3...2...1...Rocket Launch

Cindy Byers
Middle School Teacher and Gifted and Talented Coordinator, Rosholt

How do rockets make it to space?  Come to this workshop and learn about the history of rockets, how rockets work, and what is ahead in rocket development.  You will also get to build and launch your own rocket.

Athletic Training

Rhonda Verdegan, UWSP Athletic Trainer
Amy Brugge, UWSP Athletic Trainer
Dawn Wedeking, UWSP Athletic Trainer

This workshop will explore the profession of athletic training.  Certified Athletic Trainers are unique health care providers who specialize in the prevention, assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries and illnesses.  The workshop will include "hands on" activities important to the profession such as:  taping, injury care, and rehabilitative exercises.

Becoming a Fish Princess:  Careers in Fisheries and Aquaculture

Sarah Kaatz
UWSP Aquaculture Outreach
Specialist

Learn about the exciting career opportunities in fisheries and aquaculture (fish farming).  Tour an aquaculture facility and see baby rainbow trout!  We'll also be making the very popular "Aquaculture Bracelet"!

Body Works With Dr. Marcy

Dr. Marcy Gerads, Doctor of Chiropractic
Advanced Neck and Back Care Center

Come explore how the body is inter-related with itself and the world around you.  Learn tools today on how to be a healthier person tomorrow.

Bovine OB/GYN

Sandra Stuttgen, DVM, Agriculture Educator
UW-Extension, Taylor County

Hands-on veterinary workshop concerning bovine reproduction and obstetrics.

Careers for Women in Natural Resources

Sue Kissinger, Coordinator of Advising and Recruitment
UWSP College of Natural Resources

Learn about the myriad of career opportunities available for women in the natural resources.  Careers in Forestry, Fisheries, Water Resources, Paper Science, Wildlife, Soils and Environmental Education will be discussed.  Hands-on activities, games and prizes awarded.

Careers with Reptiles & Amphibians

UWSP Herpetology Society

Hands-on educational show with various live reptiles and amphibians with focus on careers in herpetology.

Chiropractic Medicine and Your Posture

Dr. Miriam Leean
Waupaca Chiropractic Center, S.C.

Dr. Leean will discuss nervous system functions, spinal health, and posture with participants.  Dr. Leean will perform posture checks on all participants in this session.

Circle of Pong

UWSP Students

Students will work together in groups to create a device that can deposit a ping pong ball into a Dixie cup that is 6 feet away using a design process that scientists and engineers use.

Computer Dissection

UWSP Students

In this session, students will take apart a desktop computer and learn what the different components are and do.

Designer Sneakers

Sue Hall, Polymer Ambassador

Join a design team and make a gym shoe for the sport of your choice.  Learn about the wonderful world of polymers and how athletic shoes help a foot strike the ground 10,000 times a day.  You'll get a "kick" out of this activity!  Please note: in the first line of the description, a typo was discovered. We have since replaced the word, "show" with the word, "shoe".  "Shoe" is the correct word for the sentence. 

Eggmobile Design Competition

Robin Schmidt, Quality Engineer, Pearl Engineering
Betty Leonard, Section Representative, SWE

Students design a vehicle to transport Mr. Egg.  The mobile must drive down a ramp and into a brick wall and Mr. Egg must survive.  After the build, all of the vehicles will enter a competition.

Forestry--It's More than Cutting Down Trees

Sue Kissinger, Coordinator of Advising & Recruitment
UWSP Natural Resources Department

Employment opportunities in the field of forestry are excellent--especially for women!  Learn about the many directions that a career in forestry can take you--from the city streets to the national forest.  The UWSP forestry program will be highlighted.  Dress for outdoor activities.

Fun with Tessellations

Dr. Susan Talarico
UWSP Mathematics Department

This workshop will explore a beautiful connection between art and mathematics.  We will explore the art of making tessellations!  We will be making tessellations from pictures or tiles, commonly in the form of animals and other life forms, to cover a surface of paper.

GET OVER IT An Introduction to Bridge Building 

Dr Jack Samuelson, Coordinator of Engineering Outreach, College of Engineering,
UW-Marquette and Maria Bengston, Biomedical Engineer

Designing bridges is an important part of Civil Engineering.  Bridges connect us and provide safe passage over roads, ravines, railroads and rivers. In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn how to design and build bridges using the popular K’Nex materials.  The bridges students build will be tested with weights until they fail, i.e., come tumbling down.

Gumdrop Dome

UWSP Students

Students will be introduced to structural engineering and goal-oriented building by using gumdrops and toothpicks to build the strongest structure that can hold the most weight.

Hubble Vision

Dr. Randy Olson
UWSP Physics & Astronomy Department

This program looks at the discoveries of the Hubble Space Telescope during it more than 15 years in orbit.  Starting in our own solar system the program moves on to look at the stars and how they are born and die.  Finally it looks at the wide variety of galaxies.  The program finishes by looking at some of the most distant objects yet observed.

