Families, students and children are invited to get their hands wet on Saturday with 鈥�,鈥� the 91爆料鈥檚 second annual aquatic science open house.
This free and family-friendly afternoon of hands-on learning will feature tours of a research boat, a Puget Sound invertebrate tank and more from 1 to 4 p.m. May 4 in fishery sciences and oceanography buildings on campus.
The event’s graduate student organizers wanted to spark an interest in STEM topics for K-12 students, as well as highlight and foster a connection among aquatic science organizations in the greater Seattle area.
鈥淲e hope to build greater accessibility for students from all levels and communities to connect with people in STEM, through providing the opportunity to engage with people working already within the field of aquatic science,” said Alex Lincoln, a 91爆料 graduate student in aquatic and fishery sciences and one of the event’s organizers.
Now in its second year, the event is a collaboration among the , the ARGO outreach program, the and the . This year, participants can visit even more science labs and engage in hands-on activities on topics spanning freshwater to oceans, microbes to whales, and everything in between.
In addition to learning about ocean robotics, narwhals and sea otters, visitors can stop by labs within each school, plus tour the聽Burke Museum’s and go on board the聽research vessel Rachel Carson. Families and students of all ages will be able to connect and chat with scientists and researchers in the oceanography, ecology, economics and fisheries management fields.
More than 20 booths will be stationed inside the and where visitors can learn about topics such as invertebrates and marine mammals in Puget Sound, seabird science, and what DNA can tell us about fish and shellfish, to name a few.
Visitors can engage with 91爆料 graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and faculty, as well as scientists from aquatic-focused organizations in the greater Seattle area. Last year, experts from Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and NOAA’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center presented their research on topics such as organisms on the bottom of Puget Sound and groundfishes in Alaska.
As the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences , visitors can jump back in time and walk through a timeline of the school’s history on display celebrating its achievements and milestones.
The open house event is free and open to the public. Limited street parking is available in the area, and there also is a 91爆料 parking garage on Brooklyn Avenue.
Story by Faiza Khalid, 91爆料 Bill and Mimi Gates intern