/smithlab/ en /smithlab/2017/04/23/spring-outreach-events <span>Spring outreach events</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2017-04-23T23:01:42-06:00" title="Sunday, April 23, 2017 - 23:01">Sun, 04/23/2017 - 23:01</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/smithlab/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/plantcolors_logo.jpg?h=486edc96&amp;itok=HFlymBTF" width="1200" height="600" alt="logo"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/smithlab/taxonomy/term/30"> museum </a> <a href="/smithlab/taxonomy/term/28"> outreach </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/smithlab/taxonomy/term/12" hreflang="en">Newsfeed</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/smithlab/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/article-image/plantcolors_image_0.jpg?itok=qxwnCkiW" width="1500" height="1083" alt="plantcolors"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Julia and Stacey led a day of plant pigment activities at the <a href="http://sciencediscovery.colorado.edu/" rel="nofollow">CU Science Â鶹ÊÓƵy</a>'s Nano Days. &nbsp;The event was held at the Boulder Library, and visitors were invited to grind up fruit skins to extract pigments with an acidic mix, rather like what happens during our own digestive process! &nbsp;Julia enveiled her plant colors poster, which is available for download on the Resources page.</p><p>On Earth Day, Chelsea and Stacey went to the CU South Denver campus for one of <a href="http://southdenver.cu.edu/family-fun-days/" rel="nofollow">CU's family fun days</a>. &nbsp;Chelsea taught students about the parts of a flower and was brave enough to supervise dissection with exacto knives and forceps. &nbsp;Stacey manned the ever-popular fruits of the world table, passing out samples of jackfruit, durian, and guava. &nbsp;</p><p>You can check out pictures from these and previous outreach events on our <a href="http://www.colorado.edu/smithlab/doing-outreach" rel="nofollow">photos</a>&nbsp;page.</p><p></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>We have been busy this month with outreach events in Boulder and South Denver.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 24 Apr 2017 05:01:42 +0000 Anonymous 298 at /smithlab