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Workshops
for Girls
Biotechnology
| Medicine & Health | Life
& Environmental Sciences | Physical
Sciences & Math | Life Skills
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. Forensic Science: Has CSI Got It Right? We
will discuss real life forensic science and learn how comparisons
of fingerprints, shoe prints and handwriting are made. Susan E.
Morton, Forensic Document Examiner, San Francisco Police Crime
Laboratory.
3. Double Fun with DNA! Extract DNA from
a strawberry and from youÉ Plus a few more science "tricks!"
Chantilly Munson, Instructor, City College of San Francisco.
4. Be a Disease Detective! How do the disease
detectives track an outbreak of Ebola, West Nile, bird flu and
other diseases? Create and track an epidemic in this workshop.
Pamela Rios, Isaiah Lan, Cathy Pangan, Shwesha Govil, & Christine
Fong, Skyline College Honor Society.
5. DNA and Our Prints. Want to be a crime
fighter? Learn how to take DNA and compare it to different suspects
using electrophoresis. La Keysha Peoples, Med student.
6. 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. Jenny Cheu, Skyline College SACNAS Chapter.
7. Strawberry DNA. Come see, smell, and
squish DNA from strawberries using dish soap. Also learn about
careers in the health sciences. Angelina Molina, Heather Woo,
& Jessica Woo, Skyline College AMSA Pre-Med Club.
8. 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. Carmina
Harris, Ashley Tom, & Claudia Briones, Skyline College SACNAS
Chapter.
9. Dressing for Success in Biotech. Learn
how to "gown up" in order to enter a biotechnology clean
room. Under super clean conditions, you'll transfer individual
cells. Skyline College Pre Med Club
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Medicine
and Health
10. Sports Medicine. Learn taping and wrapping
techniques used on injured athletes. Jo Silken, Certified Athletic
Trainer, Skyline College.
11. Looking Inside Without a Knife. Give
an overall perspective of how we can see what is happening inside
the body without surgery to learn more about disease processes
and therapies that might be useful in treating these diseases
in the future. Kathleen Brennan, Medical Staff Scientist, Lawrence
Berkeley National Lab.
12. Becoming a Nurse. What does it take
and where will it take me? Interested in becoming a nurse? Find
out about nursing school from actual nursing students. Experience
what students learn. Learn about nursing career opportunities.
Sandy Frojelin, Nursing Instructor, San Francisco State University.
13. 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, Instructor, Skyline College Surgical
Technology Program.
14. Still Breathing? 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. Mary Lumang &
Rossana Manalang, Skyline College Respiratory Therapy Program.
15. Stop the Leak! Bleeding control, shock
management and what should be in your first-aid kit. Yvonne Malloy,
EMT Instructor, Skyline College, Jason Christiansen, & Matthew
Phillips.
16.
Eat Your Veggies! And Other Nutrition Tidbits...
What's a serving size? Are carbs bad? How many calories
in a big gulp? Does playing video games count as exercise? Learn
basic nutrition information as well as education and career opportunities
in the field of dietetics and nutrition. Play fun nutrition games
and learn how to make a healthy yet delicious snack! C. LuLu Fulda,
Student Dietetic Association Vice President, San Francisco State
University.
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Life
& Environmental Sciences
17. Pollution and Sea Animals: What happens when they mix?
Observe sea urchin fertilization in action and examine
effects of common household pollutants on fertilization rates.
Carla DiGennaro, Biology Instructor, Skyline College.
18. Tidepools: The Slimly and the Spineless.
Students get hands-on with animals that live in the tidepools,
learning about their adaptations for their environment. Douglas
Zaebst, Land Program Coordinator, Marine Science Institute, Sarah
Lecus, & Kerri Diener.
19. Exploring the Unseen World. Come investigate
the world that is invisible to the naked eye and can only be seen
with a microscope–including magnetic bacteria! Meg Byrne,
Dorothee Murat, Anna Wiedmann, Shannon Greene, Joyce Cueto, &
Leah Byrne, U.C. Berkeley, Postdoctoral Scholars.
20. 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.
21. Working
for the Environment. Beyond recycling. Everyday
products, what's in them and where do they go? Learn what to do
and how to take action. Mary Bell Austin, Julie Colvin, &
Sarah Pratt, Pollution Prevention Specialists, San Mateo County
Environmental Health.
