OSU Precollege Programs Blog and News » Discovery Days http://oregonstate.edu/precollege/blog News and events for grades K-12 and the community at OSU. Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:25:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Discovering the Scientist Within at OSU http://oregonstate.edu/precollege/blog/discovering-the-scientist-within-at-osu/ http://oregonstate.edu/precollege/blog/discovering-the-scientist-within-at-osu/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:12:27 +0000 staff http://oregonstate.edu/precollege/blog/?p=487 120 middle school girls plus their parents were at OSU on Saturday for the annual “Discovering the Scientist Within” program put on by a collaborative group across campus and the community.  The event is designed to foster teenage girls interest in science and engineering in addition to connecting with parents about ways to continue encouraging their daughters in these fields. Attendees came from all over the state; check out coverage from Corvallis’ Gazette-Times.

]]> http://oregonstate.edu/precollege/blog/discovering-the-scientist-within-at-osu/feed/ 1 Discovery Days Underway http://oregonstate.edu/precollege/blog/discovery-days-underway-2/ http://oregonstate.edu/precollege/blog/discovery-days-underway-2/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 23:23:12 +0000 staff http://oregonstate.edu/precollege/blog/?p=308 Hundreds of elementary school students from area classrooms will fill La Sells Stewart Center this Tuesday and Wednesday during the fall installation of Discovery Days, an interactive experience put on by the College of Engineering and the College of Science.

The event occurs twice a year, in the fall and spring, and includes exhibits with hands-on activities staffed by OSU students, faculty and staff from the Geosciences, Chemical Engineering, Physics, Botany & Plant Pathology, Chemistry, Fisheries & Wildlife, Nuclear Engineering, and Microbiology departments, in addition to live specimens, compliments of Brad’s Reptile World.

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