Register your class for the 4/16 UNC Virtual Science Expo
Greetings from the NCSciFest Team,
You’re invited to our first-ever virtual science expo! Sign up today to meet UNC scientists from around the world as they share what it’s like to try to answer Science’s toughest questions. We’ll meet shark researchers, ecologists, public health experts, physicists and more! Registered teachers will receive pre-event and post event support materials and resources to share with your students.
Each program will have a limited number of featured classrooms where the teacher and students can ask questions directly to the presenters -- sign up here.
Programming includes events like this:
10am – Elementary School Program: Marti the Hammerhead and Shark Conservation
Shark researcher Alex Hearn of the Galapagos Science Center will read the exciting story of Marti the Hammerhead and answer your questions about shark research.
11am – All ages: Live Physics Demonstration Hour
UNC physics faculty will present phenomenal physics demonstrations that will surprise and excite curious minds. Come prepared to make predictions and ask questions about physics experiments that are seriously?phun!
1pm – High school and adults -- Environmental Justice at Home
Dr. Rebecca Fry will introduce this important topic and how it relates to people and places in North Carolina. Student researchers from the Department will show you how to use sophisticated online mapping tools to answer relevant questions about environmental justice in our state.
3pm – Middle grades – Hammerhead Sharks, Epic Migrations, and Island Conservation
Shark researcher Alex Hearn dives deeper into the world of shark conversation as he reads from the Galapagos Conservation Trust’s first ever educational book: Marti the Hammerhead Shark; and answers your questions about sharks, SCUBA diving, science and more!
5pm – High school and Adults: UNC and the Galapagos Science Center
Three researchers from the Center will discuss what it’s like to walk in the footsteps of Charles Darwin as they work across social, terrestrial and marine subsystems to help tackle threats to island sustainability. Amanda Thompson will focus on public health and nutrition. Diego Riveros-Iregui will focus on water and land dynamics. Adrian Marchetti will talk about marine ecology and biological productivity in Galapagos.
Each program will have a limited number of featured classrooms where the teacher and students can ask questions directly to the presenters – sign up here.
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Jonathan Frederick
Senior Manager, Programs & Strategic Partnerships
Director, North Carolina Science Festival
Pronouns: he/him/his
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
250 E. Franklin St. Chapel Hill, NC 27514
919-843-8329 | jfred@unc.edu
