Sally Ride Science
Sally Ride Science Festival
at University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA • November 19, 2006

Sally Ride Science Festival

Discovery Workshops for Girls

Many Discovery Workshops are offered! But there is only time for two. Choose the six workshops that interest you the most. We will try to assign you to two workshops from your six favorite! Please note: We can not guarantee your workshop choices.


Wkshp ID Title Area of Discovery Presenter/Affiliate
1 Science Detectives Biological Science Christine Adamczych
GlaxoSmithKline
3 Living in a Material World: Materials Science is All Around You! Chemistry American Chemical Society
American Chemical Society
4 Give a Hand: Care for the Land Engineers and Geologists Working Together to Protect the Environment Environmental Engineering Linda Hollingsworth
NASA
5 Bottle Rocket Madness! Aerodynamics Danielle Robles
Sally Ride Science
6 The Density of Chocolate Math/Engineering Anna Willett & Brooks Pauly
Haley & Aldrich
7 Women Surgeons: The Cutting Edge Profession Medicine Anne Wallace
University of California, San Diego
8 Your Pet's Day at the Vet Veterinary Medicine Marilyn Seals & Ruth MacPete
La Jolla Veterinary Hospital
10 Sweet and Sour Science Chemistry Judy Kim
University of California, San Diego
11 Animal Adaptations Animals Nora Venne, Melissa Beeson & Kata the Dog
Helen Woodward Animal Center's Animobile
12 See What the Astronauts See! Earth Science Cheryl Warner, Chris Whitney, Jessi Schoner, Liz Kain
University of California, San Diego - NASA ISS EarthKAM
13 Helicopter Operations at Sea Search/Rescue Connie Avery
14 Come Fly with Us: Four Forces with Paper Airplanes Physics/Aerodynamics Shalene Baxter & Amelia Chapman
San Diego Air and Space Museum
15 Computer Design Cosmic Blob! Engineering/Computer Aided Design Rebecca de la Torre
Goodrich
16 The Chemistry of Lipgloss Chemistry Danielle Vellucci
University of California, Irvine
17 Never Buy Cheese Out of Someone's Trunk: Microbiology and Public Health Microbiology Amy Johnson
Public Health Department
18 What's a Super Portal? Computer Science Mona Wong-Barnum
San Diego Super Computer Center
19 Wild Blue Yonder Aviation Patricia Beckman
Women in Aviation
21 Energy Freedom: Discovering Your Ability to Produce Power Environment/Energy   Michael Winters & Crew
22 Catch a Falling Star: Rocks from Other Worlds Chemistry   Candace Kohl
University of California, San Diego
23 Colorful Chemistry Chemistry   Danielle Pfaff & Crew
University of San Diego
24 Return to the Moon: Rocket Science for Everyone! Space Exploration   Phillip Blanco
San Diego State University
25 That's "Bone...dacious": Rockin' Robin's Excellent Adventure to Your Bones Medicine   Robin Dore
University of California, Los Angeles
26 Capturing Whispers from Space Space Science   Karla Warner
NASA
27 Write Your Own Computer Game! Computer Science   Stephanie Chang
28 DNA Detectives Biological Science   Dona Mapston
Salk Institute
29 We All Have a Sensitive Side: Differences in the Two Halves of Your Brain Neuroscience   Katie McDonald
Pomona College
30 Diabetes Research: An Apple A Day Biology   Ginger Toschiaddi
Amylin Pharmaceuticals

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