Science Museum in Saint Paul, 2008

University of Minnesota Participation at Amantes de la Ciencia event at the Science Museum

Lynda Ellis with "Clean-up the Environment, Naturally", University of Minnesota
- Team members: Carlos P Sosa, Yectli Huerta, and Daniel Sosa
Carlos P. Sosa with "Chemistry is Fun: Using Computers to Visualize Molecules", University of Minnesota, Supercomputing Institute
- Team members: Yectli Huerta and Daniel Sosa
Edgar Arriaga with "Looking into the Cell With Fluorescence" , Department of Chemistry
Simone Gbolo-Thompson with "Robotic Arm 007", North Star STEM Alliance
Erwin D. Ferri with "The Brain: The Science of Mind" , Graduate Program Neuroscience
Mary Tate with "What Is Blood Pressure?" , Medical School

Saint Paul, Minnesota, April 25, 2009

*Moments before the event ...*

Daniel Sosa and Yectli Huerta at the Science Museum	Daniel and Yectli relaxing prior to the event

Daniel Sosa and Carlos P Sosa	River boat
*Let the event commence ...*

Paul Mohrbacher giving the opening remarks	Everybody worked hard

Prof. Ellis setting up the booth on Clean-up the environment	Daniel and Yectli testing the equipment

Nice! 3D display	Prof. Ellis checking the 3D display

Prof. Ellis and Daniel busy building molecules	Ignore the label, the molecules were delicious

This is how you build Carbon atoms	Parents also learned about hydrocarbons

Yectli hard at work	Parents got involved and enjoyed seeing 3D molecules

Parents and children interacting with Prof Ellis and Daniel	Yectli showing how to visualize molecules in 3D

IT and outreach program booth: Robotic arm	The Department of Chemistry attended this event

Prof Arriaga and team	Prof Arriaga's team hard at work

Children and parents experienced molecules in silico	Children and parents experienced molecules in vivo

Parents had a chance to take our brochures	End of a job well done!