Oak Grove Middle School

Concord, California

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Oak Grove Middle School Science Class Trip to the

University of California at Berkeley

Professor Kram

Walking on Mars

Department of Integrative Biology


Professor Kram is the world's expert on how much energy humans use when they walk and run.

We went to Professor's Kram's laboratory. He talked to us about walking, energy and oxygen. Professor Kram said we could be just like subjects in his experiments. He had two graduate students help him to do the experiments.

Here Kaitlyn is getting used to walking on the treadmill.

 

Doesn't Kaitlyn look funny? Professor Kram is measuring oxygen with the mouthpiece while she is walking. This is like measuring the amount of gas your car uses to move.  
 

Finally, Professor Kram let us walk on Mars!!!

Professor Kram put Danielle in a suit that makes you feel as if you were walking on Mars. It has rubbers cords and a bike seat. It pulls up so that it feels like there is less gravity.

This was a lot of fun!!!!!

   
   

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