SheTech Explorer Day March 3, 2017:
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Workshop Sessions
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3-2-1 Blast Off: Learn how a rocket lifting off is an application of Newton’s Laws of Motion.
Build your own rockets and see how high and how far you can go. Learn how variables such
as fin shape and weight affect how high the rocket will fly.
3D Graffiti: Make your words pop off the screen! Learn how to create stunning 3D
typography artwork in Cinema 4D and Photoshop.
Adobe Dreamweaver Beginner: Learn how to use the responsive web design capabilities to
build websites — from starter Bootstrap templates — that adapt to various screen sizes so
your content renders gracefully.
Adobe Dreamweaver Intermediate: Learn how to use the responsive web design capabilities
to build websites — from starter Bootstrap templates — that adapt to various screen sizes so
your content renders gracefully.
Adobe Spark Beginner: Create polished web stories with magazine-style themes. Get
inspired by a wide variety of curated designs, then simply tap to select a beautiful, unique
look. Your pages automatically adapt to look great on any size screen.
AQUARIUMS: Not Just For Fish! Join the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium’s education
team for some animal edu-tainment. Join us for water quality tests, animal presentations, and
even learn to train your classmates! Come explore, discover, and learn with us as we dive into
the world of animal care, training, and education.
Biotechnology and forensics: In this workshop, students will study and participate in some of
the techniques that forensic scientists use to help solve crimes. You will be introduced to a
variety of topics to help you understand the biology behind crime-solving techniques such as
DNA structure and isolation, genetics, chemistry, and physiology. We will then analyze a
“crime” scene and try to identify the perpetrator.
Can You Hear That Sound? Sound is fundamental to everyday experience. Acoustics is the
study and use of the properties of sound. It spans a wide range of disciplines and applications
from studying the ultrasound of dolphins to modeling nonlinear jet engine noise, from
studying vibrations of musical instruments to using ultrasound for drug targeting for fighting
cancer. We shall explore properties of sound used in string and woodwind musical
instruments and in some medical devices.
Changing the World thru Robotics: Explore the future through robotics - a hands on
imaginative field. You will get to try your hand at programming, robots and sensors
throughout the workshop.
Chemistry: The course will include an introduction to organic structures, reactions, and
reaction mechanisms
Computing like a hacker: Computers are machines built by humans. They follow our
commands and have zero emotions. But whenever it responds to me typing "Thank You" with
"You're Welcome", I shiver. Come learn more about how to communicate with your computer
the way hackers do.
Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend: The Chemistry of Diamonds: Come learn about the
amazing properties of diamonds, learn how we make diamonds and their many industrial and
cosmetic uses. See gem diamonds of fancy pink, blue, green and purple. You may even walk
away with your own diamond!
Drip, Drop, Dunk: Do you like playing with water? The students and professors in the BYU
Fluids Group sure do, and we want to bring our world to you! Why can some animals run on
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water but we sink? Why does the water coming out of your shower head look like a smooth
stream at first and then become little drops before it hits you in the face? And do you know
how to keep an object completely dry, no matter how much water you throw at it? We do!
Come and learn our watery secrets and explore some of them for yourself!
Electricity in your body: We will briefly talk about how our body uses electricity to regulate
everything our bodies are capable of doing. Subsequently, we will conduct hands-on
demonstrations during which students will have a chance to experience the body’s electricity.
Emergency Medicine: What would you do if you witnessed a car accident and you were the
only one around to help the victims? What would you do if you were having dinner with your
family and your little brother started to choke? Would you know how to help?
Engineering Polymers for Medical Devices: Polymers are large molecules made of
repeating subunits and make up many materials we use in everyday life. Polymers play a huge
role in building life-saving medical devices used in medical procedures. It’s our job as
engineers in the medical device field to create products that help people recover from illnesses
and life healthy lives. Engineering the materials that make up medical devices is one way to
create devices with optimal performance. This workshop will cover materials science and
engineering and how engineers use these engineering fundamentals to create all kinds of
devices. We will discuss polymers and how they can be engineered to exhibit specific
properties, and then students will get to engineer their own polymer slime.
Flight Simulation-Free to Explore the Universe: This workshop will be run by women
engineers who create simulation technology that trains the pilots we all count on. We will
take a brief glance into the path that each engineer took to arrive at their exciting diverse
career destinations. We’ll explore what STEM degrees are required to create simulation
solutions. Working in small groups with these women engineers you will learn more about
flight simulators and the constantly emerging technology that is required to develop these
critical solutions that make the world a safer place. Come learn about the simulation solutions
that train the commercial pilots that transport us around the world, astronauts and our military
pilots. Fly around the same simulation environments that are used to train them all.
