Photos
Research in the lab and field
Photos from the Lemmon Lab's outreach and educational programs engaging homeschoolers and other students in hands-on science and nature.
Academic Co-op Lab: Hands-on science with young learners
Academic Co-op Lab: Demonstrating lab techniques
Homeschool Field Day 2026: Group photo
Field trip: Exploring the forest together
Lab day: Learning to use a micropipette
Lab day: Young scientist at work
Lab day: Examining bacterial cultures
Lab day: PCR prep with microcentrifuge tubes
Field outreach: Examining specimens with Carl Gerhardt
Lab day: Learning to operate lab instrumentation
Lab day: Group photo at the Biomek workstation
Outreach: Group portrait on campus
Lab day: Hands-on pipetting practice
Lab day: Examining bacterial cultures in petri dishes
Lab day: Working in the biosafety cabinet
Field outreach: Sampling in the wetlands
Outreach: Night-time field exploration with headlamps
Outreach: Night frog hunt with headlamps
Outreach: Reviewing field data together
Outreach: Young scientist examining a specimen up close
Outreach: Hands-on specimen dissection outdoors
Outreach: Preparing specimens in the lab
Outreach: Careful specimen work with tweezers
Outreach: Proud of a specimen find
Outreach: Group photo before a night frog hunt
Outreach: Field group ready for nocturnal survey
Outreach: Meeting a caterpillar up close
Outreach: Field day group photo
Outreach: Building molecular models with gumdrops
Outreach: Constructing candy molecule structures
Outreach: Hands-on molecular model building
Outreach: Learning the periodic table with candy
Outreach: Young chemists at work
Outreach: Exploring biofluorescence with UV light
Outreach: UV light investigation on the porch
Outreach: Volcano experiment on the driveway
Outreach: Foaming chemical reactions demo
Outreach: Bacterial cultures from swabbed surfaces
Outreach: Petri dish microbial colonies
Outreach: Examining bacterial growth on agar
Outreach: Colorful sand art activity
Outreach: Pipetting in the lab with students
Outreach: Examining a specimen up close
Outreach: A tiny frog on a fingertip
Outreach: Learning about mammals with animal models
Outreach: Sorting animal figures at the table
Outreach: Engaging with toy animal collections
Outreach: Showing off frogs caught on a night hunt
Outreach: A young frog catcher with a bullfrog
Outreach: Collecting specimens in the field
Outreach: Examining driftwood and specimens together
Outreach: Sculpting with colorful modeling clay
Outreach: Rainbow clay creations
Outreach: Crafting with clay at the table
Outreach: A colorful clay sculpture in progress
Outreach: Proud of a clay creation
Outreach: Showing off layered clay art
Outreach: A bright smile with a clay craft
Outreach: Displaying purple clay pieces
Outreach: Foaming volcano reaction in a bowl
Outreach: Three volcano eruptions at once
Outreach: Volcano experiment trio
Outreach: Excited scientist watches the eruption
Outreach: Group photo by the swamp
Outreach: Classroom celebration with treats
Outreach: Sculpting clay together
Outreach: Clay project around the table
Outreach: Sharing treats and crafts
Outreach: Examining glass slides
Outreach: Layered sediment column experiment
Outreach: Studying atmospheric layers with a sediment column
Chiara, outreach with a scarlet kingsnake
