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Scientists

 

In classrooms across the state, and in labs on the campus of the University of Wyoming, PhD students in red shirts challenge students to:

  • use slinkys and M&M's to design an amusement park ride,
  • use differential medical diagnostics to determine the cause of a town's bizarre symptoms,
  • raise questions using dry ice or
  • classify skulls as belonging to predators, carnivores or omnivores.

Who are these red-shirted PhD candidates?

They are members of the University of Wyoming Science Posse. This group of graduate students in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) has a passion for science and education that they share with middle and high school students and teachers through out the state. Like their predecessors in the old West, the Science Posse figuratively bands together to help their neighbors across the state, bringing fresh expertise into classrooms and engaging students in ways their teachers cannot and leaving Posse members', teachers' and students' lives enriched.

2010-2011 Science Posse Offerings 2010-2011 Science Posse Schedule

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