The team worked on various dinosaur fossils, learning how to prep, clean, cradle, and conduct 3D scans. Scholars also visited Corral Bluffs and collected fossil and soil samples.

The Anthropology Teen Science Scholars floated soil samples from a 10,000-year-old bison kill site, learning more about Paleoindian life on the Plains. They also conducted the first ground penetrating radar work in City Park to determine where future research might occur and several subsurface structures were discovered.

The Space Science Teen Science Scholars created visualization modules for binary star planetary systems for the planetarium, and then hosted their own planetarium show about these systems. In order to do this, they learned about: the physics of binary star orbits; perusing astrophysical databases and scientific papers to plumb orbital information; the mathematics to place and orient these systems correctly; and Python programming and data science principles to calculate position vectors and rotation matrices. Finally, they constructed their own story about these alien solar systems, which took audiences in the Gates Planetarium on a journey into the distant cosmos using the OpenSpace software.

The DMNS Zoology Teen Science Scholars received a well-rounded, hands-on experience in Museum-based research in our mammalogy collection. Scholars were trained in skeletal preparation, techniques for measuring specimens, and methods for collecting tissue samples. The students then processed tissue samples in the Genetics Lab to learn how molecular data is used to identify hard to distinguish species (e.g., shrews and voles). Finally, the students worked in the collection preservation spaces learning the various collection management techniques the Museum uses to ensure the long-term care of its specimens.