Office of Educational Outreach

Expanding Your Horizons


Online Registration is Closed for the 2008 Conference

Workshops

 Workshops
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
1.
A MashUp Future Just for You!
Do what comes naturally—social networking and technology skills can lead you to an amazing career. Learn how making sense of information and sharing what you learn can lead you to a fun and rewarding future.
Cissy Yoes
Open
2.
Be Glamorous…Be an Inventor!
Learn how scientists and chemists make your favorite colors. Then discover how your beauty ideas can make you a glamorous inventor!
Karthika Perumal, Ph.D. and Frances Street, J.D.
Open
3.
Beyond What Your Eyes Can See!
Discover the hidden secrets of plants and animals! Learn to understand things that are beyond what we can see using scientific equipment and methods.
Drs. Jenny Gu and Sandhya Thulasi Das
Open
4.
Building Human Engineers
Engineer a human building by making a bridge between what a person with a disability can do and the person wants to do.
Dr. Barbara Doucet
Open
5.
Chemistry: It’s Everywhere!
Separate ink, extract DNA, and explore the nature of fires. Come experience the wonder of chemistry with your five senses!
Patricia Chapela
Open
6.
CSI Houston: “The Dead Speak”
Help our team of female forensic experts decipher messages from the dead using forensic techniques.
Mary Daniels; Stacey Mitchell, RN, DNP; Jennifer
Full
7.
Move It, Move It!!
Learn how physical therapists use the science of movement and human anatomy to heal people and improve their lives.
Dr. Janna McGaugh
Open
8.
Scrubs (What Really Goes on in the Operating Room?)
Tour the operating suite with step-by-step descriptions from the viewpoint of the patient and the staff.
Dr. Mae Kelver
Open
9.
Transformers!!!
Build and program your own robot!
Dr. Monique Micheaux
Open
10.
Win! Win! WIN!
Turn what you love to do into an award winning project! Learn how to maximize use of the web and other resources and get advice from real scientists! Get tips and tricks on how to make your best presentation!
Dr. Catherine H. Schein
Open
11.
You Take My Breath Away!!
Discover the INS and OUTS of breathing. Learn how to care for breathing related illnesses using real treatment equipment!
Mary West and Precious Moore
Open

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 Workshops
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
1.
A MashUp Future Just for You!
Do what comes naturally—social networking and technology skills can lead you to an amazing career. Learn how making sense of information and sharing what you learn can lead you to a fun and rewarding future.
Cissy Yoes
Open
2.
Be Glamorous…Be an Inventor!
Learn how scientists and chemists make your favorite colors. Then discover how your beauty ideas can make you a glamorous inventor!
Karthika Perumal, Ph.D. and Frances Street, J.D.
Open
3.
Beyond What Your Eyes Can See!
Discover the hidden secrets of plants and animals! Learn to understand things that are beyond what we can see using scientific equipment and methods.
Drs. Jenny Gu and Sandhya Thulasi Das
Open
4.
Building Human Engineers
Engineer a human building by making a bridge between what a person with a disability can do and the person wants to do.
Dr. Barbara Doucet
Open
5.
Chemistry: It’s Everywhere!
Separate ink, extract DNA, and explore the nature of fires. Come experience the wonder of chemistry with your five senses!
Patricia Chapela
Open
6.
CSI Houston: “The Dead Speak”
Help our team of female forensic experts decipher messages from the dead using forensic techniques.
Mary Daniels; Stacey Mitchell, RN, DNP; Jennifer
Full
7.
Mol and Her Robotic Dog, Mirubo, Do Space Weather!
Learn about how the magnetic field and atmosphere of the Earth responds to changes in the solar wind with the science loving girl, Mol, and her robotic dog Mirubo.
Dr. Elizabeth A. Jensen
Open
8.
Move It, Move It!!
Learn how physical therapists use the science of movement and human anatomy to heal people and improve their lives.
Dr. Janna McGaugh
Open
9.
Scrubs (What Really Goes on in the Operating Room?)
Tour the operating suite with step-by-step descriptions from the viewpoint of the patient and the staff.
Dr. Mae Kelver
Open
10.
Transformers!!!
Build and program your own robot!
Dr. Monique Micheaux
Open
11.
You Take My Breath Away!!
Discover the INS and OUTS of breathing. Learn how to care for breathing related illnesses using real treatment equipment!
Mary West and Precious Moore
Open

