Health Careers Opportunity Program

Saturday Science Calendar from 2005-2006. These programs will not be offered in2009-2010.

7th Grade:

Student assisting with building a rocket

“ROCKETS: From Flying to Launching"

Instructor: Kelly Nelson, Physics Teacher, Sentinel HS
Kelly will discuss the physics involved in getting things like planes and rockets up in the air. Then you’ll construct a rocket and launch it from the oval, weather permitting.

“Looking Under the Hood of the Brain Machine ”

Instructor: Celeste Bolin, Ph.D. Candidate, The University of Montana, CHPBS
Ever wondered how just one organ, the brain, can be capable of so many complex tasks? Using sheep brains as a hands-on tool, we will dissect and locate the various parts of the brain responsible for such functions such as learning and memory, circadian rhythms, movement coordination, higher-order cognition, and emotion.

9th Grade:

"CSI Missoula"

Instructor: Gary Kerr, UM Anthropology Department
Solve your own forensic case! Learn scientific techniques used to interpret remains found at the scene of a crime. Using bones, ashes and casts, this course will teach you to distinguish if remains are male or female and human from nonhuman, as well as deduce a victim’s age, height, and physical abnormalities.

11th Grade:

“Keeping Your Eyes on the Skies”

Instructor: UM Center for Environmental Health Sciences
SWork alongside UM researchers to study real-world atmospheric chemistry issues. You’ll measure air pollution components like volatile organic compounds and particulate matter, as well as get a hands-on demonstration of how GIS technology is used to document and map findings in environmental health studies.

Scents and “Sense – Ability”

Instructor: Valerie A. Mosser PhD., Center of Structural and Functional Neuroscience, University of Montana
Come and learn how you learn - not to mention see, smell, feel, and taste. This course will include laboratory activities and demonstrations examining sensation and learning. The lecture portion will provide material that explains the molecules, chemicals and pathways that underlie learning and behavior at the cellular level.

HCOP Office
32 Campus Drive
Skaggs Building Rm. 341C
Missoula, MT 59812-1512
Phone: (406) 243-4029