Candidate Events for Science Expeditions

Type of Event

Exploration Station

Extended Hours

Stand Alone Event

April 25th Exploration Station

Exploration Number:

Biotechnology Center

Sponsor

Department of Agronomy

Department of Dairy Science

Department of Soil Science

Department of Biochemistry

Horticulture

Center for Biology Education

UW Space Place

Department of Physics

Space Science and Engineering Center

School of Veterinary Medicine

Environmental Remote Sensing Center

Program on Agricultural Technology Studies

Materials Research Science and Engineering Center on Nanostructured Materials and Interfaces

Wisconsin Primate Research Center

Molecular and Environmental Toxicology

Insect Ambassadors, Entomology

Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences,

Neuroscience Training Program,

Biotechnology Center

Plant Pathology

Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene,

Department of Geology and Geophysics

Wisconsin Primate Research Center, Primate Center

UW Space Place

Neuroscience Training Program

Neuroscience Training Program,

Edgewood College,

Center for Biology Education

Biotechnology Center

Biotechnology Center, Biotechnology Center

College, School or…

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Graduate School

Astronomy Department, Letters and Science

College of Letters and Science

Graduate School

School of Veterinary Medicine

Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies/UW-Madison

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Graduate School

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

CALS

Graduate School

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

College of Letters and Science

Astronomy Department, Letters and Science

Graduate School

Edgewood High School and Edgewood Campus School, Edgewood College

UIR/Graduate School Seminar,

Graduate School

Name of Event

Invasive Plants: Are they in your backyard?

Soils Sustain Life

Biochemistry: Discover the chemistry in YOUR life!

Plants--Nutrition for the Body and Soul!

ARMS - Adult Role Models in Science,

Seeing Stars

Ice Fishing for Neutrinos

We've looked at clouds from both sides now--a demonstration of SSEC's Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer

From Bones to Body-the Building Blocks of Veterinary Medicine

State of the Lakes: Environmental Remote Sensing in Wisconsin

Tracking Views on the Use and Impacts of Agricultural Biotechnology

Exploring the Nanoworld

What's Up at the Primate Center?

The Six-legged Toxicologists: What bugs can tell you about your water.

What is so amazing about insects?

The Weather Guys

It's Super Brain!

Doing DNA: DeCode of Life

Bring Back the Bluebird

DNA Detectives

Extended hours for Science Expeditions Whys and Wows day

Primate Learning Lobby

Focus on Science and Astronomy - A Family Astronomy and Space Science Day Tour

Lunar Eclipse Party

It's Super Brain

Brain Awareness Week Lecture

Successful strategies for integrating education-related activities in your grant proposal

DNA Day and Family Science Night

Doing DNA: DeCode of Life

Description

We'll have live plants, an attractive display and an interactive quiz for those who are interested in the topic. Invasive species are an active area of political and scientific activity. Most people probably think invasive plants happen elsewhere when we have many rignt in Wisconsin. We will help people recognize the most common ones and be ready to take action themselves to help stem the tide.

Why is soil, commonly referred to as dirt, important? Many people take soil for granted and often forget the essential qualities this resource provides to diverse biological systems and our quality of life. The Department of Soil Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison provides many opportunities to study our wonderful world of soils. The demonstrations and activities of this exhibit provide a glimpse into the fantastic underground world of soils and their role on earth. Specifically, we highlight the physical, chemical, and biological components of soil and showcase a "walk through time" demonstration of how the extraordinary variety of soils develop. In addition, we show how erosion and lack of soil conservation can readily deplete soils thereby posing a serious threat to the sustainability of the environments we enjoy. Finally, we probe into the popular questions surrounding global climate change and highlight the role of Arctic soils in this process.

Biochemistry is our attempt to understand the chemical reactions in living things. We'll show you some of the discoveries, past and present, made in the Department of Biochemistry at UW-Madison that are making a difference in YOUR life today.

New and old plant varieties (vegetables, flowers, fruit, turf, trees, & shrubs) including heirloom plants, plants with genetically engineered characteristics, & tissue cultured materials --many of which possess unique vegetable and flower coloration patterns, disease resistance, and increased nutritional substance. Demonstrations of biotechnolgy along with traditional growing techniques--from lab to home. Gardening questions answered.

