Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
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In Magnetron Magic, students from Red Mountain Middle School in Deming learned how to separate strawberry DNA
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Andrea Kennedy and Michelle Loeffler show students how to Turn Rock into Metal in the copper plating process to students from Ruben S. Torres Elementary in Deming, Columbus Elementary, and Stout and Harrison Schmitt Elementary schools in Silver City
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Uncovering the Secret Life of Snakes
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Snakes shed their skins when they grow. Girls from Dougan Middle School in Lordsburg and Bayard Elementary School, as well as from Bataan Memorial in Deming learned all about snakes.
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Jessica Hobbs, geologist and Megan Golden, mining engineer, both from Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc. talk about Rockin' Around New Mexico. Girls from Red Mountain and Bataan in Deming and from Dugan-Tarango Middle School in Lordsburg participate.
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A created sedimentary formation to drill into to find "ore."
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In Chemixtures and Chemysteries, girls explored hydrophobic "magic sand" to absorb oil and regular sand that absorbs water. Girls in this session came from Stout, Calvary Christian, Deming's RST and from Lordsburg
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Manda Jost, at right, talks about Digging Up Bones of Apes...and Aunts!
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Dr. Bauer at right taught girls how to stitch up wounds in Stitch it Up! Girls were from Deming and Lordsburg
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Dentist Dr. Caitlyn Bonura, not pictured, presents Open Wide! Dental Exam and More, including making dental impressions of girls' teeth. Students participated from Bayard, Harrison Schmitt, Stout and from Red Mountain Middle School in Deming.
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Adrianna Carrillo takes an impression of a girl's teeth.
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Girls from Stout, Bataan Memorial, Ruben S. Torres, La Plata Middle School, Bayard, Harrison Schmitt and Bell schools work in the Capsules, Lotions, "Magic Potions" activity
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In Junior Vet for Your Pet, girls check out a dog.
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Two girls from Bataan Memorial and Stout Elementary pet a fluffy rabbit.
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A hedgehog attempts an escape
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Ashley Moon talks about a cat.
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In What Does a Nurse Do, girls from Bell and Bataan dressed in scrubs to clean a "wound"
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Amanda Mondello, at right, helps girls from Harrison Schmitt and Columbus clean for an injection
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Girls from Ruben S. Torres and Bataan Memorial look for a vein to insert a needle.
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Karen Love talks about fossils in From Jurassic Park to Jaws
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In From Jurassic Park to Jaws, students learned how fossils form
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In line for pizza
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About 180 students from Silver City Schools, Cobre Schools and schools from Deming and Lordsburg have pizza for lunch
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Abby Navarro from Bell snacks on a crisp mealy worm
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Brownies made with cricket flour
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Devoni Luna of Ruben S. Torres Elementary in Deming tried a crispy grasshopper
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The girls get some after lunch exercise
About 180 students from around the region, including Silver and Cobre Schools, as well as girls from Deming, Lordsburg and Columbus gathered at Western New Mexico University on Saturday, March 30, 2019, for the annual Expanding Your Horizons. The program presented 16 different activities for girls from fifth through eighth grades to learn about careers for women.