Activities & Clubs
Math & Science Clubs
2012-2013 News & Events
Mulvane students
enjoyed an incredibly diverse field trip that took them 650 feet underground
to beneath the sea
March
4, 2013
The Mulvane Math and Science Club took advantage of the break in the
weather last weekend, February 24, and traveled to Hutchinson to visit
the Kansas Underground Salt Museum and the Kansas Cosmosphere.
Nine members,
three guests and two faculty advisors began their day at the salt mines.
They donned their hard hats and emergency lighting/breathing apparatus
and descended 650 feet underground on a hoist.
To learn about the history
and the functionality of the mines, students experienced a walking tour,
which included guided tours and audio/visual exhibits through the galleries
and the underground vaults and storage exhibits. Students were allowed
to select a souvenir piece of salt and visit the gift shop. They also
took the popular Dark Ride tour.
The group gathered for lunch at Sirloin
Stockade and then headed to the Cosmosphere for the afternoon. Students
enjoyed the Hall of Space Museum, the Justice Planetarium and the digital
dome theater.
Showing in the theater was "The Last Reef: Cities
Beneath the Sea" which explores the beauty and mysteries of the
world's reef ecosystem.
Students attending were Brandon McIntosh, Angelica
Wood, David Koch, Amy Moore, Mark Janzen, Jaison Moravec, Andre Bell,
Abbie Shinkle, Jeramy Lamar. The faculty advisors are Uwe Conrad and
Nancy Ayers.
The Mulvane Math and Science Club is open to all students.
The club meets twice a month, sponsors regular fundraising food events
and organizes field trips.
A favorite activity over the last several years has
been the West Point Bridge Contest, which challenges students to go online
and create the strongest, yet most economical bridge design.
If you have
any questions about the Mulvane Math and Science Club, feel free to contact
the advisors Uwe Conrad Conrad@cowley.edu.
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