STEM @ AU
Who is in charge of all things pre-med at AU?
Dr. Lynne Arneson
What's the American Crime Drama series about a high school chemistry teacher who utilizes his knowledge of chemistry to make illicit substances?
Breaking Bad
radium and polonium
How old is the Earth?
4.5 billion years old
Mammal that lays eggs
Platypus
Who is the director of STEM Partnerships and Innovation at AU?
Dr. Meg Bentley
What popular Sci-Fi book series has a movie series that stars Timothée Chalamet?
Dune series
Vera Rubin was an American astronomer who established the presence of dark matter in galaxies. What is dark matter?
Material that does not emit light and extends beyond the optical galaxy
When was the first US moon landing? (bonus points if you also know the mission name)
1969 and Apollo 11
What was the first animal successfully cloned?
Dolly
Name 5 other STEM organizations at AU.
PhiDE, Bio Club, PHA, HOSA, BRAIN, SACNAS, Not Math Club, SPS, Beekeeping Society, Gardening Club, MAKERS, ACM, Audio Engineering Society, Birders of AU, Women in Audio, Girls Who Code, Gift of Life AU, Plant Futures, Pre-dental club, Psychology club, Underrepresented Students in STEM
Name 3 science-related kids TV programs?
any 3
Who was Henrietta Lacks / what was her contribution to science?
HeLa cells
What did Alexander Fleming discover in 1928 that was the basis for antibiotic medication?
penicillin
What was the first successful animal x human heart transplant?
Genetically modified Pig heart
fun fact: it was at UMD
When were the HoS and Don Myers buildings built?
2020 and 2017
Bill Nye the Science Guy was on what season of Dancing with the Stars?
season 17
Who was the NASA mathematician and aerospace technologist who was known as a "human computer"?
Katherine Johnson
Who was the first person in science to win a nobel prize and in what subject?
Wilhelm Rontgen in physics
Largest desert on earth?
Antarctica
What role did AU scientific research play in WWI 😳
Chemical weapon research 😱 (for the military)
What famous British actor can sing the Periodic Table of Elements song?
Daniel Radcliffe
When is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science?
February 11th
Who discovered the modern atom?
John Dalton
Where are grasshoppers ears located?
Underneath their wings on their stomach