Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostKatrina Lin, 12, learns the different phases of the moon during one of the many scientific events at the Science Fair at Regis University on April 8, 2018 in Denver. The United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, becomes the science fairÕs first industry partner. In this exercise the lights at right are the sun, the moon is in the middle and the student, Lin, is the earth. The exercise helps students understand the different phases of the moon as well as what happens when an eclipse happens. At right is Regis University student Mathew Lew who was on hand to help demonstrate what the phases of the moon look like on a chart.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostKids look at how rays of light are refracted through lenses at one of the many scientific events at the Science Fair at Regis University on April 8, 2018 in Denver. The United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, becomes the science fairÕs first industry partner. The Rays of Light exhibit taught kids how light is forced through prisms or lenses and then see the way it is refracted; how the light either converges or diverges.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostJane Katzer, 8, looks throught glasses to identify the type of gas emitting from the red light which was one of many scientific events at the Science Fair at Regis University on April 8, 2018 in Denver. The United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, became the science fairÕs first industry partner. This exercise was an astronomy exhibit where kids would look at a spectrum of light called, an emission line spectra, to try to identify the gas it was emitting. The red here is Neon. In astronomy, astronomers use similar techniques to separate light in order to identify what gases are in the universe.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostRegis University student Will Eslinger, right, helps kids like Jane Katzer, 8, left, look through glasses to identify the type of gas emitting from the different lights during the Science Fair at Regis University on April 8, 2018 in Denver. The United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, became the science fairÕs first industry partner. This exercise was an astronomy exhibit where kids would look at a spectrum of light called an emission line spectra to try to identify the gas it was emitting. The red here on the right is Neon. The light on the left is helium. In astronomy, astronomers use similar techniques to separate light in order to identify what gases are in the universe.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostFrom left to right Joseph Curry, 8, and his brothers Noble, 11, and Jonathan, 7, look at how rays of light are refracted through lenses with the help of Regis University student Jade Meurer, right, at one of the many scientific events at the Science Fair at Regis University on April 8, 2018 in Denver. The United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, becomes the science fairÕs first industry partner. The Rays of Light exhibit taught kids how light is forced through prisms or lenses and then see the way it is refracted; how the light either converges or diverges.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostJoshua Greenleaf, 11, right, creates electricity with a balloon while his brother Erik, 13, left, watches, during a scientific experiment at the Science Fair at Regis University on April 8, 2018 in Denver. The United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, becomes the science fairÕs first industry partner. During this experiment students took the electricity generated on the balloon from their head to watch how it would make water move away from it in a beeker.
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Katrina Lin, 12, learns the different phases of the moon during one of the many scientific events at the Science Fair at Regis University on April 8, 2018 in Denver. The United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, becomes the science fairÕs first industry partner. In this exercise the lights at right are the sun, the moon is in the middle and the student, Lin, is the earth. The exercise helps students understand the different phases of the moon as well as what happens when an eclipse happens. At right is Regis University student Mathew Lew who was on hand to help demonstrate what the phases of the moon look like on a chart.
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The Science Fair at Regis University was held on April 8, 2018 in Denver, Colorado. The United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, becomes the science fair’s first industry partner.