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Science Squad from BSI
Posted by jeremyl on 29th September 2008
Greetings from the Biological Sciences Initiative (BSI),
Through our Science Squad program, CU-Boulder scientists (graduate students) are available to visit Denver-area classrooms to give hands-on science presentations. Once again, Science Squad schedules are filling up very quickly for the 2008-09 school year, and we encourage you to get your requests in as soon as possible. Given BSI’s mission and sources of funding, our priority is to provide these programs to schools of greatest need and diversity.
For Science Squad biographies, presentation descriptions, and to request a presentation, please visit
Please note that we only have openings for the following presentations:
Rachael Mooney:
Fountain of Youth? Stem Cells and Tissue Regeneration (Grades 6-12)
The Bionic Human: Polymers and Tissue Engineering (Grades 6-12)
Ashley Bolden:
EAC’s: Your “Chemical Footprint” (Grades 9-12)
How to Stop a Retroviral Hijacking: Anti-HIV Agents (Grades 9-12)
Food Pyramids – It’s Not Ancient History! (Grades 4-12)
DNA – You Get to See It! (Grades 4-12)
Katrina Eike:
CSI – Your Classroom (Grades 9-12)
Extreme Microbes (Grades 4-12)
Antibiotic Resistance: The ‘Superbugs’ Among Us (Grades 4-12)
Biophysics and Molecular ‘Machines’: The Inner Life of a Cell (Grades 10-12)
Kim Nichols:
Bitter & Sweet: Evolution & Adaptation of Human Taste Perception (Grades 4-12)
(note, spring 2009 only)
Please feel free to pass this information on to your colleagues as well.
Wishing you a wonderful school year,
Jennifer Shriver
Program Assistant
Biological Sciences Initiative
303-492-8230
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