| PC Maintenance and Repair - This hands-on workshop will give you the
opportunity to learn about the internal hardware of a computer. During the workshop,
you will dismantle a working computer, identify and discuss the internal components,
and rebuild the system. |
| Look Out! We're Surrounded by LEGO™ Robotics - Join us in discovering
the many robots that we use every day, and some we do not! Build, program, and
run a real LEGO™ robot. Cheer your team's robot in a robot war! |
| Potions - Learn about chemistry! Enjoy demonstrations of chemical
reactions and then participate in making some "potions" yourself. |
| Water, Water Everywhere... - Find out how much of the Earth's water is available for human consumption, how much is locked up in ice, and how much is present as groundwater. Test some of the special properties of the water molecule, such as adhesion, density at different temperatures, and learn why water is the universal solvent. |
| Genes in a Bottle - How do scientists obtain samples of
DNA? Whether they want to clone, sequence, fingerprint, map, or genetically engineer DNA, they must first isolate it. Participants in this workshop will gain practical knowledge by conducting a real-world laboratory procedure that is used to extract DNA. Students will extract DNA from their own cheek cells and preserve their samples in a necklace to take home! |
| Caring for Critters -
Learn what it's like to work in a veterinary hospital and how the interaction
and teamwork of vet techs with veterinarians provides the best care for the patients
(and their owners). Experience hands-on what vet techs do daily to assist the
doctor and monitor patients in the hospital and those who have come in for their
appointments. |
| Take the Water Filter Challenge! - Learn about career opportunities
in water and wastewater treatment. Participants are introduced to the process
of wastewater treatment and then are asked to "put on engineering hardhats" and
work in pairs to design a water filter. This exercise stresses the scientific
method and the treatment of water and introduces recycled water to our young
engineers. |
| So You Want to Be a Rocket Scientist... - Have you ever
wondered what aerospace engineers actually do on the job? Your
mission: to design, build, and test your very own rocket and then launch it into
orbit. Your challenge: time is limited, and we aren't going to tell you how to
build the rocket. It will be all up to
you. |
| Clinical Technology: The High-Tech Tools That Make Hospitals Work -
Have you ever thought about working in a hospital or clinic? Clinical technologies
like x-rays, CAT scanners, MRIs, vital sign monitors, infusion pumps, and advanced
surgical equipment like the da Vinci surgical robot are at the heart of the health
care system. They enable doctors, nurses,
and other clinicians to better care for patients.
Get hands-on experience with some simple clinical technologies and the tools
used to plan, install, and maintain them in the hospital. |
| Nursing in the Information and Technology Age - Learn about
the advances in nursing and the new space-age nursing unit designs and use of
Avatars in virtual nursing education. An exciting experience with an opportunity
to test some really interesting nursing technologies! |
| Sound Surfing Slime - As a chemical engineer, you get to
play with and explore all kinds of exciting materials. During this workshop we
will investigate a material that just doesn't seem to make any sense and try
to understand why its behavior is so crazy. We might even be able to use the
material's
unique properties to make it come alive and dance! |
| Build a Berry - Learn about DNA, then perform a lab activity to extract DNA from fresh strawberries. Use this information to build a strawberry gene with a giant DNA model. Search the BLAST database to find what the gene does. |
| Industrial Hygienists: The Workplace Detectives - Learn how to prevent workers from getting hurt on the job, whether through exposure to chemicals, noise, or even how they sit! Multiple hands on activities will show what industrial hygienists do on a daily basis to keep workers safe on the job. |
| Rockets and Racers - Defy gravity and rocket your way to the top with this workshop on the physics of motion. This workshop will fuel your curiosity as you use rockets and racers to study energy, momentum, forces, and gravity. Design and build your own stomp rocket, bottle rocket, water bottle racer, and frictionless floater. |
