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LSOP intern working with 2 NACA students

LSOP in Action: Native American Community Academy

As part of our Spring Break outreach tour, the Little Shop of Physics visited the Native American Community Academy (NACA) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Working alongside students from NACA, Central New Mexico Community College, and College and Career High School, our Colorado State University student interns shared hands-on science experiences designed to spark curiosity and [...]

Spartan student wearing a helmet giving a high five to a LSOP intern wearing tie dye

LSOP in Action: Spartan Learning Academy

As part of our Spring Break outreach tour, the Little Shop of Physics visited Spartan Learning Academy in Bernalillo, New Mexico, bringing nearly 100 hands-on science activities for students to explore. Led by Colorado State University student interns, the program transformed classrooms into spaces for curiosity and discovery as students investigated physics through interactive experiments. [...]

Two children, one in Native dress, look at LSOP experiments

AISES Powwow 2025

Last fall, Little Shop of Physics was honored to participate in the annual Powwow hosted by the CSU chapter of AISES. This event brought together students, families, and community members from across the region to celebrate Indigenous culture, community, and education. During the Powwow, the Little Shop of Physics team set up a collection of [...]

LSOP in Action: Fort Washakie School 2025

In October 2025, the Little Shop of Physics crew traveled to Fort Washakie School on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. We spent a joyful, high-energy day exploring science alongside incredibly enthusiastic students, filling classrooms with curiosity, laughter, and hands-on discovery. Little Shop of Physics has a longstanding relationship with the Wind River Reservation, and [...]

LSOP in Action: Neutrino Day, 2025

We were thrilled to return to the annual Neutrino Day Festival in Lead, SD, and to share a full day of hands-on science with visitors of all ages! Neutrino Day is a free, public celebration of science hosted each summer by Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF), featuring demos, talks, tours, and community activities centered around [...]

LSOP intern in tie dye and Olerich's students looking at ring around vertical metal bar

LSOP in Action: Oelrichs Public School

The Little Shop of Physics returned to Oelrichs Public School during our Fall 2025 trip to South Dakota, bringing nearly 100 hands-on science experiments to students from Oelrichs as well as neighboring Red Shirt and Porcupine schools. More than 130 students participated in a day filled with exploration, experimentation, and discovery. One of the most [...]

Student and intern looking through colored glasses

LSOP in Action: St. Francis Indian School

During our Fall 2025 trip to South Dakota, the Little Shop of Physics team made its first visit to St. Francis Indian School on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation. Throughout the day, more than 550 students from pre-K through 12th grade explored nearly 100 hands-on science experiments, discovering physics through curiosity, creativity, and play. This visit [...]

LSOP in Action: OLC Workshop 2025

In July 2025, the Little Shop of Physics team returned to Oglala Lakota College in Kyle, South Dakota, to lead a two-day professional development workshop for local educators. This workshop continued a long-standing partnership between LSOP and the Oglala Lakota community that began in 2008, built around a shared commitment to engaging, hands-on science education. [...]