Week aims to show lighter side of science
The College of Science will be hosting it’s annual Science Week this week. There will be several events put on throughout the week to help promote the college. Mikayla Mills, USUSA science senator, said she hopes this week will also dispel myths about science being too tough.
“Science can be a little difficult for some people, especially if people don’t enjoy it,” Mills said. “The events we have planned this week are designed to be fun and get people to enjoy the lighter side of science.”
Monday Science Week kicked off with “Cookie for a Compliment”. 600 students stopped by various locations on campus to write a compliment to one of their professors in exchange for a cookie.
Tuesday members of the College of Science will take part in a service activity in the Engineering Building and the Taggart Student Center. They will be making fleece blankets to bring to patients at Logan Regional Hospital. Mills said this event hits a little closer to home for the college itself.
“We have people in the college who are pre-med majors that spend a lot of time at the hospital,” Mills said. “It should be a fun and unique experience for us.”
Wednesday, writer Porter Fox will speaking at the university’s common hour. Fox is a New York Times bestselling author for his book “Deep!”. He will speaking about various topics such as skiing, snowboarding and climate change and its effect on snow. Fox will be signing copies of his book after the event.
Thursday’s event will feature members of the chemistry club and physics students in a demonstration battle between the two sides. Each department will do demonstrations on various subjects and a winner will be chosen at the end. Mills said this will be an excellent opportunity to see the fun side of science especially with each department’s style.
“You have the chemistry department which loves to blow stuff up and the physics department who loves to explain things in detail,” Mills said. “It should be very fun to see, especially for junior high and high school age students that come.”
To end the week, the science department will be hosting a high stakes elemental bingo night. It will be similar to regular high stakes bingo with prizes such as I-Pad’s and gift cards, but instead of numbers each person will be marking off elements that are found on the periodic table.
Mills said putting all of this together was a lot of hard work but thanks her science council for the effort they have put in this week.
“There were a lot of little details that needed to be done during the week and they were a tremendous help in getting everything ready in time,” Mills said.
Overall, Mills said she wants everyone, whether or not they are in the college of science, to have fun and to be more aware of the fun side of science.
“The biggest part about this is you have people that are always willing to learn new subjects,” Mills said. “That’s what I want to take away from this week, that people had fun and learned something new.”
— connor.comeau@aggiemail.usu.edu
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