Due to the pandemic, K-12 outreach hosted virtual labs. But we are back in the lab with high school students here at Purdue University's West Lafayette campus. Superheroes of Science hosts Sarah Nern and Steven Smith worked with faculty to created a series of virtual lab pages and these new in-person labs are part of this series.
Kokomo High School
Kokomo High School AP Environmental Science classes visited Purdue University to do an Atmospheric Chemistry lesson looking at air quality. The lab they attended is called Hands On Purdue (HOPs). One class attended on Wednesday April 20, and the other class visited Wednesday April 27, 2022. Vince Lorenz, AP Environmental teacher, visited with students for both labs. Graduate students from the Department of Chemistry helping with today's event include: Diego Calderon-Arrieta, Ana Morales, Kyla Siemens, Christopher West, Emily Halpern, Pooja Chaudhary, and Calvin Nguyen. EAPS student and Honors College student, Víctor Gerardo García Mosqueda, also helped with this lab visit.
Scottsburg High School
The 2/9/22 and 2/18/22 labs are made possible by Dr. Tong Ren and his research group. This lab was developed in collaboration with Dr. Ren's graduate student, Reese Clendening. Students from the classrooms of Alex Johnson (chemistry and AP environmental teacher) and Deonna Lynch (chemistry and AP chemistry teacher) boarded a bus at 5:45 a.m. on a cold morning at Scottsburg High School to head to Purdue University to get an in-person chemistry lesson from College of Science Outreach. Dr. Kavita Shah, Walther Professor of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, kicked off the morning by speaking with the students about the importance of chemistry with regards to human health and drug discovery. On hand to help were Madeline Queener,Purdue EAPS undergraduate student, and Leo Rodriguez, graduate student from the Ren Lab.
Danville High School
Dr. Kavita Shah, Walther Professor of Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, kicked off the morning by speaking with the students of Danville High School about the importance of biology and chemistry. After this talk, the Danville High students of Mrs. Heather Jackson, a Purdue University alumna (boiler up!), were aided in a chemistry experiment by Steven Smith, Sarah Nern, and graduate student Lyndsy Miller-Clark.
