Pinhead Punk Science
A New Program for Kids
By the Climbing Rock in front of the Conference Center
Free admission. Free Diggity hot dogs, chips, and drinks for kids.

In close collaboration, Pinhead Institute and the Telluride Science Research Center (TSRC) are bringing a new program, Pinhead Punk Science, to the region. Held weekly, on Tuesday evenings from 5:00 to 6:00 pm throughout the summer, scientists will meet informally with children by the climbing rock in front of the Conference Center to demonstrate cool stuff in a scientific way. Admission is free.

The idea for the program was first conceived by Dr. R. Stephen Berry, a James Franck Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago and co-founder of the TSRC. Having broken off from the Aspen Center for Physics to start TSRC in 1984, Berry kept tabs on the Center. Berry was particularly impressed with their educational outreach program, “Physics For Kids,” conducted in partnership with a local Aspen science education non-profit, and held during the summer months in a fun way. But it wasn’t until TSRC hired Nana Naisbitt as their first executive director in January 2007 that the program could be realized. Turning kids on to science and imparting an intuitive understanding the scientific method is a goal of the program.

The 2007 & 2008 Pinhead Punk Science series is sponsored in part by a grant from Just for Kids and is supported by the Telluride Conference Center in Mountain Village.

Pinhead Punk Science
A New Program for Kids
By the Climbing Rock in front of the Conference Center
Tuesdays in the summer, July 8 – August 12, 2008, 5:00 - 6:00 pm
Free admission.

July 8:
Rip Roaring Radical Rockets: The Science of Explosions
Hot Shot Scientist Dr. John Straub

July 15:
Steam, Smoke & Steel: The Science of Trains
Sparking Scientist Dr. David Coker

July 22:
Cool Chemistry & Chaotic Combustions: The Science of Spontaneous Solutions
Super Scientist Tom Cheatham

July 29:
How to Make Bouncy Balls and Goober Goo: The Secret Life of Glue
Sticky Scientist Susan DeSensi

August 5:
Slither, Slime & Squish: The Wonderful World of Wacky Water Bugs
Insecta Inspecta Chester Anderson

August 12:
Super Double Bubble Trouble
Hippity Poppity Physicist Ed Lyman

For more information on Pinhead Punk Science programming or Pinhead Institute, you may contact Sonchia Jilek by calling 970-708-7441 or visit www.pinheadinstitute.org.