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Workshops
for Girls
Biotechnology
| Medicine & Allied Health | Life
Sciences | Physical Sciences & Math
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Biotechnology
1 Root beer, Cheese & a Kiss. Do a gram stain.
Make root beer; see what lives in a pond magnified 1000 times!
Anne Jayne, Bonnie Okonek & Heidi Jaeger, microbiologists,
Skyline College & University of San Francisco.
2 What's
in Your Drinking Water? What makes your drinking water
taste? What makes it safe? Look for living creatures in your water
and build a working water filtration system. Lisianna Anguiano,
Rebecca Curtis, Erin Magee, Samantha Leung & Lyle Rapp, Phi
Theta Kappa Skyline College.
3 Secrets of the Rainforest.
Isolate a rainforest protein and bring it to market as a cure
for cancer. Use molecular biology to isolate the fluorescent green
cure. Ashley Good, Navdeep Grewal, Jessica Lau, Rebecca Belloso,
An-Chi Tseng & Pearl Lee, SACNAS Club, Skyline College.
4 Science of Coca-Cola.
Explore the science and magic of this tasty, bubbly beverage.
Chantilly Apollon, Biology Instructor, City College of San Francisco.
5 Strawberry DNA.
Come see, smell, and squish DNA from strawberries using dish soap.
Also learn about careers in the health sciences. Claudia Briones,
Anna Tran, Christina Hugo, Matt Garza & Bassam Esmail, AMSA
Club, Skyline College.
6 Dressing for Success
in Biotech.
Learn how to 'gown up' in order to enter a biotechnology clean
room. Under super clean conditions, you'll work using several
of the tools and techniques common in biotechnology. Pauline Peralta,
Skyline Biotechnology student.
7 Be
a Disease Detective! How
do the disease detectives track an outbreak of swine flu, West
Nile, and other diseases? Create and track an epidemic in this
workshop. Carolyn Wilder, Sue May Tam & Alva Aguilera, Skyline
College Microbiology students.
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Life
Sciences
8 Pollution and Sea Animals—What happens when they mix? How do household pollutants affect
the reproduction of sea animals that live in northern California?
Carla DiGennaro & Genievive del Mundo, Biology Instructors,
Skyline College.
9 Tidepools:
The Slimy and the Spineless. Students get hands-on with
animals that live in tidepools while learning about animal adaptations
to live in this environment. D. Zaebst, Marine Educator.
10 Bee-ology:
Tricks of Pollination Biologists. Learn how pollination
biologists extract nectar from flowers in the field and examine
pollen collected by bees in the lab. Taste honey and make a pollen
slide. Anne Gearhart, Biology Instructor, Skyline College.
11
Rock Stars! Using Brains Instead of Brawn to Climb Rocks. Find out how
rock climbing gear works, and use climbing pulleys to haul someone
twice your size off the ground! Melissa Michelitsch, Biology Professor,
Skyline College.
12 Meet
your Brain! Ever wonder what makes you YOU? Find out what your brain does
and what it's made of. Jennifer Shieh, Neurosciences Ph.D. student,
Stanford University.
13 Funtastic
Whales ! Whales,
dolphins, and porpoises, oh my! How do whales see, hear, smell,
and keep warm? See like a whale! Feel like a whale! Eat like a
whale! Cindy Parfet, Debbie Marcal, Abby Snitovsky, McKenna Parfet,
& Lily Gordon, American Cetacean Society.
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Medicine
& Allied Health
14 Sports
Medicine. Learn taping and wrapping techniques used on injured athletes.
Jo Silken, Certified Athletic Trainer, Skyline College.
15 Scrub
in for Surgery. See what it's all about behind the
double doors. Come into our new Surgical Lab to learn how to put
on sterile gown and gloves just like the surgical staff. Get a
picture of the many ways surgeons, nurses, and technicians repair
patients using a vast array of instruments including robots! Alice
Erskine, Surgical Technology Professor, Skyline College.
16 Nursing
101.
Learn what it takes to become a nurse. Find out information about
nursing school. See and practice nursing skills. Sandra Frojelin,
Sequoia Hospital, and Kevin Downing, Vincent Samuel, Seeta Venkitrichan,
Mihaela Ilies, Jessica Valdes, Supneet Kaur, Elissa Denny, Tiffany
Hawes, Lavinia Karahan, Laura Stoffers, Marcia Garilli, Ute Rossiter
& Mariam Saba, SFSU nursing students.