Food Science & Technology - Exploring the wonderful, tasty world of Confectionery
Science: Come learn how phase transitions in fat and sugar impact quality and development
of popular confectionery items, from candy to chocolate. Come make crystals with us! Taste,
feel, and see various confectionery products characteristics and unwrap their secrets using
chemistry and physics principles. Learn about polymorphic structures, chocolate bloom, glass
transitions, water activity and how sugar crystals and other ingredients play together to
produce the vast number of confectionery products that we all love.
girl(code): You live in a world surrounded by technology; wouldn't it be great to learn how
that technology works and how YOU can tell it what to do?! Join us for a fun and exciting
session to learn how easy it is to write your own CODE! This session is HAND-ON, FUN and
Exciting. Come learn how much fun it is when girls (code)!
Is that Robot winking at you? Come explore the first steps to a future in CGI, animation,
robotics, or psychology by designing a cardboard robot face capable of demonstrating facial
expressions! During the workshop, participants will learn technological skills and mechanical
knowledge needed to complete this challenge! They will work in small groups to design,
build, and decorate cardboard facial features that utilize simple machines. Next, those features
will be activated through the use of circuits and motors. Finally, all the parts will be combined
to make an analog robot face capable of smiling, frown, or even winking!
It's Your Body, What Do You Know About It? In this work shop we will investigate the
anatomy of the human body by studying high-quality anatomical models.
Made in Your Own Backyard: See how products are made using today's manufacturing
technologies. A hands-on activity will introduce participants to the tricks of how modern
products are made and assembled. You probably don't realize what common everyday
merchandise is made in your own state of Utah, from airplanes to iPhone memory.
Participants will create their own product that they can take with them.
Master Builders: Problem solving with design: Using WeDo 2.0 Lego Robotics Kits,
students will show their understanding of scientific principles and design to solve specific
problems and complete tasks.
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Pixel Art: Make an animated GIF of your own character! In this workshop, explore
animation techniques to create sprite cycles of a character that you design. Give your character
life with a walk cycle, jump cycle and prepare your animation to be imported into a video
game.
MATH+ORIGAMI⟹ The Odds are Always in Favor of FUN: Do you like to get "dirty"
with Origami and coloring? Then attend this hands-on Oragami workshop and learn how to
use math to make an amazing 3-colored dedecahedron origami Buckyball! While you are
making your Buckyball, you'll learn about planar graphs, Hamiltonian circuits, and 3-edge
coloring. Impress your friends with your Buckyball and the math behind it!
Nothing Fits Better Than a Perfect Pair of Genes: Have you ever wondered why your hair
is straight or curly, or what makes your eyes blue or brown? It is your genes! Come and learn
about genetics using zebrafish. Conduct an experiment to determine what genes zebrafish
adults have by examining their offspring (babies). See the beating heart of a baby zebrafish
and learn why zebrafish make excellent models for human development. Unleash your inner
scientist!
Obstacles & Motives for Women in Engineering: This workshop helps you understand the
importance of women in engineering and explains that the engineering profession is definitely
a choice available to all of us. Talk about a few examples of successful engineers in the
aerospace industry. I found that women choose engineering because they want to make sure
they are making a difference. We can all make a difference together!
Phlebotomy: A phlebotomist spends their day doing blood draws on patients for testing in
labs to help diagnose illness or disease. There is so much they need to know about finding
veins and many different types of needles and procedures. Come see your own veins using an
infrared vein finder.
Pick Your Place in Technology: Did you know that working in technology is not just
coding? You don’t have to be a scientist or mathematician; you just have to be creative with
the drive to get things done. Let us show you all the different roles you can play in the tech
industry that help bring technology to the masses. From research and engineering to product
management and email marketing, you’ll see why we love the tech industry and why we know
there is a place for you! This is a fun, interactive session to prepare you for the diversity of
roles available to you in technology.
Pixel Art: Make an animated GIF of your own character! In this workshop, explore animation
techniques to create sprite cycles of a character that you design. Give your character life with
a walk cycle, jump cycle and prepare your animation to be imported into a video game.
Scientist for a day! Here at Nelson Laboratories, we test medical devices. Everything from a
band aid to an artificial heart—we test these products to show they are safe for us to use!
Come learn about the microorganisms we look for, and a hands-on demonstration of how we
test these devices. We will have lab coats for you to wear as you walk through a day at
Nelson Laboratories.
The Wonders of Exercise Science: A demonstration of various exercise science techniques
Trade in your toys for a career in digital media: Learn more about digital media careers
then create a video with props and music to demonstrate your new digital media skills.
Up, Up and Away: Join us as we explore flight and rocketry by testing Bernoulli’s Principal,
experimenting with straw rockets, and flying remote controlled model planes up, up, (but
hopefully), not away.
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