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2008 ASTRONAUT LACY VEACH DAY
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INSPIRING, EXPLORING,
DISCOVERING, VOYAGING, AND LEARNING
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2008 ASTRONAUT LACY VEACH DAY
OF DISCOVERY |
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INSPIRING, EXPLORING,
DISCOVERING, VOYAGING, AND LEARNING
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Schedule
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Registration Form
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| Schedule for Saturday, October 25, 2008 | |
| 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. | Interactive displays available for viewing (Mamiya Science Center Courtyard) |
| 7:45-8:45 a.m. | Registration (Dillingham Hall) |
| 9:00-9:55 a.m. | Opening general assembly with keynote speaker Astronuat Stanley Love (Dillingham Hall) |
| 10:10-11:10 a.m. | Workshop Session I (Mamiya Science Center classrooms) |
| 11:20-12:20 p.m. | Workshop Session II (Mamiya Science Center classrooms) |
| 12:20-1:05 p.m. | Lunch (bring your own lunch and drink or purchase on campus) |
| 1:15-2:00 p.m. | General assembly with special 3D program, student interns at NASA (Dillingham Hall) |
| 2:00-3:00 p.m. | Science Magic--science demonstrations with a flair (Dillingham Hall) |
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We've listed this year's 24 workshops below. You may also see an "easy to print" pdf file showing the day's schedule and all these workshop descriptions, by clicking >> here. WORKSHOP 200801 The Incredible Mars Pathfinder Mission Wendell Thomas, Challenger Center Hawaii The Mars Pathfinder Mission provided fabulous information for NASA scientists. Construct a working rover model and explore facts about Mars. Are you ready to build your working model rover and learn more about the planet Mars? WORKSHOP 200802 Dr. Gadget presents Gadgets that Float and Glide Through the Air Dr. Joe Laszlo (aka Dr. Gadget), HaSTA and College of Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa You have all seen things that fly like airplanes, helicopters, birds and flying insects. Perhaps you have ridden on an airplane. What sets these things that fly apart from things that float or glide through the air? Examine some of the ideas associated with flight by making and using some simple gadgets. WORKSHOP 200803 Science for Medical Doctors Greg Reinking, MD and Priscila Rayray, RT (CVM), Kuakini Radiology Group Learn about the process of becoming a medical doctor, the technology they use to diagnose patients and the skills to treat them, and the special problems for people who work and live in space. Learn basic anatomy; diagnose patients with X-rays, CT scans and MRI scans; handle catheters and angioplasty balloons used to treat damaged arteries; and learn how to tie knots using surgical techniques. WORKSHOP 200804 Making Instant Ice Cream Walter Rhee, Foodwriter Explore food science in this hand-on workshop. Create a tasty ice cream mixture at room temperature then treat it with liquid nitrogen and turn it into ice cream in 1 to 2 seconds (this is not a misprint, one to two seconds). Learn how science is involved in each step of the ice cream making process. WORKSHOP 200805 Water Powered Bottle Rockets Gail Peiterson and Robyn Otagaki, HaSTA and Punahou School Make a bottle rocket and apply Newton's Laws and launch your water powered "shuttle" into orbit in this sure-to-be "explosive" activity. WORKSHOP 200806 Speed of Sound Inside and Out Dr. James Redmond, HaSTA and College of Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa Determine the speed of sound in two ways: (1) using a trundle wheel (to measure distance), a flashing, wood clapper system, a stop watch, and a clipboard with pad for data collection. (2) using a closed tube of known length, a dog-training clicker and a microphone connected to a Vernier LabQuest hand-held device which will graph the results for the determination of the speed of sound (d/t). WORKSHOP 200807 Ocean Defenders: Can You Help? Marcie Grabowski, Hawaii Ocean Observing System (HI-OOS), University of Hawaii at Manoa Human activities are affecting the ocean and the creatures that live in it. Experiment to see how acidic water can get before your test "coral" dissolves and is gone forever! Then try your hand at cleaning up an oil spill. We'll try low-tech and high-tech methods to see if science really can help us with this mess. WORKSHOP 200808 Mystery and Intrigue - The Wide World of Electricity Randy China and Hawaiian Electric Company team Learn at least one exciting aspect of electricity and a chance to see if an engineer can create some magic and take you on a brief voyage of discovery. Build a portable experiment that should impress your friends, family, and teachers. As always, no previous experience necessary - just bring your eagerness to participate and learn. In fact, you may be able to teach our engineers something new! WORKSHOP 200809 Rocks from the Moon Linda Martel and Dr. Rachel Lentz, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii at Manoa Thanks to the Apollo astronauts and Antarctic explorers who collect lunar meteorites, you will examine rocks from the Moon! You'll also do a Moon mapping activity to learn more about where these rocks came from. Plus, you'll learn first-hand how people camp and search for meteorites in Antarctica, and you can try on the life-saving, extreme-cold weather gear they wear. WORKSHOP 200810 NASA LCROSS Mission - Cratering the Moon Brian Hawkins, NASA