17 Project
Airway. An up-close and personal look into the career of respiratory
therapy. Learn what it means to be a vital part of the health
care team. Sabrina Hui & Jenny Kwan, Skyline College Respiratory
Therapy students.
18 Look
Deep into My Eyes. Look inside your friend's eyeball with
an ophthalmoscope. How sharp is your eyesight? Are you color blind?
Where is your blind spot? How do your eyes help your other senses–can
you see the difference between potato and apple cubes? Can you
balance on one leg, blindfolded? Our eyes provide more than vision.
Explore your eye and see the other important dimensions. Sandra
Hsu, Biology Professor, Skyline College.
19 May
the Chi Be With You. Learn how acupuncture and oriental
methods of healing use and direct chi (energy force) through the
body. Roshelle K. LeVa, Acupuncturist, The American Institute
of Natural Healings.
20 Blood...Good
for Vampires, Good for You! Blood isn't just for vampires...it's
a highway for your immune system. Learn about the different components
of blood and how your immune system works. Jennifer Lilla, Anatomy
Instructor, Skyline College, Janet Kalesnikoff, Senior Research
Scientist, Stanford University, & Maya BenBarak, Graduate
Student, Stanford University.
21 Heart
Attack, Stroke, & Pulse Points, Oh My! Recognizing the signs & symptoms
of a heart attack and stroke can save a life. You'll get some
medical assessment training in this workshop. Yvonne Malloy, EMT
Instructor, Skyline College.
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Physical
Science & Math
22 Life
in a Vacuum. See ice, water, and steam together. Splatter coat a penny,
explore silicon wafer processes, and watch a Peep blow up! Janice
McOmber, Skyline College, & Kathy Arnold, American Vacuum
Society.
23 Oreos
and Apples- Not Just a Scientist's Snack! Bring your iPod, but leave the earbuds
at home. Learn about magnetism to make a new speaker for your
iPod, using items such as plastic cups & Oreo cookies. Heather
Hertema, Pharmacy Student, UCSF Science Camp Director.
24 What
is Sudoku? It's fun! It's challenging! It's addictive! You solve the
puzzle with reasoning and logic. Cristina Urista, U.
C.–Berkeley student & David Hasson, Skyline College
Mathematics, Engineering, & Science Achievement instructor.
25 Chemistry
Magic Show. Learn the secrets behind the world's most famous magic tricks.
Jasmine To, Skyline College Mathematics, Engineering, &
Science Achievement student.
26 High
Octane—Women in the Automotive Industry. Learn more about careers in the Automotive
Industry and have fun in this hands on workshop with real cars!
Julia Johnson, Automotive Instructor, Skyline College.
27 Industrial
Hygienists: The Workplace Detectives. Industrial hygiene
is a career where we work with all kinds of employees to help
them anticipate, recognize, evaluate and control workplace hazards.
The workshop will delve into how we do this: we will measure
noise levels, detect 'unknown' chemicals, figure out how to
protect employees using protective equipment and analyze workstations
so that they fit employees. Sonia Weiss, Senior EHS Specialist,
AIHA-NCS.
28 Be a Web Star! See how fun and easy it is to create
your very own web site with multimedia elements included. By
the end of the workshop, your site will be on the internet ready
for your friends and family to see. Sita Motipara, Business
Professor, Skyline College.
29 Cover Girl Chemists. Find out how science is used to make
our every day products - like lip gloss! Simple chemistry experiments
can lead to cool cosmetics, including moisturizing lip balm!
Noelle Brodeur, Natalie Hollick, Andrea Sajuthi, Kesley Goodwin
& Bethany Goodrich, Women in Science, University of San
Francisco.
30 Lemon Power. In this experiment, you will create
a chemical reaction with the acid of a lemon and a metal to
create energy - enough to power a small LED. Fatima Colorado,
Electric Distribution Engineer, Pacific Gas & Electric,
& Erika Maida, Process Development Technician, Philips Lumileds.
