Pre-conference opportunities

VENOMventure / aVENENOtura is a bilingual English/Spanish, escape-style, immersive game that introduces players to basic concepts about evolutionary trees and their medical relevance. Can your SciEd team solve the science puzzles to save the world? Reserve one of the limited time slots to play the game and find out!

Developed and hosted by the SEPA-funded project: STEM Escape: Immersing Urban and Rural Families in a Biomedical Mystery, University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley

• Teams of 2-5 players; takes 20-40 minutes for the full experience

• Sign up here: www.bookeo.com/venomventure

• Available:

  • Tuesday, May 28, 4:00-8:00pm

  • Wednesday, May 29, 11:15am-noon and 2:45-3:30pm

  • Thursday, May 30, 11:15am-noon and 6:15-8:15pm

  • Friday, May 31, 8:15am-noon

Tour of Huntsman Cancer Institute and the PathMaker Programs for Cancer Research

Attendees will tour the Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) research and hospital buildings and learn about the mission and vision of HCI. Attendees will also learn more about their NCI YES R25-funded program, plus meet participants, faculty mentors, and observe the 2-day lab training provided to student participants (this will be their first day).

• Date/Time: Tuesday, May 28, 3:00-5:00pm

• Tour length: ~1 hour plus 30 minutes transit each way

• Number of participants: Up to 20

• Cost: $5 for an all-day public transit pass

Additional opportunities at the University of Utah are being explored

On-your-own options in the downtown Salt Lake City area

Clark Planetarium

• Open: Su-Th 10-7; F-Sa 10a-10:45p

• Free exhibits; IMAX and planetarium shows several times/day

Discovery Gateway Children’s Museum

• Open: M, W-Su 10-6

Tracey Aviary

• Open: Daily 9-5

Family Search Library

• Open: M 9-6; Tu-Th 9-8; F-Sa 9-6

• Tours – 90 minutes

Organ recitals in the Tabernacle

• M-Sa 12-1

Temple Square Tours

Tabernacle Choir rehearsal

• Th, 7:30pm