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Strawberry Science Workshop

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Date

Sat, Mar 21, 2026
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Time

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Location

Keystone Kidspace

10 East Hamilton Ave
York, PA 17401

Free parking is available in the Smalls Field parking lot across the street.

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Saturday, March 21
11am-12pm

Meet scientist, Sierra Miller, learn about her work as a bioinformaticist, and do a hands-on strawberry DNA isolation procedure.

This is a drop off workshop for ages 8-12.

What’s a strawberry DNA isolation procedure?

We will start with a few strawberries. Then we will use common household supplies to isolate and extract DNA from the cells of the strawberries. Finally, we will make observation notes about the appearance and texture of the DNA we collect.

Maybe you would like to be a scientist some day, too? You’ll have a chance to ask questions and learn from someone who is passionate about STEM outreach to young people.

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Sienna Miller

What’s a bioinformaticist?

 

Sierra will talk about her career as a scientist with the federal government in the genome editing program at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology. She will explain how she uses computer code to read DNA, interpret it, and visualize it so we can understand what it means.