List of activities

Weatherspoon Art Museum

Name of the Exhibitor: Raechel Cook 

Description: Explore the properties of materials such as bronze, steel, and wood found in sculptures outside the Weatherspoon Art Museum and discover artists who take inspiration from nature, animals, and movement. Join us for artmaking in the courtyard and create your own mini sculptures from found and recycled goods. 

Location on map: 7 (Weather Spoon Building)

Colorful Chemistry

Name of the Exhibitor: Jerry Walsh Nolan Garci

Description: Come see colorful acid base chemistry using a natural acid-base indicator and household items! Find out which items are acidic, which are basic, and what that means.

Location on map: 1 (Sullivan Building)

Water Quality 

Name of the Exhibitor: Sarah Praskievicz

Description: Learn about water quality testing and local water quality issues. You will even be able to test samples from local streams yourselves!  

Location on map: 7 (On a table outside of Graham Building)

Museum Detectives and Shrinking Shrew Skulls 

Name of the Exhibitor: Bryan McLean

Description: Explore this mini museum by learning about and examining 3D images and models of different museum specimens of mammals!

Location on map: 1

Biodiversity Discovery in Central Asia 

Name of the Exhibitor: Bryan McLean 

Description: Visit Mongolia with us by looking at photos from fieldwork and real Mongolian clothing! Enjoy a Mongolian mammals coloring sheet as a souvenir from your trip! 

Location on map: 1

Esports Innovate

Name of the Exhibitor: Sofia Priest

Description: Enjoy the Esports Arena by touring or playing games on our PCs! Learn about Videogaming culture and Innovate UNCG! 

Location on map: 13 (Moran Commons Building)

Bone Identification

Name of the Exhibitor: Charles Egeland 

Description: Come test your analyses (or puzzle-solving) skills by seeing if you can figure out what happened to a variety of bone specimens!

Location on map: Close to Archaeology Exhibit

Rivers, Lakes, and Wetlands 

Name of the Exhibitor: Akira Terui 

Description: Learn about the many aquatic species living in the rivers, lakes, and wetlands right next door to us! 

Location on map: 1

Ecological Footprint 

Name of the Exhibitor: Aaron Allen 

Description: Find out what your ecological footprint is like by filling out the footprint calculator and learn how to care for our Earth. 

https://www.footprintcalculator.org/home/en

Location on map: 7 (Graham 104)

Hands-On Coding and Robotics 

Name of the Exhibitor: Laura Tew 

Description: High School students will demonstrate Edison V2 robotics interactively with upper elementary and middle school student attendees.  

Location on map: 15

Internet of Things 

Name of the Exhibitor: Laura Tew

Description: High School students will demonstrate electronic circuitry components and projects interactively with upper elementary and middle school student attendees. 

Location on map: 15

Cognition in Context 

Name of the Exhibitor: Jennifer Coffman 

Description: Test your memory, paint a story from your life, and learn how to improve your memory skills with the Cognition in Context lab group! 

Location on map: 11

Cardboard Robot Parade

Name of the Exhibitor: Matthew Fischer

Description: Come build your own cardboard robot costume. Then walk in our parade alongside Spiro and Kelvin! The Parade will begin at 3:30. 

Location on map: 7

Emergency care 

Name of the Exhibitor: Aaron Terranova 

Description: Learn all about emergency care such as spine boarding and vacuum splinting!

Location on map: 15

Microbiomes 

Name of the Exhibitor: Kimberly Komatsu 

Description: Culture your own microbiome in a petri dish that you can take home.

Location on map: 8

The Veggie Meter and Nutrition Tech 

Name of the Exhibitor: Jared McGuirt

Description: Get your skin carotenoid score by using the Veggie-Meter device. Play with innovative tools for nutrition such as augmented and virtual reality! 

Location on map: 9

Photosynthesis LIVE

Name of the Exhibitor: Kevin Wilcox 

Description: Learn about plant photosynthesis in real time by stressing live plants and seeing how photosynthesis is affected by different triggers! 

Location on map: 11

Nutrition & You 

Name of the Exhibitor: Steve Fordahl 

Description: Take part in an activity that shows how digestive enzymes in your stomach break down food into nutrients for your body! 

Location on map: 9

Paradoxes and Contradictions

Name of the Exhibitor: Talia Fernos 

Description: Explore paradoxes and contradictions with examples and trace truth values in a game of hopscotch! 

Location on map: 10

Robotics

Name of the Exhibitor: Apollo Dominguez 

Description: Enjoy a robotics demo with a chance to control a robot yourself and receive resources to get started in robotics!  

Location on map: 15

Biligualtek

Name of the Exhibitor: Lucía Méndez 

Description: Experience Biligualtek, an integrated science-language approach for Latino preschoolers. Participate in fun science activities and read science eBooks! Offered in Spanish and English! 

Location on map: 5

Planting possibilities 

Name of the Exhibitor: Plaxedes Chitiyo

Description: Learn how to grow food from food scraps and how to compost food waste! Plant a seed to take with you! 

Location on map: 7 (On a table outside of Graham Building)

All About Skulls 

Name of the Exhibitor: Cat Bush 

Description: Investigate skulls for signs of abnormalities that tell a story about the living animal! 

