lot 20, 1390 University Avenue. Lot 20 is a three-level parking structure on the right side of University Avenue, just before Henry Mall. Lot 20 is attached to the Genetics/Biotechnology Center. Park on the top level, and you can enter the building without going up any steps.
According to his website, Korb ” …has given talks and workshops on amphibians and butterflies to teachers and students in midwest and east coast states. His “hands-on” frog and toad presentations are extremely popular in schools and libraries. In 2001 he authored the book and CD “Wisconsin Frogs-Places to Hear Frogs and Toads Near Our Urban Areas.” In 2009 he wrote a children’s book, “Blinky-A Special Gray Tree Frog” and produced “The Calls OF Wisconsin Frogs DVD. ” If you can’t make it to this event, Korb will also be presenting “Amphibian Antics” at the Mount Horeb Library on Thursday, August 5th and the Meadowridge Branch Library on Friday, August 6th.
UW- Madison scientists and educators will present exploration stations, mini- workshops, and mini-lectures. Mini-lectures will include: “How clean is too clean?: The ‘hygiene hypothesis’ and the prevalence of allergies and asthma.” Explore chromatography through Kool-Aid and Skittles: Why is cherry Kool-aid red and grape Kool-Aid purple? Do green Skittles and green M&Ms really have the same colored coat?
Following the program, refreshments will be served and telescopes will be set up on the UW Space Place’s rooftop deck (weather permitting). The program will take place, even if it is too cloudy to observe with the telescopes. If you’d like to do a bit of homework before the event, you may download a copy of The Evening Sky Map here.
Bohannan, who is participating in the UW-Madison Science Writer in Residence program, says his talk will “describe the strange path that took me from research in a laboratory at the University of Oxford to telling stories from the slums of Gaza, the forests of Madagascar, and now on television depicting animal sex with Isabella Rossellini.” The televised “Green Porno” series employs scientists, clad as the sex organs of animals, to discuss evolution and reproduction. This event is free and open to the public.
Science and technology will come alive with an exciting array of hands-on Exploration Stations, intriguing Science Spectaculars, and more to explore at thirteen Special Venues. The programs at this family-friendly event – all free and open to the public – are connected to exhibits and learning opportunities around campus by complimentary rides on a roving Red Trolley and the campus Route 80 bus. Walking routes between Science Expeditions locations will be marked with scale model paths laying out the evolution of apes, the composition of our solar system, and 8 million years of geological upheaval on Earth. Among the day’s highlights are the following:
For a complete schedule of events, as well as maps of campus locations, please visit the Science Expeditions website, where you can download and print a color timetable parking map. Thanks to Kevin Niemi’s press release for the descriptions of the day’s highlights.
The vertebrate room of the museum houses a variety of dinosaurs from the Cretaceous-age Hell Creek Formation including a 33-foot long Edmontosaurus skeleton, and skulls from Tyrannosaurus rex,Triceratops, and Pachycephalosaurus. Other museum exhibits include fossils, meteorites, rocks, and minerals. Admission to the museum, located at 1215 West Dayton Street is free. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays. The museum will be closed on Friday, April 2nd because that day has been designated a mandatory furlough day by the UW-Madison campus. For additional information about the Geology Museum, visit their website or telephone ( 608) 262-2399.
Students from the UW-Madison Piano Outreach program will perform a number of selections followed by a short presentation describing interesting objects that are currently visible in the night sky. Following the program, refreshments will be served and telescopes will be set up on the UW Space Place’s rooftop deck (weather permitting). The program will take place, even if it is too cloudy to observe with the telescopes. If you’d like to do a bit of homework before the event, you may download a copy of The Evening Sky Map here.
The heart of “The Wonders of Physics” program, featuring Professor Clint Sprott of the the UW-Madison Physics Department, is a fast-paced presentation of physics demonstrations carefully chosen to be entertaining as well as educational. These demonstrations are held in 2103 Chamberlin Hall, 1150 University Avenue They last a bit over an hour and are suitable for all ages. This year’s presentations are scheduled for the following dates:
Use the On-Line Ticket Form to order your FREE tickets. Alternately, you may call (608) 262-2927 or e-mail wonders.
The “Spin, Pop, Boom Show,” designed for young audiences, will include amazing feats of chemistry and physics with spectacular reactions. Tickets are $2 for adults and $1 for children. There is free parking available in lot near soccer fields at far end. For additional information, visit the call (608) 263-5837 or e-mail: palumbo
The planetarium theater, which is located at James Madison Memorial High School, is a special room with a round ceiling (dome) and a special projector at the center that can recreate the night sky on the dome by projecting the images of the stars, planets, the sun, and the moon. Admission to this program is $2 and tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 6 p.m. This planetarium seats 60, so you may want to arrive promptly in order to secure seats. James Madison Memorial High School is located a 201 South Gammon Road. Detailed directions, including photographs showing where to enter, are available on the planetarium website.
