Radio CMC Podcasts

Daniel is an intern this summer at the Aspen Science Center. He took a break from helping with some demonstrations to break down some fun science for us! He also tells us about his summer internship and what it has been like.

Daniel is going to the Colorado College in Colorado Springs to study Computer Science and Music, two of our favorite things! For that reason we discuss coding for website and app development, as well as time spent practicing instruments.

Learn more about Aspen Science Center at https://aspensciencecenter.org

Stephanie Lukowksi is the Paleontologist at the Ice Age Discovery Center In Snowmass Village, Colorado.

The Snowmastodon Site is one of the largest fossil discoveries in Colorado history, the world's most significant mastodon find, and a remarkably complete record of climate change between 140,000-45,000 years ago.

During the excavation, scientists recovered over 6,000 large skeletal elements and 30,000 small skeletal elements belonging to mammoth, mastodon, bison, camel, horse, sloth, deer, and 45 species of smaller vertebrate animals.

The Snowmass Ice Age Discovery Center is dedicated to educating the public about this exciting find. Find them on facebook at

https://www.facebook.com/pg/IceAgeDiscovery

Victoria tells us about he experience this summer as an intern for the Aspen Science Center. She gives us a general idea of the events that happen throughout the summer including the Star Gazers, which she has a particular interest for.

Victoria talks about some of the cool exhibits at the science fair like the Van De Graaff generator, and the Da Vinci bridge activity.

Learn more about Aspen Science Center at https://aspensciencecenter.org/

Ollie is an intern this summer for the Aspen Science Center. He tells us about his interest in mathematics and explanations like "dinner table math concepts."

Ollie tells us that the idea of math is that you first identify patterns, and then you prove them. He has thus spent his summer designing math activities to help kids and adults wrap their heads around these concepts.

Learn more about Aspen Science Center at https://aspensciencecenter.org/

Josh Eskin is the principal engineer for Ball Corporation's Aerospace division located in Boulder, Colorado. They make satellites used for Google earth and other similar applications.

Josh Eskin was at the Science Fair demonstrating information on the James-Webb space telescope which he describes as the "next big space telescope" to be launched. This new telescope takes up four times the area of the Hubble Space Telescope, and will be launched further into space than previous telescopes and satellites, trailing the earth at one of the "Lagrange points" where the gravity from the Earth and the Sun are in balance. This launch is set to happen in 2018.

We also talk about space junk such as old rocket casings, expired satellites, and the problems they pose to current and future aerospace projects.

More info at http://www.ball.com/aerospace

Zeke Hall is a graduate of the Isaacson School for New Media at Colorado Mountain College. He studied Graphic Design and currently works in the Prototype Lab at Spring Valley Campus.

In this discussion Zeke tells us about the Virtual Reality setup that the Isaacson School brought to the Summer Science Fair. He covers some of the real-life applications of the technology and gives us some predictions about the future of VR.

David Houggy is the President of the Aspen Science Center. He believes that we need more science education in this country for both kids and adults. He says that kids need to be able to explore in a hands-on way at their own pace, following their natural instincts and curiosity.

Aspen Science Center is currently focused on growing and hopes to get their own space that can be open after school. They host a number of events throughout the summer such as physics barbecues, the summer science fair, star gazers, and more. Learn more at https://aspensciencecenter.org/

Stephanie Lukowksi is the Paleontologist at the Ice Age Discovery Center In Snowmass Village, Colorado.

The Snowmastodon Site is one of the largest fossil discoveries in Colorado history, the world's most significant mastodon find, and a remarkably complete record of climate change between 140,000-45,000 years ago.

During the excavation, scientists recovered over 6,000 large skeletal elements and 30,000 small skeletal elements belonging to mammoth, mastodon, bison, camel, horse, sloth, deer, and 45 species of smaller vertebrate animals.

The Snowmass Ice Age Discovery Center is dedicated to educating the public about this exciting find. Find them on facebook at

https://www.facebook.com/pg/IceAgeDiscovery

Victoria tells us about he experience this summer as an intern for the Aspen Science Center. She gives us a general idea of the events that happen throughout the summer including the Star Gazers, which she has a particular interest for.

Victoria talks about some of the cool exhibits at the science fair like the Van De Graaff generator, and the Da Vinci bridge activity.

Learn more about Aspen Science Center at https://aspensciencecenter.org/

Ollie is an intern this summer for the Aspen Science Center. He tells us about his interest in mathematics and explanations like "dinner table math concepts."

Ollie tells us that the idea of math is that you first identify patterns, and then you prove them. He has thus spent his summer designing math activities to help kids and adults wrap their heads around these concepts.

Learn more about Aspen Science Center at https://aspensciencecenter.org/