Team:UNC-Asheville/CommunityOutreach
Community Outreach
Interfacing with our peers, the community, and those that would follow in our footsteps.
The Museum
The Asheville Museum of Science (AMOS) is Western North Carolina’s home for experiential science learning, discovery, and exploration. AMOS strives to spark the imagination and foster lifelong curiosity.
We led the kids through the extraction of DNA from a strawberry.
We talked about scientific observation. Kids were engaged to think about the correlation of strawberry size and how much DNA it contained.
Quite a few families came through. I think they had a good time.
Jackson provides bespoke farm-to-table centrifugation for the scientists of tomorrow.
Some people needed assistance with the carthatic squishing step.
The always lovely Kenzi Martin deigned to join us for the festivities for that day.
The High School
The Madison County School system is recognized as a very progressive school system continuously striving to provide quality educational programs and services to our 2,400 students that are served. Madison County High School is located in beautiful Mars Hill, NC.
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Team Captain Nick White designed an exciting curriculum for the high schoolers and was excited to share it.
Visual record proving that Nick has at least cleaned up in lab once.
You have to start them early on that pipette life.
We had a contest to see who could create the highest voltage bio-battery out of assorted fruits.
Mathmetician and Chemist Jon Deutsch in his natural state. Being slightly awkward.
Nick checks out that multimeter life. Jackson looks startled.
