As part of understanding the work of African-American physician, Louis Thompkins Wright, Academy participants studied mucus, made fake mucus, and conducted an actvity concerning the effect of "antibiotics" on germs in the fake mucus . The following photographs are of those activities.
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A participant eats lunch at the UIUC Union before lessons begin.
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Participants play football on the UIUC Quad before lessons begin.
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Particpants and their volunteers conducting research on the Internet on mucus.
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Participants enjoy the brek between the Internet Kids Workshop and the Hands-On Science Lesson.
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BOAST Academy staff member, Amanda, and two Academy participants read the directions before making fake mucus.
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