Throughout the school year, the Pinhead Institute brings acclaimed scientists into regional schools – Nucla, Norwood, Ridgway, Ouray, and Telluride – to lead labs, experiments, workshops and field expeditions for students in grade school through high school. Through the program, literally thousands of students each years get exposed to real-world applications of the scientific method….
Pinhead welcomes Dr. John Steinberg to our regional schools Throughout the school year, the Pinhead Institute brings internationally renowned scientists into our regional schools with our Scholars in the Schools program. These acclaimed scientists lead labs, experiments, workshops, and field expeditions for students in grade school through high school. The initiative enables students from rural…
Supporting Pinhead’s summer interns helps support the future of our country Ever wanted to study plants in Hawaii? Or work to conserve native turtle habitats in Costa Rica? Or maybe you would prefer sequencing DNA of poisonous spiders? Students interested in science with an adventurous spirit study all of that and more as participants in…
“Fascinating Forensics with Peculiar Powders”, Monday, January 23, 2012, 3:30 pm at Wilkinson Public Library. FREE! Join Pinhead for some super sleuthing and some crime scene investigating. We will determine “who done it” by testing mysterious powders and looking at fingerprint samples. This lab intensive program will have kids using test tubes, pipettes, and microscopes….
Meet scientist Ron Estler at Friday’s gathering At Telluride’s Pinhead Institute, the concepts of science and fun are joined at the hip. In December, as part of one of Pinhead’s signature programs, Science in the Schools, salad bowls play a major role in an epic Tug-of -War and ping-pong balls levitate like mystics. The mad…
