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2008 STUDENT WORKSHOPS
Workshops provide participants with an opportunity to practice science and mathematics using real science equipment and tools. We encourage active participation by everyone attending the workshops.- W01 SWEet Engineering
- Experiment with civil, bio, and some of the other types of engineering using cookies, candy, and other sweets!
- SWE, Society of Women Engineers, UC Berkeley
- W02 Bringing Math to Life!
- Come explore how mathematics is alive in art, nature, and architecture.
- Amy DeRoboam, after-school program director, Girls Moving Forward
- W03 *Shockingly* Fun!
- Be an electrical engineer and build your own capacitor.
- AWE, the Electrical Engineering/Computer Science undergraduate women’s group, UC Berkeley
- W04 Mechanical Toy Workshop
- Experience the power of simple mechanical movements as you build a clever paper toy.
- Kathy Dodge, Building Access Administrator, Mills College
- W05 Light and Color
- Explore how color is made and what you can make
with color. - Kristan Willits, artist and educator, Berkeley, CA
- W06 Kool Kemistry
- Ice cream, hand warmers, antifreeze, cold packs, dry ice, wet ice!! It’s all Kool Kemistry!
- Carol Balfe, consultant, Science Education Consulting
- W07 Match Box Bugs
- Design a bug and learn to build an electric circuit to light it up!
- Sarah Richards, math teacher, Galileo High School, and Rachael Fish, Project Manager, Perforce Software, Inc.
- W08 How to Build a Computer
- Learn how computers work and actually build a simple computer that can add small numbers.
- Ellen Spertus, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Mills College
- W09 Science Anywhere, Anytime!
- These science tricks and treats will make you a Science Superstar - absolutely anywhere! .
- Catherine Valentino, Author-in-Residence, Houghton Mifflin Company
- W10 Origami Stars
- Boxes, stars, globes - the mathematics of wondrous shapes..
- Lisa Holms, math teacher, Elmhurst Community Prep; Connie Lam, student, Mills College; Stephanie Yeh and Kimmie Eng, students, Lowell High School
- W11 3-2-1 Blastoff!
- Learn about space science and build a launch pad to launch a soda bottle rocket.
- Julie Fiori, science teacher, Taylor Middle School, Millbrae School District
- W12 Daytime Astronomy
- Learn about stars, planets, comets, and meteors through fun projects that don’t require a telescope.
- Holly Maness and UC Berkeley Astronomers and Students
- W13 Careers in Medicine: Panel Discussion
- Marci, Gottlieb, M.D., Internal Medicine, private practice; Terri Pagano, PA-C, and Allison Wright Perry, CFNP
- W14 Cold and Colorful Chemistry
- Come explore some colorful and edible chemical reactions.
- Women in Chemistry at UC Berkeley
- W15 Be a Director! Make an iMovie
- Make your own movie using digital cameras and add sound, music and special effects.
- Marie Sayles, Education Technology Instructor, New College of California
- W16 Build Your Own Radio
- Learn how radios work by building your own AM radio.
- Candace Gilet, Jessica Kirkpatrick,and Jennie Guzman, graduate students, UC Berkeley
- W17 Poly-who? Poly-what?
- Experimentally explore the world of polymers all around us!
- Ticora V. Jones, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- W18 DNA in a Bottle
- Extract and begin to purify DNA from your own cheek cells and have a sample of YOUR personal blueprint to wear home in a pendant.
- Tunyalee Martin, Coordinator Biological Research Program, Office of the UC President
- W19 Caught in the Act... Crime Scene Investigators Solve the Case
- Use fingerprinting, chromatography, and other forensic techniques to solve a crime.
- Sharon Parker, Executive Director, ASA Community Science Center
- W20 Create Your Own Video Game or Movie
- Use a kid-oriented programming language to develop your own video game or movie.
- WICSE, Women in Computer Science and Engineering, UC Berkeley
- W21 Fun with Pipe
- The mathematics and chemistry of plumbing.
- Naomi Friedman, plumbing contractor, Naomi Friedman Plumbing
- W22 Birthdays and the Binary System
- Guess your friend’s birthday using the binary system and build a bracelet with your birthday in binary code.
- Vera Balarin, math specialist, Berkwood Hedge School, and Rachael Fish, Project Manager, Perforce Software, Inc.
- W23 Girls Rock!
- Learn the basics of audio engineering and recording technology and make a music recording.
- Women’s Audio Mission, San Francisco (contact: Leah Smith)
- W24 Let’s Make Slime!
- Fun chemistry experiments.
- Chemistry students, Mills College
- W25 Chills and Thrills with Liquid Nitrogen
- Experience how extremely low temperatures dramatically change the properties of matter.
- Elisa Fanchiang and Monika Mayer, science educators, Lawrence Hall of Science