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11th Annual Math and Science Matter - Especially for Young Women at Dutchess Community College
Dutchess Community College and IBM present the 11th Annual Math and Science Matter - Especially for Young Women on Saturday, March 3, 2007 from 8am to 1pm at the DCC main campus in Poughkeepsie. This program features hands-on math and science workshops in physics, chemistry, astronomy, geology, forensics, paleontology, computer graphics, and other disciplines designed specifically for middle school girls. Light refreshments are served. For information call Susan LaFosse at (845) 431-8555. There will be no walk-in registration available this year. Pre-registration is necessary and is available online through February 28.
Visit www.sunydutchess.edu/ campusevents and click on the link for Math and Science Matter
Check-in will be located in the Dutchess Hall Lobby from 8-8:30am, with a Welcome in the James and Betty Hall Theatre at 8:30 am. Four 50-minute activity blocks follow in classrooms and laboratories in the Washington Center for Science and Art. There will also be special programs just for parents. Parents do not need to preregister. The program will consist of: the following workshops for girls:
1. Simple Geometry, Exotic Graphics: Discover how simple ideas from basic geometry can be used to create stunning selfsimilar graphs. This will be an interactive workshop.
2. Astronomy: Journey to the sun and planets, and even through time, without leaving the building. The Solar System and the stars will be considered with the help of computers and telescopes.
3. Ocean Detectives: Learn about oceanography, the science that begins at every shoreline. Explore different environments that make up coastlines and ocean basins.
4. Coloring Maps and Crossing Bridges: Color maps, build and solve puzzles, and get an introduction to the exciting branch of mathematics called graph theory. These are NOT the typical graphs!
5. Chemical Wizardry: It's not magic, or is it? See exciting demonstrations used in the chemistry program at DCC.
6. "Phooling" with Physics: Pour laser light down the drain, catch lightning in a bottle, and blow up some marshmallows. You'll have a great time finding out what puts the "phizz" in the physical world.
7. Fold Me! Explore the link between mathematics and the art of paper folding.
8. Expedition in Search of Fossils: Sift through an ore matrix to discover and then keep 7 - 20 million-year old fossils (Miocene Epoch). Participants will also learn how to identify their fossils.
9. Soldering for Electronics: Soldering is a big part of all the electronic devices we use every day. The session will involve assembling a small battery and light circuit.
10. Fun with Chemistry: Work in an actual chemistry lab and use chemistry to identify an unknown substance, investigate how a battery works, and make slime.
11. Solar Cars: Assemble a model solar car and learn how and why solar energy could be a 'fuel.'
12. Break the Code: Try your skills to write and figure out secret messages. Learn some basic mathematical techniques to send a message to a friend so that no one else can read it.
13. Become a DNA Detective: Join the IBM team and find out how DNA profiling can make sense of a virtual crime scene, then do a hands-on activity to isolate and examine your own DNA.
14. Life Without a Backbone: Most animals don't have a backbone, or even a skeleton. In this session, you'll get a chance to handle and feed aquatic and land-based invertebrates.
15. Chemistry and Physiology of Food and Nutrition: Learn about what you eat and where it goes. Do some tests on some common foods to discover what is in them.
Special programs for parents include College Preparation
and the Admission Process with Rita Banner, DCC Director of Admissions; The
Mystery of Financial Aid with Sue Mead, DCC Director of Financial Aid; and The
Web You Didn't Know: More Effective Use of the Internet for Research with Tom
Trinchera, DCC Reference Librarian.
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