Sally Ride Science Festival
at NASA Ames Research Center
Silicon Valley, CA • September 27, 2008
Workshops for Students
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 | Google Earth | Technology | Belle Kovan & Crystal Sholts |
| 2 | Rocks, Mud & Bones: Reading the Diary of Earth’s Past | Geology/Paleontology | Melanie Michalak University of California, Santa Cruz |
| 3 | Understanding Biomedical Research | Biology, Pharmacology, Chemistry, Veterinary Science, & Toxicology | Sonja Wallace Roche Palo Alto LLC |
| 5 | So You Want to Be a Bone Detective? | Forensic Anthropology | Lorna Pierce Santa Clara University |
| 7 | Explosive Volcanic Eruptions: Rockets Made of Rocks? | Geophysics | Darcy Ogden Stanford University |
| 9 | Cloud Classification: A Taxonomy of the Skies | Earth/Planetary Sciences | Jennifer D. Small University of California, Santa Cruz |
| 10 | Phun with Physics | Physics | Janice Wong Women in Science and Engineering |
| 12 | The Rocky Shore | Marine Biology | Jessica Bella & Jenna Halsey Marine Science Institute |
| 14 | Meteorites: Rocks from Outer Space!!! | Astronomy/Planetary Sciences | Monika Kress San Jose State University |
| 15 | Rocket Shop | Rocketry | Richard Dierking Temecula Rocket Group |
| 16 | Watersheds and the Water Cycle | Environmental Science | Kate Brauman Stanford University |
| 17 | Solar Technology | Engineering | Corinne Kirmil & Allison Kopf Santa Clara University |
| 18 | You Can Be an Air Traffic Controller | Aviation | Tonya Patterson Federal Aviation Administration |
| 19 | How Big is BIG | Astronomy and Planetary Sciences | Priya Desai University of California, Berkeley |
| 20 | Engineering and Creating Makeup | Chemical Engineering | Joyce Stillman San Jose State University |
| 21 | Delta Wing Flyer | Mechanical Engineering | Seema Singh, Steven Chun, Karishma Singh, Jennie Livingston Pi Tau Sigma, San Jose State University |
| 22 | Fantastic Gases: Taking States of Matter Into Your Own Hands | Chemical Engineering | Dione Lee Rossiter |
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