Big Bang: 'Exploding into Science' Week March 30-April 2 at USU

Join USU’s College of Science for a week packed with exciting exhibits and activities. The student-led Science Council hosts “Exploding into Science Week” March 30-April 2, with a variety of events, including science demonstrations, stargazing on the Quad and the college’s popular Science Unwrapped presentation series.

 

“We welcome all Aggies to join us for fun and great entertainment,” says Todd Redmon, College of Science senator. “We invite everyone to join Aggie scientists in the excitement of scientific discovery.”

 

More than 40 College of Science students will join fellow undergraduate researchers from throughout the university to display their posters at the Student Showcase from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Taggart Student Center International Lounge.

 

Tuesday evening at 9 p.m., all Aggies are invited to enjoy True Aggie Night and stargazing through telescopes on the Quad hosted by the Cache Valley Stargazers.

 

As you visit research posters by participants in the Intermountain Graduate Research Symposium in the student center, stop into the TSC Auditorium at 2:30 p.m. to enjoy the annual College of Science Quiz Bowl. Watch as mathematicians and statisticians, chemists, physicists, geologists, computer scientists and biologists vie for a coveted traveling trophy to prove their scientific prowess.

 

At 7 p.m., head to the Science Demonstration Show in the Emert Auditorium, Room 130, of the Eccles Science Learning Center. View explosions, mind-bending tricks and other wacky scientific phenomena led by John Hubbard, professor of inorganic chemistry, and James Coburn, Teaching Laboratory supervisor in USU’s Physics Department. Admission is free and open to all.

 

Are you a fan of Bill Nye the Science Guy? Don’t miss the opportunity to watch your favorite episodes in the TSC Sunburst Lounge from noon to 1 p.m.

 

Remember the elements of the periodic table? “There’s antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium…” Head to the TSC Sunburst lounge from 5-6 p.m. and try your luck at Elemental Bingo. All Aggies are invited to participate and prizes will be awarded. Stick around after bingo for the 2009 thriller Sherlock Holmes starring Robert Downey, Jr., Jude Law and Rachel McAdams. Free showings are at 6 and 9 p.m. in the TSC Stevenson Ballroom.

 

Join Aggie scientists for “Breakfast with the Dean” – Dean Jim MacMahon, that is — courtesy of the Science Council. Free pastries and beverages will be served on the TSC Patio from 9-10 a.m.

 

Friday evening at 7 p.m., all are invited to the Science Unwrapped presentation, “Math’s Paper Trail: The Origins of Mathematics and Origami” featuring renowned physicist and origami artist Robert Lang. Learn about the relationship between art and math and, following Lang’s presentation, try your hand at origami, view displays of math-inspired art and enjoy refreshments. The free event is held in the Emert Auditorium, Room 130, of the Eccles Science Learning Center.

 

USU’s College of Science includes the academic departments of chemistry and biochemistry, biology, computer science, mathematics and statistics, geology and physics.

 

For more information about Science Week, visit the Exploding into Science Web page.

 

 

Contact: Todd Redmon, t.r@aggiemail.usu.edu