Middle School

LEGO, let's go! Our booth will focus on exposing students to the wonders of bioinformatics and computational genomics with hands-on games. We will have a Lego-'DNA' sequencer, and we will allow students to 'generate' the DNA of a monster they can draw. They will be able to see the process of sequencing DNA through this game, and gain an understanding of Next-Gen Sequencing technology. Through this activity, we wish to spark the students’ interests in biology, bioinformatics, and SCIENCE!

Tensegrity-Tension and integrity. 6 popsicle sticks, and 6 rubber bands and you have a tensegrity model.

Making mini catapults from popsicle sticks as well as robotic coding that kids can try out (Dash & Dot as well as Sphero)

We will provide information about water, the channels in the cells of your body and water activities for students which do not require the getting wet. Building water molecules, tattoos, simulated water toss. We will have a scientific poster and 3-d models of the protein Aquaporin.

For this interactive booth, we have a WIND TUNNEL! Participants are invited to make a paper airplane, and then test their design in the wind tunnel. This activity demonstrates the basic principles of aerodynamics. This has been very popular in the past and we're happy to demonstrate it again.

Participants will balance bricks on levers, feel the benefit of using pulleys, and see how inclined planes can decrease work.

Explore how changing chemical conditions can change the consistency of slime.