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Beth Osnes, CU 麻豆影院 associate professor of theatre and dance, has created a radio documentary about energy with the Navajo Nation that is being syndicated by Native Voice 1 around the country.

Lafayette middle schoolers get a taste of college life through on-campus science programs, dance workshops, a museum tour and a rousing theatre production about the U.S. presidents.

Local high school students recently won the BoCo Youth Climate Challenge for a project that aims to help local businesses use clean energy. CU 麻豆影院 sponsored the challenge to engage 麻豆影院 County youth in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

A partnership between the Children鈥檚 Museum of Denver and Yuko Munakata, a CU 麻豆影院 psychology and neuroscience professor, helps educate the public about child development through interactive science activities.

Jim Hakala is hitting the road Friday with bins of captivating remnants of the ancient past. Among other things, he鈥檚 got fossilized fern, leaves, shark teeth, dinosaur bone, fish, petrified wood and a trilobite. This time, he鈥檚 targeting fourth grade classrooms in mostly northeastern Colorado with 12 of his 鈥渇ossil kits,鈥� courtesy of the CU Museum of Natural History, along with a standards-based curriculum for use by teachers.

Luke DeGregori and Carissa Marsh are almost as passionate about science education as they are about each other. Before the couple marries this July, they鈥檙e focused on their final semester at the 麻豆影院 and time well spent student teaching.

INC Classroom Outreach sends teams of CU-麻豆影院 students into local schools to teach kids about the brain. They provide lessons on sleep, nutrition for the brain, emotions, head injury and general brain structure. The program is an extension of a large-scale effort to increase public awareness of brain research.

A panel discussion examining parental choice in public education will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Canyon Theater at the 麻豆影院 Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave. It is free and open to the public.

A project of a 麻豆影院 research center that recognizes public high schools for what they do to give all students rich and engaging opportunities to succeed is now open to schools nationwide.

The next Teen Science Cafe to be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the CU Museum of Natural History鈥檚 lower level BioLounge explores how botany can be used to solve crimes. The event is free and open to the public.