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Science Unwrapped and USU Rock and Fossil Day are free events for all ages!
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Above - An alfalfa leafcutting bee releases pollen
Join U.S. Department of Agriculture entomologist Theresa Pitts-Singer for "All the Reasons that 'Bee'" at Science Unwrapped on February 21st
When we think of bees, honey bees and bumble bees often come to mind. But there’s an incredible diversity of bees, says U.S. Department of Agriculture entomologist Theresa Pitts-Singer . 

And those bees, she says, are important to providing us with interesting, delicious and nutritious food choices.

“How boring our meals would be without pollinators,” says Pitts-Singer, research entomologist, USDA-ARS Pollinating Insect-Biology, Management, Systematics Research Laboratory on the USU campus in Logan, who is featured speaker at Utah State University’s Science Unwrapped public outreach program Friday, Feb. 21. She presents “All the Reasons that ‘Bee’,” at 7 p.m. in the Emert Auditorium, Room 130, of the Eccles Science Learning Center on the USU campus .

All ages are welcome and admission is free.

Refreshments and hands-on learning activities conducted by USU students and faculty and community members follow Pitts-Singer’s talk. The presentation is part of Science Unwrapped’s year-long  “Food for Thought” series .
Guests at USU Rock and Fossil Day enjoy looking a rocks under a microscope.
Above - Guests at USU Rock and Fossil Day enjoy looking at rocks through a microscope
Calling all rockhounds! Utah State University’s  Department of Geosciences  invites inquiring minds of all ages to its 2020 USU Rock and Fossil Day Saturday, Feb. 22, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the  Geology Building  on the USU Quad. Admission is free.

“We welcome the community to join us for a day of science learning,” says Dave Liddell, geology professor and event coordinator. “We’re offering a variety of engaging activities.”

The day’s activities include tours of the  USU Geology Museum , as well as demonstrations of ground water flow, how rocks deform and what rocks look like under a microscope in thin section.

Guests will enjoy presentations on ancient Lake Bonneville, earthquakes in Utah, fossil collecting in Utah, deep drilling for science and careers in the geosciences.

Guests are invited to bring their rocks, fossils and possible meteorites for identification by USU geologists.

‘Fossil dig’ and craft activities, along with dinosaur cookies, are provided for children.