Classrooms participating in the ARMS sponsored Science Symposium at the Madison Children's Museum will present interactive exhibits they have developed for the museum. These exhibits are based on scientific research they have done in the classroom. Projects will include worm composting by a Kindergarten class at Glendale school and plant growth and development studies by a first grade class at Hawthorne School

How does a telescope work? We'll supply the pieces and you can put them together to make a telescope. Look at our cut-away model and watch a laser beam as it travels through the telescope. And what about our own star, the sun? Make a pocket sundial to take with you to tell time using the sun.

Astrophysicists have buried more than seven hundred sensors deep in the Antarctic ice cap to watch for the faint flashes of light produced by the passage of high energy subatomic particles. These sensors comprise the Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA), the first of a new generation of high energy neutrino telescopes. Conceived in the late 1980s and constructed over the past five years, AMANDA utilizes the clear Antarctic ice to hunt for these elusive particles. The AMANDA detector searches for energetic neutrino emissions from active galaxies as well as supernova explosions within our own galaxy.

Weather satellites have looked down at the clouds and Earth's weather systems for 38 years. UW-Madison through its Space Science and Engineering Center started that revolution in earth observing and continues the trend with new instrumentation that looks up, or down, depending on the instrument, but certainly through, the atmosphere to give finely detailed information, useful for both weather forecasts and climate and weather models. You'll see the instrument, an AERI, that has been used in weather experiments around the world including in Department of Energy global change studies. A scientist from SSEC will explain what it does and how it is used. from SSEC explains how the instrument works.

Did you know horses walk on what is a human?s middle fingers and toes? Let us show you! Comparative anatomy, which is one of the first things a veterinarian studies when s/he enters veterinary school, will make the differences rainbow clear as you compare color-coded skeletal models of the human foot and a horse?s leg. Once you?ve got that, test your skill at identifying the skulls of different animals ? is it a cat or dog or calf or pig? How can you tell? What?s different and what?s the same? Eeewww! What is a parasite? These organisms need to survive by living in or on the horse. A model of a horse gut, complete with jars containing the real thing (bots attached to a stomach, roundworms) ? will give the gory details to all who dare to take a closer look. Then put it all together with ?The Glass Horse,? a computer program that lets you look inside a horse?s digestive system, and how it can twist and turn to create all sorts of life-threatening problems for the horse. It?s a taste of what veterinary medicine is all about! Faculty will be on hand to answer your questions.

View your world from a new perspective through geospatial information science and technology. Print out a view from space of your favorite Wisconsin lake. Assisted by hundreds of volunteers and cooperators from around the state, and using images captured 438 miles above the earth, University researchers at the Environmental Remote Sensing Center have completed the first satellite-based inventory of the clarity of Wisconsinís largest 8,000 lakes. The inventory is available to the public in map form on the web, where it is possible to zoom in for a close look. This science expedition experience will also allow you see the Baraboo Hills landscape in 3D and to track the destructive path of tornadoes using remote sensing and geographic information systems data. Visit http://www.lakesat.org and http://www.ersc.wisc.edu

Over the past decade, the introduction of agricultural biotechnologies, such as genetically modified crops (GMOs) and bovine somatotropin (BGH), has been controversial here in the U.S. as well as in other parts of the world. One way of understanding the impacts of these technologies is to study their adoption patterns among farmers and farmers' views about the controversy. We surveyed farmers about their use of the technologies and to see what they thought consumers would think about genetically modified foods. Fill out the form on on this computer, to tell us what you think as a consumer. When you hit submit, you will see what all the visitors to this station have said, and the comparison between that and what farmers thought you would say.

It is common in today's world to find silicon chips, gigabyte disk drives, MRI machines, smart materials and light-emitting diodes. All of these devices are based on atomically engineered materials. The everyday wonders that we depend on would not be possible if we did not understand how materials function at the most basic level, the individual atom. The demonstrations in this exhibit provide a glimpse into the nanoworld, the science of materials at the scale of atoms. Join us as we peer into the nanoworld and look ahead toward tomorrow's technology.

