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NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) UPDATES

The Institute is Open

 

Amidst the closing of classes due to preemptive measures to slow COVID-19, the STEM Institute will remain open to all those that require resources (with appointment). While we will be practicing safe strategies to keep ourselves and our guests safe; we don’t want to shut off this teaching tool for many in our out-reach. If you would like to borrow supplies for your classroom, our doors are open. Please call 501-450-5663 before visiting the Institute for resources or if you have any questions.

During the months of June-August, the Institute will be open on Tuesdays-Thursdays from 9:00 am-3:00 pm

COE Professional Development Recordings

This summer, the College of Education is proud to present virtual professional development (PD) sessions to Arkansas teachers via Zoom.

Session recordings are available Now: Recordings

ZOOM technology support

Ancient DNA shows the peopling of Southeast Asian islands was surprisingly complex

A 7,300-year-old skeleton had deep East Asian roots and a Denisovan heritage

skull bones from an ancient Indonesian woman

DNA from an Indonesian woman’s 7,300-year-old partial skeleton, which includes the skull parts shown here, may help to rewrite the story of ancient human migrations to certain Southeast Asian islands and their interbreeding with mysterious Denisovans.

UNIVERSITY OF HASANUDDIN

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A well-known wildflower turns out to be a secret carnivore

Triantha occidentalis sets a deathtrap for small insects just beneath its flower

By Jaime Chambers

a yellow and white Triantha occidentalis flower

 

bugs stuck to stems of Triantha occidentalis wildflowers
Experiments confirm that Triantha occidentalis wildflowers are carnivorous, getting nutrients from insects that get caught in their sticky stem hairs (shown).

 

microscope image of sticky hairs on a carnivorous wildflower stem
Sticky hairs (shown in this scanning electron microscope image) on the flowering stem of a species of false asphodel secrete an enzyme that many carnivorous plants use to digest prey.
QIANSHI LIN
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After School Help and Teacher Training




The STEM Institute offers assistance in after-school activities regarding STEM activities that your school would like to host. If you have any questions in regards to seeing what we can do, you can call or email Dr. Garimella.


Email: ucasteminstitute@uca.edu


Phone#: (501) 450-5663


We also offer online teacher trainings for various practices throughout the year.


 






Resources


We provide a variety of resources and materials for both teachers and students to use. Please click one of the buttons below for more information on each:




                           


 




 


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