Media representatives are invited to enjoy a hands-on science experience aboard Discovery, one of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s two traveling science laboratories. Discovery will visit Starmount High School of Boonville on Thursday (May 28).
The Destiny traveling science program is a science education outreach initiative of Morehead Planetarium and Science Center at UNC-Chapel Hill that serves pre-college teachers and students across North Carolina. Destiny develops and delivers a standards-based, hands-on curriculum and teacher professional development with a team of educators and a fleet of vehicles that travel throughout the state.
The science buses are powerful visual images that heighten public awareness of the importance of and funding necessary for quality science education. Created by Carolina in 2000, Destiny became a program of the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center in 2006.
Thursday (May 29)
9:40 a.m. to 11:10 a.m.
11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
Starmount High School
2516 Longtown Road., Boonville
Students from two of Becky Bryant’s classes will perform a lab exercise called “Mystery of the Crooked Cell.” They will discover the molecular basis of sickle cell disease by using gel electrophoresis as a diagnostic tool to differentiate normal hemoglobin from hemoglobin found in individuals with sickle cell disease.
Destiny Web site: http://www.moreheadplanetarium.org/go/destiny
Destiny contact: Claire Ruocchio, (919) 843-5915, clr@unc.edu
News Services contact: Susan Houston, (919) 962-8415, susan_houston@unc.edu