save the date, march 1, 2014
Learn about exciting research going on at ASU to produce fuels from sunlight without warming the earth! 4th year graduate student Justin Flory will explain how his research adapts natural photosynthesis from plants and bacteria to make it suitable for capturing and storing solar energy on an industrial scale. He is eager to answer questions and discuss your ideas on alternative energy, climate change, fossil fuels or any of your other scientific curiosities!
Find out more about Justin and his amazing research:
Zone 2 | LSC Atrium
Join us at ASU Night of the Open Door and the Engineering Open House!! Come learn about how wind energy and engineering design activities can bring alive science learning in your classrooms!
Zone 3 | Tyler Mall and Palm Walk
Explore the world of sea turtles by interactively with School of Life Sciences graduate students! Kids will love learning all about these special and unique creatures! Please visit us in the SOLS Learning Resource Center.
Zone 2 | World of the Sea Turtle
Birds look different to each other than they do to us. They see ultraviolet light and their feathers often reflect this light, to create colors that are invisible to humans. Come see our demonstration explaining how our feathered friends communicate secretly in color!
Zone 2 | LSC Atrium
An interesting display of different bacterial colonies with diverse lifestyles and ubiquitous natures. See it all under the microscope! Bacteria are EVERYWHERE.....
Grab your binoculars for a great view of Tempe and Phoenix from the School of Politics and Global Studies on the 6th floor of Coor! View our incredible collection of photos from our students’ travels around the globe and see democracy in action by casting a vote for your favorite Disney character.
There will be outdoor activities at the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) facility, including: cratering activities, moon watching with telescopes and more!
Zone 1 | Administration Bldg. A-Wing (now called Interdisciplinary A)
Children of all ages love to watch and participate in chemistry demonstrations. We will have a variety of demos that will illustrate complex scientific concepts. This will be followed by a tour of some of the research labs in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry where there will also be hands-on activities. The location is just outside the Physical Sciences F wing entrance with our glass blower.
ASU's complete living collection of all 18 sub-species of Arizona native rattlesnakes as well as desert tortoises, lizards, and other snakes. Dissecting scope and artifact exhibit. Take a picture with the Gila monster or one of our many snakes!
Zone 2 | Life Sciences Center A (LSA) first floor, additional tables on Tyler Mall
An outdoor demonstration of the rover RAVEN, a large robot.
Join the School of International Letters and Cultures for a quick lesson in one of the calligraphies of the world.
Zone 2 | Durham Language & Literature Bldg. (LL), Rooms 104 & 106
Join the School of International Letters and Cultures for an interactive "Roman Election." Classics students in togas will pose as candidates and campaign for votes. The audience will be asked to cast their votes in ancient Roman style. Classics faculty member Sarah Bolmarcich will give a presentation about Roman elections. Each election/presentation begins on the hour (5 pm, 6 pm, 7pm, 8pm) and will take about 20 minutes.
Zone 2 | Durham Language & Literature Bldg. (LL), Room 60 (basement level)
The ASU Arboretum is a flourishing oasis of plants from around the world. As Arizona's largest public arboretum, it is home to approximately 908 species.
School of Life Sciences (SOLS) Self-Guided Campus Tour.
Check out the new EarthScope display touch-screen and make-a-quake interactive activity in the ISTB4 lobby, and then check out the EarthScope table to discover your "Birthquake"... the biggest earthquake to occur on your birth date!
Explore international humanities with one or more School of International Letters and Cultures' multi-cultural performances. On the stage outside our lobby there will be belly dancers, musical performances, an international fashion show, and more.
ISTB4 Room 691, come tour the EarthScope National Office! EarthScope is a nationwide project that attempts to understand the structure and evolution of the North American continent at many scales - from individual faults and volcanoes to the deforming plate boundary and the dynamics of Earth's mantle and core.
Experience Chinese language and culture with School of International Letters and Cultures' Chinese Flagship program and the ASU Confucius Institute.
Researchers use computers in their work every day, but often the problems they are trying to solve are so big that one computer simply cannot handle the task. By harnessing the power of thousands of computers that are communicating with each other simultaneously, a big problem can be divided and conquered. Sounds simple enough, but coordinating all of these computers requires specialized expertise.
Heather Paul is the lead engineer for the future spacesuit life support system design that will circulate oxygen for breathing and space suit pressurization, and control carbon dioxide and humidity level for U.S. astronauts. She will talk about why we need space suits, the unique materials she's developed and have a space suit on hand to see and touch.
Dr. Paul Espinosa, Award winning Film director and producer, and Dr. Desiree Garcia, Assistant Professor specializing in film studies, will be interacting with guests and presenting on the topic of Transborder films and production.
Zone 1 | Interdisciplinary B (formerly Administration Bldg. B-Wing) (INTDSB) 165