The Primate Center's Exploration Station will include videotapes of our monkeys and research, a microscope with fixed slides of stem cells and other materials, a centrifuge and tubes for people to try out, a puzzle feeder filled with chex mix so people can pretend to be monkeys, and of course, fact sheets and live people to engage with questions and ideas. We will need a video monitor setup, and a teaching microscope, as none of the scientists want to volunteer their expensive microscopes! We can provide the centrifuge, puzzle feeder, and everything else. (Including craisins, fruit loops, and other treats, so people can eat just like the monkeys!)

Is that stream in the park a perfect playground, or a mounting menace? Does that river produce savory salmon, or poison-packed perch? We have some six-legged friends who might give you a clue! See how toxicologists delve into the secrets of our water to find hidden dangers, and meet their unlikely allies in the search for answers and the pursuit of clean, healthy water!

The Insect Ambassadors will use an exploration station to show students pinned and live insects, allow students to hold live insects, and will be available to answer questions about arthropods.

Have questions about the weather or weather events you've experienced? Stop by and ask the 'Weather Guys'! Professors Steve Ackerman and Jon Martin, AKA the Weather Guys, are regular guests on Larry Meiller's WHA Radio call-in show. Meet the Weather Guys and have your questions about the weather answered.

Sneak Preview of It's Super Brain! at the Madison Children's Museum. Learn more about the brain and nervous system through hands-on activities.

Explore DNA, the genetic recipe card of life. Extract DNA glop from raw wheat germ, using ordinary kitchen chemistry. Experiment with a sample of purified DNA from salmon. Cap off your experience by learning how to build a human DNA model.

Mysteriously, in western Wisconsin, some baby bluebirds may be strong
and healthy in their nest boxes one day but all die overnight. What
causes them to die? Hot weather? Pesticides? We now know that biting
black flies kill defenseless baby birds. Come learn about these
flies' specific feeding habits and how you can protect baby bluebirds
and tree swallows in your birdhouses. Touch sticky tanglefoot to see
how you can trap flies before they can bite the baby birds.

We are going to have a display that focuses on the DNA detectives at the State Lab--people who take DNA fingerprints to determine the source and links of foodborne outbreaks

Museum open 9 to 4 on Saturday April 5.

This is a stand alone event, I couldn't unclick the exploration station button.

Our one day bus tour will take you from Madison by comfortable motor coach to Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry and the Adler Planetarium. You and your family will have plenty of time at both museums to explore on your own as participate in several special museum activities. All your expenses including transportation, museum admissions, Omnimax show, lunch and dinner are included in one price.

Join us for a total eclipse of the moon! Dr. Jim Lattis, director of Space Place will present a program beginning at 8:00 p.m. on what will be happening during the eclipse and then, weather permitting, we will move outside to watch the eclipse. We will also set up a variety of telescopes for astronomical viewing.

Explore the brain's super powers through hands-on experiments led by undergraduate and graduate students from the Neuroscience Training Program, UW-Madison.

April 7; Blaming the Brain for Obesity: Neural Control of the Need to Feed; Ann Kelley, Dept. of Psychiatry; April 8; Who Needs Sleep?; Ruth Benca, Dept. of Psychiatry; April 9; Repairing the Brain by Cell Transplantation; Ian Duncan, Dept.
of Medical Sciences; April 10; Looking into the Mind Using Brain Imaging; Beth Meyerand, Dept. of Medical Physics; Free Parking Lot 82.

Edgewood invites members of the greater Madison community to a night of fun and learning. The Sonderegger Science Center will be filled with opportunities to explore science phenomena through hands-on activities for learners of all ages. Many exploration stations as well as more in-depth seminars will be available. Bring the family or come by yourself. Refreshments will be provided.

In many cases, federal agencies are now requiring that education plans be included as part of research or other funding requests. This session will help you develop successful strategies for incorporating such activities into your proposal. Faculty panelists will describe their experiences in developing and implementing education plans related to their research programs, and provide pointers about partnerships with established undergraduate, graduate and outreach education initiatives on campus. Seminar handouts include a list of campus contacts that can assist in developing and/or partner in your educational plans. They will also offer information about grant programs that require education components or provide options for educational supplement funds. The presentation will last approximately 75 minutes and will be followed by a question and answer period.

