SMART Girls
Bush Campus Center, Rm. 202 · Career Services (570) 327-4502 · Fax: 570.321.5545
Sessions for Girls Entering Grades 9 and 10
SESSION I: Sunday, July 13, 2008, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Workshop # 1 – Expect the Unexpected – Paramedic
Bambi A. Hawkins, coordinator, paramedic technology
Intubation, defibrillation, intravenous access, spinal immobilization …You may not recognize the topics, but you have most likely seen a paramedic at work. Even if your only exposure to paramedics is through TV, you have probably wondered: “Do they really do that?” or “Why do they do that?” Here is your chance to get those and many other questions answered, hands-on.
Workshop #2 – How Real is Barbie?
Barbara Fisher and Stephanie Jones, faculty, math
Use ratios, proportions, and statistical distributions to investigate real bodies compared to the representations offered by the media and pop culture.
Workshop #3 – Computer Demolition
Walter Shultz, director, Instructional Technology & Distance Learning
Have you ever wondered what a computer looks like on the inside? What makes it tick? What do hard disks, memory, video, and processors do? Learn how to be like Sherlock Holmes in the computer world, how to troubleshoot what goes wrong, and how to fix it!
Workshop #4 – Computer Sparks: Putting Electricity and Light to Work
Tom Livingstone, faculty, machine tool technology/automated manufacturing
Generate computer-controlled sparks that will be used to make intricate parts that you can take home!
SESSION II: Tuesday, July 15, 2008, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Workshop #5 – Energy in Fuel
Claude Witts, instructor, diesel equipment technology
Test the specific gravity and API of different fuels including regular and alternative. Calculate the energy or horsepower in the fuel and then test your results in the dynamometer.
Workshop #6 – Guess the Trees Around You
Jason Shaw, instructor, forestry
Figure out what kind of trees are there with you. Using the keys that will be given to you, see if you can guess the 20 different trees that are marked. You will spend the day outside walking in the woods at the Earth Science Center.
SESSION III: Wednesday, July 16, 2008, 9-11 a.m.
Workshop #7 – Exercise Prescription 101
Judy Quinti, faculty, health science
There are five components for health related fitness: cardiovascular, muscle strength, muscle endurance, flexibility, and body composition. In this interactive workshop you will use cardio and strength equipment and follow up using a variety of testing equipment to calculate your level of fitness, metabolic rate, VO2max, 1-RM strength and percent body fat. Come and see what it’s like to be an exercise physiologist/personal trainer/fitness professional. COME PREPARED TO EXERCISE.
Workshop #8 – Make No Bones About It: X-Ray is X-Citing and Fun
Karen Plankenhorn, clinical supervisor, radiography
If you've ever had an X-ray before, you may have asked yourself: “Why do I need to hold my breath? Why does the technologist go behind that booth? What are they doing? How can they tell if there are broken bones?” If you're curious, find out for yourself! Come to this hands-on workshop and experience it from start to finish. Find out the difference radiographers make in helping people.
Workshop #9 – Mystery at 123 Maple Avenue
Amy Toole, associate professor
Use fingerprints, "bloods," fibers, and powders to work through the mystery. You will use these and other techniques to identify the suspect.
Workshop #10 – The Sounds of Music: The Mixing Part of It
Chester Rogers, Disc Jockey
What it takes to get disc jockey equipment set-up, wires connected, test for right volume using equalizer through PA (speakers) to make beautiful music.
SESSION IV: Thursday, July 17, 2008, 9-11 a.m.
Workshop #11 – Girl Power: Conquering Disability
Barbara J. Natell, director of occupational therapy assistant
“How would I put on makeup with only one hand? How would I make my lunch? What would it be like to dance in a wheelchair?” You will explore and role-play a number of physical disabilities typically served by occupational therapy practitioners. You will learn adaptive techniques that enable patients to perform meaningful activities.
Workshop #12 – Energy to Burn
Mary Ann Banks, faculty, integrated studies
A look at how the energy needed to live and grow is related to the energy used to cook food. With experimentation, we look at the processes that produce energy.
Workshop #13 – How Things Work: Heating Systems
Rick Taylor, faculty, plumbing and heating
Have you walked by that box in the basement (your furnace) a million times without thinking “what’s in that box”? How does it work? How does it keep me toasty warm when it is bitter cold out? Can it work more efficiently? Come and get inside the box of mechanical heating systems.
Workshop #14 – Actual Versus Estimated Decathlon: Construction Management
Wayne Sheppard, faculty construction management
Come explore many of the tools and tasks of construction managers in a series of experiments and exercises. Plan reading, estimating, measurement and surveying, managerial mathematics, and lots more exciting events. Prizes awarded!