Aerospace Education Specialist, NASA Ames Research Center NASA will return to the Moon in 2009 in search for water ice that, if found, could lead to future human exploration! Come learn about the geology of lunar craters and about how the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) will create a lunar crater of its own in its search for frozen water. An overview of this exciting NASA mission will be followed by hands-on cratering activities that explore angle of impact, crater size, and ejecta patterns. WORKSHOP 200811 Geocaching: Adventures with GPS Dr. Barbara Gibson, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa Global Positioning System (GPS) technology is all around us, such as in satellites, cars -- even our cell phones. You'll learn how to operate a hand-held GPS unit, including marking waypoints, and how to read a satellite image to find your location. Will you be able to find the secret location of hidden treasure spots? WORKSHOP 200812 Don't Drag Me Down Kimberley Weersing, Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa What's small and floats and is found all over? Marine microbes! Use microscopes to dive into the world of marine microbes to see how they have adapted to stay afloat! Design and build your own critter, and enter it in a sinking race to see how well it defies gravity! WORKSHOP 200813 Edible Astronomy Jeanine Nakakura, Roosevelt High School Create edible objects that have been discovered by astronomers using telescopes. WORKSHOP 200814 Camera Obscura Eric Pilger, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii at Manoa Make your own pinhole camera from household objects. Learn how to take this technology to the next step. WORKSHOP 200815 FIRST Lego League in Hawaii Ken Agcaoili, Stevenson Intermediate and Rebecca Eldredge, Hanahauoli School Participants pair up to build and program basic Lego robots. Learn about the FIRST Lego League (FLL) season theme of Renewable Energy, and how to find an existing team or start a new one. Related links: www.firstlegoleague.org and www.hawaiifll.org. WORKSHOP 200816 I Want to Hold Your Hand - Construct a robotic-like hand! Tracy Tanouye and Teaching Team, Pearl City Elementary School, NASA Explorer School A robot is a machine that collects information from its surroundings. Today's robots come in all shapes and sizes, may have multiple sensors, and are able to make their own decisions based on given information. Learn how robotics plays a role in your everyday life and how NASA uses robotics; construct a robotic-like hand and demonstrate how data are collected when using robotic technology. WORKSHOP 200817 Looking for a Moon Outpost Stan Mesina and Team, August Ahrens Elementary School Experience what engineers and scientists look at to determine where a Moon outpost should be built. Your team of engineers and scientists will review data about potential sites for future human habitation, and select a site that has the fewest risks and the most benefits. Learn what the upcoming LCROSS and LRO missions will do to help determine where the Moon Outpost will be built. WORKSHOP 200818 The Expansion of the Universe Paul Sherard, Honolulu Community College Did you know the universe is expanding? How do observations from telescopes, such as those found on Mauna Kea, indicate the expansion of the universe? How does this evidence relate to the Big Bang theory? Find out the answers to these profound questions by doing hands-on activities with balloons that will demonstrate Hubble's Law of Cosmic Expansion, and take your balloon home as a memento! WORKSHOP 200819 Meteorites: Rocks from Space Dr. Ed Scott and Dr. Sarah Sherman, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii at Manoa Learn how to distinguish meteorites from chunks of basalt. Find out why bits of rock hit the Earth to form meteorites. Where do meteorites come from and why are there so many different kinds? WORKSHOP 200820 Too Much Pressure! Farrington High School Science and Environmental Club Explore levitation, flight, and the forces that make them possible. Bubbles, ping-pong balls, cans...can you handle the pressure? WORKSHOP 200821 Wazzup? Hawai'i's Night Sky Barbara Mayer, National Park Service volunteer interpreter and contract curriculum writer Make your own glow-in-the-dark Hawai'i star map for October to take home! Learn how to use it, and participate in a kinesthetic lesson to learn why stars change during the night, from season to season, and from place to place. WORKSHOP 200822 Gases in Space Living Dr. Ron Takata, Honolulu Community College In order to live on the Moon, Mars or outer space, we need to maintain a healthful atmosphere by producing oxygen and minimizing harmful gases such as carbon dioxide. In this lab, you'll make oxygen and carbon dioxide, and scrub carbon dioxide from the atmosphere so we can breathe better. WORKSHOP 200823 Polynesian Star Compass Sandy Webb, Mililani High School Actively learn the star compass used by Polynesian navigators and take a copy home to practice with outside under the night sky. WORKSHOP 200824 Hydrogen Fuel Cells Bebi Davis, Dr. Harry Davis, and Farrington High School Students An introduction to fuel cell technology. Use a fuel cell to produce hydrogen, and then use the hydrogen to run a model car/toy. Plus you'll learn the science behind the fuel cell! Workshop assignments will be based upon your selections and space availability. Campus parking map --> 
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September 3, 2008. Updated October 30, 2008.
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