Come celebrate the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the Double Helix. Hear how knowledge of the structure of DNA has changed how we look at life and lead our lives. Learn how DNA has changed the ways we explore the edge of knowledge in genetics and molecular biology.@#$From 3:30 to 4:30 in the Auditorium, James Crow of Genetics, Richard Burgess of Oncology, and Michael Sussman of the Biotechnology Center and of Biochemistry will share their views on the stories, the history and the future of DNA science.@#$From 4:00 PM to 7:30 in the Atrium learners of all ages can experience science as discovery at 15 hands-on Exploration Stations. @#$Explore DNA, the genetic recipe card of life. Examine the 3D structure of proteins with our new video project system, and peer into the nanoworld of DNA chips. Extract DNA glop from raw wheat germ, using ordinary kitchen chemistry. Experiment with a sample of purified DNA from salmon. Learn how to use a $200 micropipette to measure and move a millionth of a liter. Cap off your experience by learning how to build a human DNA model--out of humans!

Month

April

May

April

Day

seventh to tenth

25.00

Beginning Time

1:00 p.m.

anytime

1:00 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

1:00 p.m.

9:00 a.m.

10 a.m.

7:30 a.m.

8:00 p.m.

12:00 p.m.

7:00 p.m.

0.770833333

1:30 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

Ending Time

4:30 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

4 p.m.

9:00 p.m.

10:00 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

8:00 p.m.

3:00 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

Location

Engineering Hall

Engineering Hall atrium

Engineering Hall

Enginering Hall

Engineering Hall

Engineering Hall Atrium

Engineering Hall

Geology Museum, Weeks Hall

Primate Center Lobby, 1220 Capitol Court

1605 S. Park Street

Madison Children's Museum, 100 State St.

T216 Waisman Center Conference Center

Interactive Science Exploration and Exhibit Center, Sonderegger Scien

1111 Genetics/Biotechnology Center

Biotechnology Center Atrium

First Name

Jerry

Ted

Nick

Dave

Helen

Dolly

Kay

Michael

Terri

Tania

Timothy

Bradford

Renee

Jordana

Kati

Andrew

Steve

Tom

Gary

Katie

Klaus

Jordana

Kay

Heather

Amy

Jane

Tom

Last Name

Doll

Halbach

Balster

Nelson

Harrison

Ledin

Kriewald

Stamatikos

Gregory

Banak

Olsen

Barham

Meiller

Lenon

Kragtorp

Bouwma

Ackerman

Heather

Zinnen

Gaard

Dix

Westphal

Lenon

Kriewald

Daniels

Heather

Lauer

Cramer

Zinnen

Title

Prof.

Extension Dairy Youth specialist

Assistant Professor

Professor

Outreach Specialist

Reseach Associate

University Relations Specialist

Academic Coordinator

Professor

University Relations Specialist

Public Information Officer

Graduate Student

Professor

Daniels

Communications Specialist

Faculty Associate

Public Information Officer

Outreach Specialist

Daniels

Asst. Professor

Building

Moore Hall

Animal Sciences

Soils

Biochemistry Addition

Horticulture & Moore Hall

Genetics/Biotechnology

Chamberlain Hall

Veterinary Medicine Building

AOS Bldg.

Taylor Hall

Wendt Library

Primate Center

Nutritional Sciences

Russell Labs

Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences

Medical Sciences Center

Biotechnology Center

Russell Lab

Stovall Hall

Weeks Hall

Primate Center

Medical Sciences Center

MSC

Sonderegger Science Center

Genetics/Biotechnology Building

Biotechnology Center

Room

357

261

443

571B Biochemistry Addition

484

1324

4204

2170E

1207

416

437

205 Bldg I

316

545

251

7225

226

A120a

Lobby

7225

204

Street Address

1575 Linden Dr.

1675 Observatory Drive

1525 OBSERVATORY DR

433 Babcock Dr.

1575 Linden Dr.

425 Henry Mall

1605 S. Park Street

1225 W.Dayton St.

2015 Linden Drive

1225 W. Dayton St.

427 Lorch Street

215 N. Randall Ave.

1220 Capitol Ct

1415 Linden Dr

1630 Linden Drive

1225 W. Dayton St.

1300 University Ave.

425 Henry Mall

1630 Linden Drive

465 Henry Mall

1215 Dayton St.

1220 Capitol Ct

1605 S. Park Street

1300 University Ave.

1000Edgewood College Dr.