22. A Microscope, a Protozoan, and a Bracelet. Come
learn about the water cycle and wastewater treatment! Do you know
where the water goes when you flush the toilet or when you dump
something down a sewer? You will after this class! Use a microscope
to observe real activated sludge used at wastewater treatment
plants and make a water cycle bracelet. Kathy Suter, Lab Director,
South Bayside System Authority.
23. 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! Debbie
Marcal, Abby Snitovsky, & Elizabeth Cataldo, American Cetacean
Society.
24. 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.
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Physical
Science & Math
25. Lemon Power. Power up a small LED with
lemons. Fatima Colorado, Electric Distribution Engineer, PG&E,
& Erika Maida, Process Development Technician, Philips Lumileds
.
26. The
Workplace Detectives: Industrial Hygienists. Learn how industrial
hygienists keep workers safe and healthy. Hands on activities
include chemical protection gear, noise measurements, and chemical
detection. Sonia Weiss, Senior EHS Specialist, Genencor, Diana
Harrington, & Colleen Thorton.
27. 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! Kate Robertson & Melissa Michelitsch, Skyline College.
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, Alma Cervantes, & Christine Roumbanis,
Skyline College.
29. Chemistry Magic Show. Learn the secrets
behind the world's most famous magic tricks. Margarita Gutierrez
& Jack Torres, Skyline College Mathematics, Engineering,
& Science Achievement.
30. Rev it Up! Careers in the Automotive
Industry. Learn about opportunities in the Automotive Industry.
Fun workshop with a hands-on activity using real cars! Julia
Johnson, Instructor, Skyline College Automotive Department.
31. Cover Girl Chemists. Discover how to
make your own beauty products while learning about the science
behind cosmetics. Nolle Brodeur, Women in Science President,
University of San Francisco.
32. 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! Women's Audio Mission.
33. What is Sudoku? It's fun! It's challenging!
It's addictive! You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.
Cristina Urista & David Hasson, Skyline College Mathematics,
Engineering, & Science Achievement.
34. 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.
35. Math in Origami and Origami in Math. Math
is everywhere, even in the ancient art of paper folding! We
will look to see what the study of Math in Origami has done
for Origami and for the world we live in! Jennifer Mogel, Mathematics
Lecturer, San Jose State University & U.C. Santa Cruz.
36. GraphEATi. Come mix it up with "the
wave," slinkys, M&M's and motion detectors. Cynthia
Stubblebine, Charlene Wieser & Doris Hanhan, Mathematics
Instructors, Chabot College.
37. Jello
Optics and Waveguides: Directing the Flow of Light. Learn how waveguiding
is used for the internet, medical applications, and everyday
products such as car backlights by making lenses out of Jello.
Meredith M. Lee, Stanford Student Optical Society of America/SPIE.
38. Little Miss Engineer. In this workshop
you will be introduced to the importance of women in engineering.
The hands on activities will consist of three different types
of engineering: Civil, Mechanical, and Electrical.
Laura Cioffi, SFSU Society of Women Engineers (SWE),
Danielle Dragon, Mechanical Engineer, SWE Student Chapter, Cindy
Lu, Felicia Escalona, My-Linh Nguyen, Santee Hernandez, and
Cynthia Dragon.
39. Rocket Science and the Joys of Math. Learn about
robotics for the Space Shuttle, ultrasound, helping to make
sure the air is clean, and putting software in NASA planes and
in helicopters and trucks! See how math helps organize the world
and learn about fantastic careers. Corinne C. Ruokangas, Retired
Rocket Scientist, Rockwell International Research Center.
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Life Skills
40. Taking Charge of My Life: Stressed out teenage girls.
Teenage girls' lives are busy with many different responsibilities,
adjustments, and changes. They are finding out who they are, doing
their best to get good grades, dealing with peer pressure, the
responsibilities of independence, and college applications. Learn
the tools to create strategies to deal with the stress of being
a teenager and leave with skills to help build your future success
and fulfillment. Melissa Risdon, Life Coach.
41. The
Secret to Making $$$. Walk into our workshop with
the desire to be rich, walk out with the skills to be rich. Rachael
Sage, San Mateo County Soroptimist.
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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. 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.
43. College
Admissions 101. An overview of California higher
education, including things you want to know about helping
your daughter get into college. Frieda Lee, Director of
Student Outreach Services, San Francisco State University.
44. Raising
Media Smart Kids in a 24/7 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,
including school performance, behavior, commercialism,
and cyber bullying. Expert guidance on how to raise media
smart children is offered. Laura Martinez, Outreach Manager,
Common Sense Media.
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