Register Now for Expanding Your Horizons

 Workshops
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
1.
Bubble, Bubble, Boil and Puzzle!!
Perform wild, weird, and wacky lab experiments! Experience the life of a research scientist!
Drs. Marguerite A. Sognier and Michele Marquette
Open
2.
Dream Makers
You dream it; we create it! Learn what Event Planners do and how they do it by planning and designing a party, creating decorations, centerpieces and more!
Jeanette Bertram
Open
3.
Fishy Business at the Aquarium
Using science and math as a fish biologist at The Aquarium at Moody Gardens.
Heather Green
Open
4.
Girls, Let’s Look for Pearls!
An exploration of an oyster’s life, pearl searching and jewelry-making.
Texas A&M University at Galveston Sea Camp Staff
Open
5.
Nursing Careers: Blending Both Art and Science
Explore the nursing careers that combine both art and sciences.
Candy Lockhart, Ph.D., APRN
Open
6.
Paws, Claws and Gauze!
Learn about a day in the life of a veterinarian.
Dr. Diana Boon
Open
7.
The Science of a Caring Profession
Nursing is a caring profession that changes people’s lives. Practice starting IV’s and find out about the skills to be a nurse.
Kathy Lawrence, MSN, RN, BC
Open
8.
You Take My Breath Away!!
Discover the INS and OUTS of breathing. Learn how to care for breathing related illnesses using real treatment equipment!
Mary West and Precious Moore
Open

Register Now for Expanding Your Horizons

 Workshops
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
1.
Bubble, Bubble, Boil and Puzzle!!
Perform wild, weird, and wacky lab experiments! Experience the life of a research scientist!
Drs. Marguerite A. Sognier and Michele Marquette
Open
2.
Ca-ching, Ca-ching!!
Learn how to make money!!! Find out how to live the good life by managing and earning money in the fascinating world of banking.
Janet L. Manthei
Open
3.
Dream Makers
You dream it; we create it! Learn what Event Planners do and how they do it by planning and designing a party, creating decorations, centerpieces and more!
Jeanette Bertram
Open
4.
Fishy Business at the Aquarium
Using science and math as a fish biologist at The Aquarium at Moody Gardens.
Heather Green
Open
5.
Girls, Let’s Look for Pearls!
An exploration of an oyster’s life, pearl searching and jewelry-making.
Texas A&M University at Galveston Sea Camp Staff
Open
6.
Killer Disease
Can a black goo called bile and swarms of mosquitoes change a city forever? In this workshop, we will answer this question by looking back through history at Philadelphia in 1793. Along the way, we will learn about a ‘killer disease’ called yellow fever, about the brave people – many of them African Americans – who tried to stop it, and about professional scholars called ‘medical historians’ whose job it is to learn the lessons of ‘killer diseases’ from long ago.
Dayle B. DeLancey, Ph.D.
Open
7.
Nursing Careers: Blending Both Art and Science
Explore the nursing careers that combine both art and sciences.
Candy Lockhart, Ph.D., APRN
Open
8.
Paws, Claws and Gauze!
Learn about a day in the life of a veterinarian.
Dr. Diana Boon
Open
9.
The Science of a Caring Profession
Nursing is a caring profession that changes people’s lives. Practice starting IV’s and find out about the skills to be a nurse.
Kathy Lawrence, MSN, RN, BC
Open
10.
You Take My Breath Away!!
Discover the INS and OUTS of breathing. Learn how to care for breathing related illnesses using real treatment equipment!
Mary West and Precious Moore
Open

Register Now for Expanding Your Horizons