2024 GPU Class Catalog

CLASS SESSION 3: WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 26 CONT.

[324] Let’s Make Music Explore different kinds of musical

[329] Physics is Fun Witness interesting and exciting physics demonstrations as you learn about the most important physical laws governing our world. [330] The History of Soap Dive into the origins and history of soap and learn how to make it. Students will work in groups to make their own batch of soap that they can take home. innocence? This class takes place in the law school’s mock courtroom, and you’ll learn what actions and statements can be used to show who took the last cookie, and question whether stealing that cookie was an actual crime. [332] Animal Disease Detectives Animals can’t tell you when they’re sick or point to where it hurts. Learn how veterinarians and laboratory technologists diagnose disease and protect both animal and human health and get a chance to investigate and diagnose cases on your own. [333] Animal Tracks and Scat Explore the wild animals that you may see in Michigan by looking at their tracks and make some edible scat. [334] Be a Vet Nurse for a Day: A Bandaging Lab [331] Who Stole the Last Cookie? How does the law prove our guilt or Learn about all the duties of a veterinary nurse, their role in the veterinary health care team and walk through a case together with an actual veterinary nurse.

instruments and how they make sound by hitting drums, buzzing on brass instruments, and learning about reeds, mouthpieces and strings that vibrate. [325] A Smashing Time With Nuclei at FRIB See inside MSU’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, a world-leading nuclear research laboratory. Get hands-on with a model “nucleus” to learn how and why we smash nuclei at half the speed of light, then tour the lab and find out what exciting discoveries are made possible by our new linear accelerator! [326] Biomass to Biofuel Learn how to make biofuel out of soybeans. Biofuel is produced from plants as well as microbes. In this class we will discuss converting biomass to bioenergy. We will learn how to make biofuel from soybeans and have a debate on food vs. fuel. [327] Microbial Art Get an introduction to the field of colorful microbes to students by delving into agar art, learning about synthetic pigments bacteria have been engineered to produce, and naturally colored microbes. [328] Microscope Guessing Game Have you wondered how everyday objects look really, really close up, how Velcro works, why wool sweaters are so itchy, or why some leaves feel fuzzy? In this class, we’ll seek to answer these questions as you try to identify objects in a Scanning Electron Microscope at high magnification.

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