Learning to Think Like a Psychologist

Debbie Palmer
UWSP Assistant Professor of Psychology

Participants will learn firsthand how Psychologists use scientific methods to gain information and knowledge about human thinking and behavior.  This will be accomplished through the completion of a series of hands-on activities, which will allow participants to learn more, and possibly appreciate better, their own impressive abilities and skills!  The completion of these activities will provide participants with a greater understanding of what it means to think like a Psychologist.

Medical Investigators

Joyce Bulgrin
UWSP Health Sciences Department

Become a highly-sought after medical detective.  Work your way through a medical case with lots of hands-on activities.  Ultimately, students will be able to solve the medical mystery using clues given and lab results obtained from hands-on exercises.

Mice, Ice & Rats

Betsie Graham
UWSP Zoology Coordinator

We will conduct a brief metabolism experiment using live mice - comparing the metabolism of a “warm mouse” to that of a “cold mouse.” Each group and, if possible, each student is responsible for animal handling briefly.

Obtaining Evidence--Law Enforcement

Deputy Julie Thobaben, Waupaca County

You will see what law enforcement officers do every day.  You will sketch a crime scene and fingerprint a suspect (fellow student).

Origami Kites

UWSP Students

In this activity, students will make an origami kite by following picture directions in Japanese.  They will also discuss measurements and ratios.

Paper Science and Engineering:  A Career Path Waiting for Talented Women to Enter!

Kelly Klaas, Lab Manager
Paper Science and Engineering Department, UWSP

Paper Science and Engineering offers dynamic, exciting careers for women.  Engineers in the industry are in high demand and are paid well.  Come learn what it means to work in the pulp and paper industry and how to make paper!

The Potato:  Junk Food or Health Food?

Shelly Jansky
USDA-ARS and UW-Madison

The potato has gotten a bad rap in recent years due to press reports about high fat, high glycemic index, and acrylamides in chips and fries.  We will discuss the work that scientists are doing to improve potatoes, chips, and fries.  Of course, this will have to include some taste testing as part of that discussion.

Science and International Experiences:  Why Everyone Should Go Abroad

Bobbie Kubish, Recruitment and International Program Coordinator
UWSP College of Natural Resources

The College of Natural Resources at UWSP has their own International Programs Coordinator.  Why do you think this is?  Could it be because environmental problems are not just in our backyard, they are global.  Or, that we impact others abroad by our decisions at home?  Or, our graduates are working with a lot more international people?  Come learn why international experiences are so important during your college careers and why, scientists who think globally, act locally are high in demand.

Science and the Law 

Dr. Elizabeth Wabindato and Political Science Students: Laura Hauser-Menting and Elise Dietsch
UWSP Political Science Department

We will debate and discuss science related constitutional questions such as Intelligent Design/Evolution in the classroom, stem cell research and others.  Much of our science research is shaped by politics and legislation, including research funding. 

Soil:  The Real Support Behind Human Endeavors

Meghan Buckley
Jess Sherman
UWSP Soil and Waste Resources

This workshop will allow participants to explore the physical properties of the soil around us that make some sites more or less suitable to development, agriculture, nature reserves, etc.  Activities include creating miniature landslides, causing soil aggregates to explode, and measuring the amount of soil erosion from everyday activities.

Toy Prototyping

UWSP Students

Students will analyze information on the developmental appropriateness of toys for children of various ages.  They will then use this information to brainstorm a new toy for their selected age level.

Video Gaming & Animation Design wtih Computers

Dr. Trudi Miller
Assistant Professor, Computer Information Systems, UWSP

Learn how to program your own animation or video game in this hands-on opportunity to learn about the computing field.

What in the World is an MPH?

Alyson Luchini, MPH
WNEP Coordinator, Waupaca County UW-Extension

We often get the question, "You went to school for public health?  What is that?"  Come and learn about the exciting and growing field of public health.  Two recent MPH graduates will talk about the educational paths that lead them to a degree in public health and the current careers in public health they have that relate to nutrition, athletic training and physical health.  This session will involve fun activities that will get you moving, learning and having fun!

Wolf Wonders: Skulls and Fur, Tracks and Casts, Stories and Sounds

Karen Lee Vermillion
University of Wisconsin-Extension

Enter into the wonderful world of wolves:  Here the howls, see and feel their fur.  Make plaster casts of the racks of wolves and other wildlife, listen to stories, learn about and see photos of wolves that live near you!

Science and the Law

Liz Wabindato
Political Science Professor

We will debate and discuss science related constitutional questions such as Intelligent Design/Evolution in the classroom, stem cell research and others. Much of our science research is shaped by politics and legislation, including research funding.