Location on map: 1 (Sullivan Building)

Dangerous Decibels

Name of the Exhibitor: Lisa Fox-Thomas

Description: Learn about how loud sounds can be harmful to your hearing and participate in interactive activities! 

Location on map: 8

Minerva- Mobile Health Unit

Name of the Exhibitor: Sarah Apel

Description: Take a tour of the new Minerva Mobile Health Unit and learn about ear exams and health information! Check out the “What does health look like to me” coloring station! 

Location on map: 5 (NIB Lot 14, Near Anatomy Simon says dance party Electricity)

Anatomy Simon Says Dance Party 

Name of the Exhibitor: Sarah Apel

Description:  Participate in our Simon Says dance party! Learn about the scientific names of body parts. 

Location on map: 5 (Near Minerva)

Nursing Science Tools

Name of the Exhibitor: Sarah Apel

Description: Discover different nursing tools such as Germ lights, stethoscopes, Doppler, Pulse Ox, and blood pressure cuffs!

Location on map: 5 (NIB 120)

Stop the Bleed 

Name of the Exhibitor: Sarah Apel

Description: Visitors will learn life saving techniques.

Location on map: 5 (NIB 240)

CPR for Your Heart 

Name of the Exhibitor: Sarah Apel

Description: Learn how to do life saving CPR techniques 

Location on map: 5 (NIB)

Healthy and Diseased Organs 

Name of the Exhibitor: Sarah Apel

Description: Visit the Anatomage Lab and then view real organs that are healthy and ones that are diseased! 

Location on map: 5 (Near Anatomage Room 438)

How Do Your Lungs Work?

Name of the Exhibitor: Sarah Apel

Description: Learn about how lungs expand with a lung model made of soda bottles and balloons! 

Location on map: 5 (NIB 202)

Anesthesia!

Name of the Exhibitor: Sarah Apel

Description: Learn about anesthesia and anesthetize crickets! Then watch them recover. 

Location on map: 5 (NIB 204)

Indigenous STEM Practices

Name of the Exhibitor: Terry Chavis

Description: Engage with cultural educators and learn about Indigenous STEM practices that are still used today, such as herbal remedies, dyes, air purification, and botanicals! 

Location on map: 14 (At Powwow)

Dry Ice and Cosmic Slime 

Name of the Exhibitor: Steven Ollison

Description: Enjoy fun activities involving dry ice and make Cosmic Slime!

Location on map: 15 (Inside water and electricity)

Cognitive Control Games 

Name of the Exhibitor: Madalyn Prince

Description: Participate in two games: one of opposite charades and one of dimension matching! 

Location on map: 8

Brain Hats 

Name of the Exhibitor: Madalyn Prince 

Description: Learn about the brain and create brain hats! 

Location on map: 8

Building Blocks of Nature

Name of the Exhibitor: Daniel Rabinovich 

Description: Learn about the periodic table and its elements with hands-on demonstrations! 

Location on map: 1

Toad Abode 

Name of the Exhibitor: Clara Hidalgo 

Description: Where do American Toads live in NC? Learn how to craft your own toad abode and discover their best location. 

Location on map: 4

Build a Fizz Inflator 

Name of the Exhibitor: T’ea Cameron Herma Pierre

Description: Use baking soda and vinegar to blow up a balloon! 

Location on map: 2

Chemistry Demos 

Name of the Exhibitor: Abigail Horchar

Description: Participate in chemistry demos such as “Build a Fizzilator” and elephant toothpaste! 

Location on map: 2

iGrow Study: The science of how children learn and grow 

Name of the Exhibitor: Megan Chandler

Description: Find out about how children grow and learn from  exploring their environment! Learn about food and food preferences, enjoy a photo booth, and more! 

Location on map: 15

Active Aging 

Name of the Exhibitor: Chantelle Caro 

Description: Experience common challenges associated with aging and disability, including hearing and visual impairments.  De-bunk myths about aging and explore whether our perspectives on aging are positive or negative. 

Location on map: 5

DNA Extraction

Name of the Exhibitor: Aaliyah Washington

Description: Extract your DNA from a sample of your cheek cells! 

Location on map: 2

Koerner Biodiversity Lab 

Name of the Exhibitor: Jordan Winter 

Description: Species Comp activity to learn about different species in the understory. Informative coloring sheets about the LLP ecosystem. Look at some insect specimens from the LLP. 

Learn about different species that live in the understory and view some specimens from the Longleaf Pine Ecosystem! Enjoy informative coloring sheets! 

Location on map: 1 (Near BIO)

pendulum wave

Name of the Exhibitors: Nikhil Ingle, Gangadhar Jagdale

Description: Explore the hidden world around us with the power of the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) as it captures detailed images of surfaces at a microscopic level, revealing intricate structures and textures.

Location on map: 5

scanning electron microscope (sem)

Name of the Exhibitors: Rutujaa Kulkarni, Taylor Reynolds

Description: Experience the mesmerizing blend of physics and art with the Pendulum Wave Apparatus which showcases the beauty of harmonic motion by orchestrating the synchronized swings of multiple pendulums of varying lengths.

Location on map: 5

thin films

Name of the Exhibitors: Lexua McLaughlin, Chartanay Bonner

Description: Unravel the mystery behind the vivid colors of thin films like soap bubbles and oil slicks resulting from the interference of light waves as different wavelengths create distinct hues.

Location on map: 5