7/30/2019 PSFN Family Flier to CFSD
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PlantScienceFamilyNightisaninteractivescience
extravaganzaheldatVentanaVistaSchool.PSFNintroducesK-5studentstothediverse>ieldsofPlantScience.
CFSDPlantScienceFamilyNight
November1stfrom5-8pm
atVentanaVistaSchoolBusShuttleavailableatBashas4:45til8:15(non-stopruns)
Whoarethelearningcenterpresenters?
PlantScientistsandotherUniversityofArizonaMolecularBiologistsPathologistOpticalEngineers...Naturalists..EcologyandEvolutionaryBiologistsMicrobiologistsEntomologistsBiologistsDendrochronologistsGeneticistsBiochemists
EnvironmentalistsSoilScientistsandmore!Whoeverknewsciencecouldbesomuchfun.....JOINUSonNovember1st.
Thereare40incrediblelearningcentersandafewKidKeynotestoo!Joinuswiththemultitudeofactivitieswithover25University
ScientistsandResearchers,andourlocalexperts
fromTucsonCactusandSucculentSociety,DesertHarvesters,TucsonVillageFarm,Sabino
Canyon,ArizonaSonoraDesertMuseum,MagicGardenNursery,DesertLegumesProgram,DesertDolphins,InternationalWildlifeMuseum,
HeiferInternational,MasterGardenersandownCFSDCommunityGardens.
PlantScienceFamilyNights
hands-onworkshopsbringPLANTSCIENCEtolife,demonstratingeveryday(andnotsoeveryday)
scientiRicprinciplesinafun,festiveatmosphere.Inpastyears,wehavehadmorethan30learningcentersincluding:
DYOGreenSuperRiceandtastericeinallcolorsfromaroundtheworld!
PepperRoastingwitharealArizonaDirtFarmerandGuinnessRecordholder
GrindandMakeyourownTortillas
ExtractingDNAandMakingcandymodelDNA
GenomeSequencingandATGCHuntandFind!
DiscoverywithBugs,Bats,Bees..OurPollinationExperts.
PlantsontheMoon:Living/WorkinginSpace
Plantsinourocean...BuildaPhytoplankton
Graftingplantsandclassifyingplants
NutritionandYou...whataboutsugarcravings?
GardeningandGrowinghereinTucson
Build-a-CactusModelandCanaJumpingChollaJump?
WaterandSoilChemistry
BeaBotanicalArtistandtryyourhandattheArt
Wheredoesoursoilcomefrom?
IntegratedFarming...Sustainablefunwithbugsandpoop!
Magni>ication...HowsandWhatsandWhys.
MakeaWindowGreenhouse
WhoarethoseHerbivores?
Mark Your Calendar... November 1st 5-8 m CFSD Plant Science
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Questions:CarylJones299-6813
[email protected]
ThiseventisfundedbyaNSF-
NationalScienceFoundation
grantawardedtoDr.odWing
andVVFFO.
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