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Photo gallery: Science and Cooking workshop for Native American students

SEAS teaches elasticity and crosslinking through tortillas and boba

Scene from the SEAS Science & Cooking workshop

The Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) recently hosted high school students from the Hopi (Arizona) and Fort Peck (Montana) reservations for a Science and Cooking workshop in Cambridge. Students learned about elasticity by preparing and frying tortillas, then made boba bubbles as an introduction to polymer crosslinking.

Kathryn Hollar, Director of Community Engagement and Diversity Outreach at SEAS, led the event, which was part of the Ed Furshpan and David Potter Native American High School Program. The three-week program, organized by Harvard Medical School, has students attend lectures, participate in learning sessions, do homework assignments, and present on how what they've learned could benefit their communities.

Check below for images from the event.

 

 

 

 

Scene from the SEAS Science & Cooking workshop
Scene from the SEAS Science & Cooking workshop
Scene from the SEAS Science & Cooking workshop
Scene from the SEAS Science & Cooking workshop
Scene from the SEAS Science & Cooking workshop
Scene from the SEAS Science & Cooking workshop
Scene from the SEAS Science & Cooking workshop
Scene from the SEAS Science & Cooking workshop
Scene from the SEAS Science & Cooking workshop
Scene from the SEAS Science & Cooking workshop

All photos by Matt Goisman/SEAS

Topics: Cooking, K-12

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Matt Goisman | mgoisman@g.harvard.edu