425 Henry Mall

Zip

53706

53715-1299

53706

53715-1299

53715

53706

53711

53706

53706.00

Phone1

6082637437

263-3305

608-263-5719

608 263-6879

608-262-1749

(608)222-4865

608-262-4779

(608) 274-2559

608-263-3373

608/263-6914

608-263-2086

(608) 265-3090

608/262-2481

608-263-7024

(608) 262-9346

608-262-7136

608-263-3647

608-262-4932

608 265 2420

608-263-2090

(608) 265-2529

608 262 2399

608-263-7024

608-262-4779

608-262-4932

6082624932

608-663-3414

608-263-0478

608 265 2420

Phone2

263-9412

6080263-5137

Fax: 608-262-4743

608-263-0361 (fax)

(716) 308-3378

608/263-6716

608-262-1585

(608) 265-2908

FAX: 608/263-9259

(608) 233-3136

608-265-2267

608 262 8606

(608) 262-3257

608-263-0361

608-265-2267

6082652267

608-663-2339

608 262 8606

E-mail

jddoll@wisc.edu

tjhalbach@wisc.edu

njbalster@facstaff.wisc.edu

nelson@biochem.wisc.edu

hcharris@wisc.edu

daledin@wisc.edu

kay@sal.wisc.edu

ms25@amanda.physics.wisc.edu

terri.gregory@ssec.wisc.edu

banakt@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu

tpolsen@facstaff.wisc.edu

barham@aae.wisc.edu

meiller@engr.wisc.edu

jlenon@primate.wisc.edu

kadebelak@students.wisc.edu

bouwma@entomology.wisc.edu

stevea@ssec.wisc.edu

hdaniels@wisc.edu

zinnen@biotech.wisc.edu

GZG@plantpath.wisc.edu

dixkm@mail.slh.wisc.edu

kwestphal@geology.wisc.edu

jlenon@primate.wisc.edu

kay@sal.wisc.edu

hdaniels@wisc.edu

alauer@edgewood.edu

jhcramer@facstaff.wisc.edu

zinnen@biotech.wisc.edu

Best Way To Contact:

E-mail

Target Age

36361

36352

27941

5-95+

7-adults

36352

7-99+

7 to 12

K-12

12 and up

Any age

2-102

7- and up

all ages

seven to twelve

Any

36352

all ages.

5 and up

2-102

6-adult

7 to 12

adults

33358

Any

Electricity

noelectricity

electricityneeded

noelectricity

electricityneeded

noelectricity

electricityneeded

noelectricity

Video Monitor

novideomonitorneeded

videomonitorneeded

novideomonitorneeded

videomonitorneeded

novideomonitorneeded

videomonitorneeded

novideomonitorneeded

videomonitorneeded

novideomonitorneeded

Computer

nocomputerneeded

willneedcomputer

nocomputerneeded

willneedcomputer

nocomputerneeded

willneedcomputer

nocomputerneeded

willneedcomputer

nocomputerneeded

Microscope Cam

noscopecamera

needmicroscopecamera

noscopecamera

Other Equipment

None

A Big jug of water or several small jugs, a large bucket to take dirty water from a soils demonstration.

None

One Extra table, two extra chairs. Sara Patterson <spatters@wisc.edu> will staff this booth.

None

None--we're going to provide our own.

Extra Table (total of 2)

We will bring computer(s), monitor, projector, printer, and preferably, our own booth. Internet access would be ideal though not required. Can we fit our '10 wide display into a booth space?? It is very helpful for displaying posters and hanging a projector screen etc.

None

Video cassette player, basic educational microscope.

None

We will need two large tables.

None

N/A

1. A spreadsheet to organize the Exploration Stations, comparable to the spreadsheet for organizing the stations for April 5.@#$2. 20 Tables from FPM@#$3. A map showing the layout of Exploration Stations in the atrium, in 1360 and in 1340 and 1330 if needed.@#$4. Promotional handout to distribute at the April 5 Whys & Wows!@#$

None

Mentor/guide

Ellen Maurer

Jane Cramer

Kay Kriewald

Ken Smith

Renee Meiller

Tom Zinnen

Ellen Maurer

exploration

Ellen Maurer

Ken Smith