From 7 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Tuesday, January 12th, UW-Madison Historian of Science Peter Sobol “will discuss the history of end-of-the-world frenzies in order to put the most current one into perspective,” at the Space Place, 2300 South Park Street. Sobol’s appearance part of a series of Space Place guest presentations scheduled for the second Tuesday of the month: It is free and open to the public.
Following the program, refreshments will be served and telescopes will be set up on the UW Space Place’s rooftop deck (weather permitting). The program will take place, even if it is too cloudy to observe with the telescopes. If you’d like to do a bit of homework before the event, you may download a copy of The Evening Sky Map here.
Tickets to this popular event will be distributed beginning November 16th, 2009. If you want to attend, you must print and complete an online form, and mail it to the UW-Madison Chemistry Department along with a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Dr. Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is renowned nationwide for his chemical demonstration programs, and in particular for his annual presentation,”Once Upon a Christmas Cheery, In the Lab of Shakhashiri.” This is the 40th anniversary of this science-oriented entertainment, which has played to packed houses at such varied locations as the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the National Academy of Sciences and the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington and Boston’s Museum of Science, as well as being televised by stations across the country.
It will feature a free screening of the French-made film “HOME: A Stunning Visual Portrayal of Earth.” Described as, “a depiction of how the Earth’s problems are all interlinked,” this 2009 film endeavors to increase our understanding of the environmental issues facing us all. Free Wisconsin-grown black, red, and white popcorn will be provided for your movie-watching enjoyment. Wednesday Nite @ the Lab is organized by the Wisconsin Alumni Association, Science Alliance @ UW-Madison and by BioTrek, the outreach program of the Biotechnology Center at UW-Madison/Extension. All programs are free and open to the public. Note: There is FREE parking in Lot 20, 1390 University Avenue. Lot 20 is a three-level parking structure on the right side of University Avenue, just before Henry Mall. Lot 20 is attached to the Genetics/Biotechnology Center. Park on the top level, and you can enter the building without going up any steps.
Learn why Pluto is no longer a planet and about plans for making Planet Trek Dane County (the program that has installed Pluto and other objects in our solar system along the bike path) a permanent exhibit. Following the program, refreshments will be served and telescopes will be set up on the UW Space Place’s rooftop deck (weather permitting). The program will take place, even if it is too cloudy to observe with the telescopes.  Photograph of the 2007 Great Pumpkin Regatta @ Peter Patau The 5th annual Giant Pumpkin Regatta is scheduled to hit the waters of Lake Mendota at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 10th at the Memorial Union Lakefront, 800 Langdon Street. Members of the Hoofer’s Sailing Club and students from the UW-Madison Horticulture Society co-sponsor this free seasonal event. Horticulture students who grew large pumpkins (about 3 feet in diameter) this fall will carve them out and use them as makeshift boats (stabilized by tractor-tire inner tubes) to paddle over a course in a series of races. According to the Horticulture Department:
Anyone who wants to participate will have the opportunity to race in their own giant pumpkin. The public is welcome to watch this unique race from the Terrace, but spectators will not be allowed on Hoofer piers. For additional information on the Great Pumpkin Regatta, contact James Nienhuis in the Horticulture Department by e-mail (nienhuis).
This year’s National 4-H Youth Science Experiment is “Biofuel Blast,” which was developed by UW-Madison and UW-Extension. Both adults and families are invited to celebrate the launch of this experiment on the official National Youth Science Day, October 7th when the free Wednesday Night at the Lab program takes a hands-on approach to learning about Biofuels. The Wednesday Night at the Lab program will be held from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on October 7th, 2009 in Room 1111 (the auditorium) at 425 Henry Mall (the Genetics-Biotechnology Center Building). Attend this week’s program on Biofuel and see how yeast can make a balloon inflate, then take home your very own experimental vessel to keep monitoring it at home. You can even record your results to take home and enter online in a nationwide drawing to win an iPod. There’s a video of the Biofuel project experiment on the National 4-H website. This link should connect you to the video (but there’s a possibility you may need to register first). While supplies will be provided, organizers encourage participants to bring along their own water or soda bottle (750 ml or so size, not 2 liter). Wednesday Nite @ the Lab is organized by the Wisconsin Alumni Association, Science Alliance @ UW-Madison and by BioTrek, the outreach program of the Biotechnology Center at UW-Madison/Extension. Note: There is FREE parking in Lot 20, 1390 University Avenue. Lot 20 is a three-level parking structure on the right side of University Avenue, just before Henry Mall. Lot 20 is attached to the Genetics/Biotechnology Center. Park on the top level, and you can enter the building without going up any steps. |
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