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2. iGEM PRESENTS Prepareing to present the rough draft of the promotional video for MAD Week, Student Government teacher Robert Sutterer connects his computer to the projecter. Student Governement has expanded the student and communtiy involvement of MAD Week this year by inviting iGEM and feeder schools to be involved during the week. There goal is to spread awareness of those who are in the CV community and have genetic diseases. 3. IN THE LOOP Members of both Physics club adn Chemistry club gather around a few tables in their combined meeting. Chemistry club focused on deciding when they were going to tie-dye their club shirts. Bother clubs selected the date for the upcoming science night; they tried to pick a date that was near Earth Day to gain excitment and support CVG2.
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how Chemistry CLub, Physics Club and iGem work to integrate science into the communtiy
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PHYSICS:
The Physics Club is a new club to Castle View this year. They helped with the Little Shop of Physics that Colorado State University brough to CV at the beginning of the year. The club intends to make a trip to the college again for the Little Shop of Physics’ open house. “I found that the Little Shop of Physics is actually a really intersting event,” said senior Shawn Stone. The club is planning multiple ‘field trips’ and other activites for club members to get involved in. One being CV’s Family Science Night. This year it will be held on Apr. 21. During this event, science clubs and programs from CV ficilitate science experiments that families can get involved in relating to multiple fields of science.
1. PICK THE DATE Physics club adviser and teacher Christine Nichols goes over available nights for the annual family science night. Family science night is held by CV’s science programs and has multiple experiments for kids to participate in. 4. BONDS Getting ready to go, a group of club members from physics and chemistry talk about class work and labs. Although most members are currently in AP science classes, there are members who are in entry level classes, or who aren’t taking a science class at all. The idea behind the two clubs was for there to be a way for students who finished their science class to continue to explore the respected field and be with people who share their same passion. 6. LET’S GET PHYSICAL Laying in front of the poster she made, junior Sophia Jones poses for all of Chemistry and Physics club to see. After taking about atomic models she related them to human models and was then inspired to create a poster that combined her ideas. “Science gave us make-up and that helps some people,” she said. “Not all people . . . just some.”
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iGEM: The Internal Genetically Engineered Machine other wise known as iGem is a science club at Castle View with biology teach Kyle Erlenbeck as their adviser. “The goal of iGEM is to create a solution to a probelm using synthetic biology and to then go compete against other highschools and college teams at MIT,” said senior Logan Linder. “We do various labs involving gene editing as well as community outreach, where we aim to educate the public on what it means to edit genes.” iGEM is involved in this years Make A Difference Week. They are helping with the educational side of the selected charities, The Kendall And Taylor Atkinson Foundation (KATA) and The International Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva Association (IFOPA).
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CHEMISTRY: The Chemistry Club kicked off their first meeting by making a plan for the year. This included the club shirt, the members are currently planning a day to tie-dye their club shirts. The shirts were created by senior Katherine Walden. Walden is also currently in AP Chemistry with Dr. Roger Felch, who frequently uses the term “it’s easy as duck soup.” The phrase landed itself on the front of the shirts with a duck sitting in a bowl of soup. The club also discused thier involvment in the Family Science Night and possible experiments that could be integrated into it. The club was involved last year. The club hopes to continue the tradition and gain more community involvment in the science programs at CV.
6. STEMINIST stickers cover junior Sophia Jones water bottle. She is the Co-President of Physics Club and is in both AP Chemistry and AP Physics. “I like science becasue it helps make the waffle fries at Chick-fil-a as big and beautiful
as they are. Innovation is delicious,” she said. 7. DNA DUDE iGEM has gotten involved during CV’s MAD Week, including making a informational video that aired during the opening assembly of MAD WEEK. iGEM was brought into the mix
of the week due to their knowledge of genetics. “iGEM stands for international genetically engineered machine,” said senior Logan Linder. “We’re a team at Castle View that consists of kids interested in biology bio technical engineering.”