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Cool Science at Colorado College: Big Show 2010!
Volunteer Information
Last Updated 3-Apr-2010 (check back often)
When: Saturday, April 10th, 10 AM to 2 PM
Where: Colorado College (14 E. Cache La Poudre St.), Barnes Science Center (Bldg#14 on this campus map)
Target Audience: 2nd-8th grade (but fun for all ages)
BIG Demonstration Show at noon (in the Olin Hall Fishbowl); Activity Stations 10 AM to 2 PM
More than 15 Fun Hands-on Science Activity Stations & Mini-Workshops, including most of the following list:
- Greenhouse Tour/Workshop (Seed Germination in SAP)
- DNA Lab (Plant DNA Extraction, Microscope Slides or SEM Images)
- Water Quality (Catamount Institute)
- Super-Absorbent Polymers (Eyeballs, Instant Snow, Baby Diaper Dissection)
- Instant Worms
- Milk Fireworks
- Dry Ice Fun (Fog Ring Cannons, Fog, Brains, Fog Eggs, Chattering Spoons, Carbonated Juice, Balloons)
- Super-Cooled Water Instant Freeze (Palmer High School Chemistry Club)
- Buoyancy (Cartesian Divers, Diving Fish, Dancing Raisins, Coke/Diet Coke)
- Spinning (Gyrowheels, Gyroscopes, Screaming Balloons, Tops, Yo-Yos)
- Electricity & Magnetism (Lenz Law, Magnets, Coils, Compasses, Levitron)
- "Static" Electricity (Pop Can Racers, Balloon Buddies, Field Detector Bottles/Balloons)
- Light "Dark" Room (Laser Pointer Aquarium, Ray Optics, Light Pipes, Color Shadows, Phosphorescent Wall)
- Light "Light" Room (3-D Chalk/Crayons/Markers, Mirrors, Rainbow Glasses, Polarized Light, UV Beads)
- Sound & Waves (Spouting Bowl, Wine Glasses, Spoons, Singing Rod, Talkie-Tapes, Sound Tubes)
- Geology (Cupcake Core Sampling, Liquifaction Tub)
- Tornado (Teaching Tornado, Tornado Bottles, Air-Zooka or Fog Ring Cannons)
- Dinosaurs (Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center)
- Astronomy (Colorado Springs Astronomical Society)
- Robotics (Manitou Springs High School FIRST Robotics Team)
If you would like to volunteer and aren't already signed up, send an email to Marc, Carolyn or Jennie.
Please download this PDF document which describes many of the activities abovem with detailed instructions and background science. We won't use all of these, and may add a couple new ones, but this is a good list to start from. Please think about what Activity Stations you would like to staff. We will try to do as many from the list above as we have volunteers to cover.
We will also have at least 2 drop-in training sessions where you can have a chance to practice, learn, customize or just have a little fun with the activities yourself. There will also be a sign-up sheet for the activity you would like to do:
Drop-in Training Session #1: Tuesday April 6th, 1-5 PM, (some room in Olin Hall basement floor, look for signs)
Drop-in Training Session #2: Thursday April 8th, 1-5 PM, (some room in Olin Hall basement floor, look for signs)
Friday Evening Set-Up: Meet at 5:30 PM in Olin basement.
Where/When to meet on Saturday Morning: Volunteers should check in by 8:15 AM (earlier would be even better!) at the Volunteer Check-in Desk in Barnes Science Center. Participating organizations should try to arrive by 8:30 AM. You can unload at the Loading Dock on the north side of Barnes. We will have signs to direct you to the check-in desk.
We will provide lunch and breakfast snacks for all volunteers (including participating organizations)
If you have a Cool Science T-shirt already, please wear it. If not, we'll give you a CC Cool Science T-shirt
Parking is free on Saturdays in all lots. The closest lots are C-1 and E-1 on the Campus Map.
For participating organizations, we'll provide tables and chairs for your station. Let Marc know if you will need electricity, water, would like to be outside (weather permitting), or anything else special.
Any other questions, suggestions, etc., contact one of us:
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