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Expanding Your
Horizons in Math and Science A career conference for young women in grades 6 - 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Would you like to be a veterinarian? A pharmacist? A biologist? An engineer? These careers involve math and science. The time to take classes in math and science is now, in junior high and high school. Discover how exciting, interesting, and fun math and science can be. Learn about opportunities for women in technical fields by attending hands-on workshops. Form personal contacts with women working in these fields. Meet other young women interested in math and science. It’s a good way to find out what you like to do before you have to make up your mind.
Students should plan to arrive at The University Center between 8:00 and 8:30 for Packet pick-up and morning refreshments. Security
If they would like parents are welcome to come into University Center
and see that their daughter is properly registered. After registration the
participants are escorted into the Bluebonnet Ballroom where all
participants will meet for the opening ceremony. For the safety and
security of all participants parents will not be allowed into the
Bluebonnet Ballroom. Each participant will be assigned to a table with 2
UTA volunteer escorts who will remain with the group during the entire
conference. Girls will not be allowed to leave the group unless a parent
picks them up. If you have questions you may call the Women’s Studies
Program at 817-272-3131.
In case of emergency a participant may be located by calling the UTA at
817-272-3381.
Map below indicates parking lots available to
attendees:
Flying High With Aviation:
Learn about SOPHIA (Stratospheric Observation Infrared Astronomy).
Fly toy airplanes and receive your wings. Ingrid Knox,
Aerospace Engineer Red
Light, Green Light: Install position lights on a balsa
wood airplane. Jennifer Kuehn, Alma Ramirez, Aerospace
Engineers Between a Rock and a Hard Place:
Learn, hands on, the difference between concrete and cement.
Kathryn Oestricher, Civil Engineer Diagnosis Detectives:
Learn how changes in DNA cause disease, use computers to look at
cells and see how scientists use this knowledge to treat diseases.
Brenda Garris, Joyce Pringle, Clinical Laboratory Scientists Protein
Detectives: Learn how changes in DNA cause disease, use
computers to look at cells and see how scientists use this knowledge
to treat diseases. Audrey Chang, Carrie Partch,
Biochemists/Biologists
On the Wing: Learn the ways biologists catch, mark and
study birds and their migration. Marcy Brown Marsden,
Biologist/Ecologist Picture Perfect Skin: Interactive Role
Playing. Lisa Ostrowski, Physician Assistant Clearing the Air:
Explore air pollution problems and ways to solve them.
Melanie Sattler, Environmental Engineer Just Swipe Your Credit
Card: Learn where money comes from and how to manage it
through building a budget. Follow guidelines using real life
experiences using fake money, checks, debit cards, and a bank
statement. Learn how to apply finance principles to manage any
type of business. Susan Adams, Lei D. Testa, Controllers Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?:
Detect DNA from strawberries and learn how a fingerprint can be
used to identify people. Using DNA samples, find the true heir
of a fortune. Jill Larsen, Dongmei Lu, Molecular Biologists Gold | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||