Jane Copes Science

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$450
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient Type
Libraries
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2012
End Date
November 2012
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Counties Affected
Dakota
Dakota
Project Overview
Local crafter and scientist will present three workshops - "An Extremely Short History of Nearly Everything," "Minnesota Ingenuity," and "Stitch Up a Story."
Project Details
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Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota for 2011 Chapter 6, Article 4, Subdivision 5
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$450
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$450
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Participants in the "Stitch Up a Story" will learn about crafting a story into a quilt. Participants in the "Minnesota Ingenuity" program will learn about local inventions by Minnesota inventors. Participants in the "Extremely Short History..." program will learn about the science behind various chapters in Bill Bryson's best selling book.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Participants in the "Stitch Up a Story" learned about crafting a story into a quilt.
Participants in the "Minnesota Ingenuity" program learned about local inventions by Minnesota inventors. Jane had experiments for the audience to do with Post It Notes and tape + marbles. They enjoyed the talk and I think would have like more experiments.
Participants in the "Extremely Short History..." program will learn about the science behind various chapters in Bill Bryson's best selling book. Really a fascinating presentation on the Periodic Table and how the elements were discovered and how they are used. An experiment making an element from the table out of candy was quite fun. DNA was presented as a puzzle that was pieced together brilliantly by numerous people over time.

Project Manager
First Name
Chris
Last Name
Olson
Organization Name
MELSA
Street Address
1619 Dayton Avenue, Suite 314
City
Saint Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55104
Phone
651-645-5731
Email
chris@melsa.org
Administered By
Administered by
Location

1500 Highway 36 West
Roseville, MN 55113-4266

Phone
651-582-8200