31 Jello
Waveguides. Have you ever wondered how information is carried on the Internet
over hundreds of miles? In this workshop, we'll explore this
technology, using lasers and waveguides made out of Jello! Get
ready to learn a lot and get a little sticky! Ye He & Stephanie
Claussen, Graduate Students, Stanford University.
32 Math and Origami Can Save
Your Life! We will see how geometry and Origami can
be used to come up with ways to save lives and improve science.
Jennifer Mogel, Mathematics Instructor, U.
C.–Santa Cruz.
33 Banking-breaking the code!
An overview of banking, and basic money management tool sto
ensure financial security. Michelle Gadker-Anderson, Branch
Manager, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage.
34 The Stories Rocks Tell. Learn
how the Earth's plates move and why volcanoes and earthquakes
happen where they do! Jennifer Saltzman, Ph.D. Candidate, Stanford
University School of Earth Sciences.
35 Mathemagic. Learn mind-boggling magic tricks and
puzzles and discover the mathematical patterns behind them.
Lucy de Anda, Elementary Math Specialist, Palo Alto Unified
School District, Gayathri Goutam, Emily McCullough & Nina
Thompson, SF Math Circles.
36 Love at First Byte. Write a computer program in BASIC!
Debug (fix) an adventure game program. Play with other games
on the computer. Adrienne Jardetzky, ParaScale.
37 Girls Rock! Exploring Careers in Audio Technology and the Recording Arts. This workshop uses hands-on projects to explore the careers of Recording Engineers, Music Producers, Live Sound Reinforcement Engineers, Radio Producers, and more. Participants will learn to record music, operate a small PA, use digital audio to record and edit voice, and make some noise! Ashley Baretto and Hillary Burkman. Women’s Audio Mission.
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Life Skills
38 Feathering Your Nest with Flair. Learn about careers in Interior Design during this hands on
workshop. Small group activities will allow you to reach out and
touch as you work with materials and finishes that upgrade your
space while increasing functionality. Learn how strong math skills
are at the heart of strong design. Linda Kendrix Burroughs, Owner,
Design Solutions.
39 Bust
a Move, Buy Some Money. Get started today. Learn how you can
become a homeowner. This workshop will teach you the fundamentals
of how to get a loan. Christine Mann, Residential Loan Consultant,
Soroptimists of North San Mateo County, & Gayle Pietras, Realtor,
Dolphin Real Estate.
40 Home
Sweet Home....The Cost of Dirt. Explore the cost of a home by using
math calculations: (a) Cost per square foot x (b) Area. Jennifer
F. Tasto, Real Estate Broker, President of the San Mateo County
Association of Realtors.
41 HGTV
in Action. Create an awesome universal designed kitchen. Annie Cronin,
Interior Designer, Pam Harris, Building Permit Facilitator, &
Jennie Hildebrandt.
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Program
for Adults
NOTE TO ADULTS: Workshop
presenters have made special efforts to provide exciting
and informative presentations for the students. Adults
may not attend these student sessions. A parallel program
for adults has been arranged and is described below.
42 Raising
Media Smart Kids in a 24 Digital Media World. An overview of today's media landscape
and how it has changed over the past several decades.
Details of positive and negative impacts that media can
have on children. Carmelo Santo-Tomas, Outreach Coordinator,
Jeanne Shannon & Laura Martinez, Common Sense Media.
43 Financing
Education. An overview of the financial aid process along with information
on the different types of aid that are available at the
collegiate level. Maria Escobar & Regina Morrison,
Skyline College Office of Financial Aid.
44 Bust
a Move, Buy some Money. Get started today. Learn how you can
become a homeowner. This workshop will teach you the fundamentals
of how to get a loan. Christine Mann, Residential Loan
Consultant, Soroptimists of North San Mateo County, &
Gayle Pietras, Realtor with Dolphin Real Estate.
45 Creating
Color Continuity. People are generally surprised to know
that color is the single most important element in transforming
a space and it is the least expensive. Join us in defining
the 12 steps to transforming your living space on a budget.
Bring photos of your 'problem' area and let's get started!
Linda Kendrix Burroughs, Owner, Design Solutions.
46 Computer
in a Box and Student Tech Leadership . Engage
in one of the hands-on activities from a nonprofit Student
Tech Leadership program. Jan Half, Director, and Iris
Clyne, MOUSE Squad Student Tech .
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