The Denver Museum of Nature and Science is aware that not everyone can make the trek to see its exhibits in person. That’s why it’s been putting its lessons on wheels and hitting the road. via robharristv
DENVER — Coloradans love learning about the world around them, if the numbers can tell us anything. Thousands of guests visit the Denver Museum of Nature and Science each month, and attendance is up about 10 percent this summer compared to last summer, according to data compiled by the museum.
Zack Garvin, a community events specialist at the museum, is one of the educators and drivers of the “Curiosity Cruiser,” a brightly-colored trailer equipped with materials for several scientific lessons. Several times per week, Garvin and his teammates choose a scientific topic, and identify a Colorado community to visit.
The lesson of the day was “flavorology,” as the team calls it — a deep dive into the ability of taste, and how genetics can influence our perception of foods. That made the venue of the Huerta Urbana Farmers Market particularly appropriate. The market is a pay-what-you-can model, giving people in the Globeville area access to fresh foods regardless of their ability to pay.
“The reason that it is so important to bring this around is to really demystify some of the concepts behind science [and] scientists,” Garvin said. “It is something that people do every day, on a daily basis. If you brew coffee, you’re doing chemistry. If you are eating something, your brain is using its own processes, its own biological processes to taste things — and maybe even genetics to taste things a little bit differently than the next folks.
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