STEM Field Trips Fall,
2019 Semester
1. Howard University Hospital Trauma Center
October 9, 2019
Washington, D.C.
Students will tour the Division of Trauma and Critical where they will tour the Trauma Center, shadow professional medical personnel, ask questions about their work (schooling, pros and cons, etc.), and have a first-hand experience with a mock trauma code. This program gives a visual to the students of what it means to be a trauma care provider or patient in the hospital - observing patients at each interval of care from initial contact to discharge and ultimately rehabilitation.
2. Smithsonian Institution - Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
October 25, 2019
Washington, D.C.
The technology-production tours focus on how works of art were manufactured. For example, when visiting the Chinese bronze gallery (with bronzes that date to 5th century BC), docents have focused on how the bronzes were produced via an assembly line-like process, during which each artisan has a specialized job. In the Chinese jades gallery (which date to 2000 BC), docents have talked about how the jades were carved and polished. On the more contemporary side, there is a sculpture installation which was produced in 2004 and has a rich story on how it was constructed and engineered to be installed in a glass ceiling without the roof caving in!
3. Smithsonian Air & Space Museum
October 29, 2019
Chantilly, VA
The students will have two activities, working in a lab and having a tour. The lab is Mission to Mars. They will explore the climate and geology of Mars as well as the challenges of robotic exploration in space. They will work as mission design teams and use budget and science guidelines from NASA to create a spacecraft to fly to and explore Mars. There will also be a tour of the McDonnell Space Hangar where they will see air and space vehicles such as one of the actual space shuttles, the supersonic transport, and astronaut capsules from various space missions.
4. Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
November 13, 2019
Washington, DC
The students will have two activities, working in a lab and having a tour. The lab is Mission to Mars. They will explore the climate and geology of Mars as well as the challenges of robotic exploration in space. They will work as mission design teams and use budget and science guidelines from NASA to create a spacecraft to fly to and explore Mars. There will also be a tour of the McDonnell Space Hangar where they will see air and space vehicles such as one of the actual space shuttles, the supersonic transport, and astronaut capsules from various space missions.
| Upcoming Events 2019.pdf |
