UConn’s Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and Connecticut State Museum of Natural History, part of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UConn, presents Magnificent Microbes!, a weeklong microbiology field school for kids from Monday, July 21 through Friday, July 25, 9 am to 12 noon. The field school is part of the University of Connecticut’s Kids Are Scientists & Engineers Too program.
Explore unseen worlds that are all around you. Discover microscopic organisms that make your food good, and those that make your food go bad. Learn how yeasts make bread, and bacteria make yogurt, and find out how to keep your kitchen clean from the microbes that can make you sick. Trek outside and hunt for microbes in lawns, ponds and woods! See the colorful microbes that live in ponds, create rust, and help plants to grow. Uncover the microbes that help termites to eat wood. Find microbes that defend themselves with antibiotics. Join Dr. Kenneth Noll and open your eyes to an exciting new world! Presented by the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, and Connecticut State Museum of Natural History, part of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UConn.
The fee is $185 per student and is open to students entering grades 5 through 10. Advance registration is required. This adventure is offered through UConn’s Kids Are Scientists & Engineers Too program. To register contact K.A.S.E.T. at (860) 486-8115 or visit http://www.kaset.uconn.edu.
The Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, and Connecticut State Museum of Natural History, are part of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UConn.
For more information, contact: KASET at (860) 486-8115