What's New at SAMI?
New Dates for SAMI's Free Community Planetarium Shows!
Join us in the Willard Geer Planetarium at Bellevue College to view the show "New Horizons" and stay to take a brief tour of the night sky using our state-of-the-art Digistar 3 planetarium projector. Each show will last approximately 55 minutes. Currently scheduled show times are 7:30 and 8:30 PM on
April 6, May 4, and June 1.
About New Horizons:
From breathtaking landscapes to violent volcanic eruptions to the sheer beauty of Saturn's rings, explore the planets and moons of the solar system in a majestic journey through our celestial neighborhood. Audiences will travel down to the surface of the planets, and experience what life would be like from those brave new worlds. Our journey begins as we follow a comet as it travels through interplanetary space and ends on the icy world of Pluto.
The planetarium is located in Room B244 on the main campus of Bellevue College.
There is no late admission. Please plan to arrive 5-10 minutes early.
NO food or
drink is allowed in the planetarium.
This show is not recommended for children under age six.
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Reserved Seats:
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For more information about Geer Planetarium and renting the space for a school group or private event, visit the Astronomy Department Website. For questions about upcoming shows, call Joan Wong at 425-564-2323.
Are you a Bellevue College student who
is interested in engineering? Do you want to learn about a
specific engineering discipline? Are you looking for
opportunities to network with professional engineers?
If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, please join
us for BC's Engineering Mentor Night coming up on Wednesday, May 23 from 6:15-8pm in C130 A & B! Interested Students should register online at http://2012bcmentornight.eventbrite.com/.
During the event, you will be able to meet with practicing engineers from a wide variety of engineering disciplines. Find out what an engineer does during a typical work day, what it takes to become an engineer, what things you should focus on to succeed after graduation, and more! This is an excellent opportunity to meet future peers and begin networking. Pizza and drinks will be provided.
This event is sponsored by SAMI@BC and the Puget Sound Engineering Council (PSEC)..
Visit SAMI at the Seattle Science Festival!
SAMI is excited to be a part of the 2012 Seattle Science Festival! The Seattle Science Festival is the region's first large-scale community-wide celebration of science and technology that will bring hands-on exhibits, shows, demonstrations and performances to venues throughout the Pacific Northwest. All events will provide experiences that educate, engage and inspire an interest in science and technology and stimulate imagination and innovation.
SAMI at Bellevue College will host a "Discover Bellevue College" booth at the Expo Day at Seattle Center on Saturday, June 2 and a Science Division Open House on Saturday, June 9. Stay tuned for more details!
Visit seattlesciencefestival.org for a full schedule of SSF events.
Science Saturdays are back! Science Saturdays at Bellevue College are fun and challenging 3-hour sessions filled with “hands-on, minds-on” science, math, & engineering activities for middle school students (primarily 5th grade through 7th grade). Each session is run by a Bellevue College faculty member who has created an age-appropriate program designed to educate and inspire your child!
The Bellevue College Summer Science Camp seeks to give inquisitive fifth and sixth graders a hands-on introduction to science! During the week long session, students will experience a variety of scientific disciplines, including astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, earth science, physics and more.
Our thirteenth annual Science camp will take place on August 13-17, 2012 on the Bellevue College Campus. Visit the camp website for more information.
Central Sound Regional Science & Engineering Fair
Bellevue College hosted the third annual Central Sound Regional Science & Engineering Fair for high school students in King and Snohomish Counties on March 10, 2012. Check out the winners on the CSRSEF website!
Notable Past Events:
Bellevue College and the Student Science Association hosted an Earth Week
celebration on the Bellevue College campus April 16-20, 2012. The theme for the 13th annual Earth Week was "Living Local". The event included lectures from a number of area businesses and organizations, several films, a sustainable fashion show, a farmers market, and a pot-luck.
For a complete list
of activities, visit the official Earth Week web page.
An Evening with Madame Curie at Bellevue College
Visitors learned about the life of Madame
Marie Curie and her discovery of radioactivity during the one-woman dramatic presentation of “Madame Curie” by
Carole Berg in the Carlson Theater
The event kicked off National Chemistry Week and celebrated the 100th anniversary of Marie Curie being awarded her second Nobel Prize for the discovery of radium and polonium. The event was sponsored by the Puget Sound Chapter of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Science and Math Institute (SAMI).
"Mathemagic"
Dr.
Arthur Benjamin makes numbers dance. In his day job, he's a
professor of math at Harvey Mudd College, but on stage, he
turns into a "Mathemagician," performing high-speed mental
calculations, memorizations and other astounding math
stunts. It's part of his drive to teach math and mental
agility in interesting ways.
"Mathemagic" drew over 150 BC students, faculty, and staff to the LMC Event Center on March 10, 2011. A big thanks to Dale Hoffman and the Math Department for convincing Dr. Benjamin to squeeze us in to his tight schedule!
WaltArt was the first art exhibit of its kind.
Based on the
Washington Large-Area Time Coincidence Array,
WALTA was a
collaborative physics research project between UW, Bellevue
College, and local schools that collected and analyzed data
on extremely high energy cosmic rays -- thought perhaps to
be created when galaxies collide. Students from the Sum of
All Forces (BC's physics club) and the Art club teamed
up to educate the community about the WALTA research project
through a dynamic installation entitled, "WALTArt--
The Installation." The exhibit was on display in the BC
Art Gallery (D271) from June 2-September 24, 2010. The WALTArt project was funded in part by the Science and Math Institute at Bellevue College.
BC Science instructors Sue Miller,
Pat Terhune-Inverso, Jacqui Drak, and Sunmi Ku traveled
to the Sherman Paschal Indian School June 27-July 1, 2011 to present
biology, chemistry, astronomy, and math activities to Native American
middle school students from rural Washington. The
camp, sponsored by the 4-H Challenge Program, the WSU
Colville Reservation Ferry County Extension, the Science and
Math Institute at Bellevue College, and others, gave 40 students the opportunity to get excited about
science, math, and technology. To see more pictures
from the camp, visit the
SAMI Facebook Page.
