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2009 ASTRONAUT LACY VEACH DAY
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INSPIRING, EXPLORING,
DISCOVERING, VOYAGING, AND LEARNING
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2009 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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| Saturday's Schedule and Descriptions of the Workshops | |
| 7:45-8:45 a.m. | Registration (Dillingham Hall) |
| 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. | Interactive displays (see the list) available for viewing (Mamiya Science Center Courtyard) |
| 9:00-9:55 a.m. | Opening general assembly with keynote speaker Mr. Scott Veach, son of Astronaut Veach (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 featured speaker Dr. Barbara Bruno (Dillingham Hall) |
| 2:00-3:00 p.m. | Space Science Magic--science demonstrations with a flair (Dillingham Hall) |
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We've listed this year's 19 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 2009_01 Mystery and Intrigue--The Wide World of Electricity Tanay Panalal and the HECO team, Hawaiian Electric Company Learn at least one exciting aspect of electricity and have 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. WORKSHOP 2009_02 NASA--On The Moon: Touchdown! Tony Leavitt, NASA / Penn State University NASA is currently exploring the Moon to decide where humans will land and build a Lunar Base around 2025. YOU must engineer a lunar lander to safely bring those astronauts to the surface of the Moon! Calculate, Design, Build and Test. WORKSHOP 2009_03 Geocaching: Adventures with GPS and Satellites Dr. Barbara Gibson, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, UH Manoa Global Positioning System (GPS) technology is all around us, in satellites, cars -- even our cell phones. Learn how to operate a hand-held GPS unit, mark waypoints, and read a satellite image to find your location. Will you be able to find the secret location of hidden treasure? WORKSHOP 2009_04 Water-Powered Bottle Rockets Gail Peiterson and David White, 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 2009_05 Edible Astronomy Jeanine Nakakura and Roosevelt High students, Roosevelt High School Create edible cookie models of objects that have been discovered by astronomers using telescopes. Learn about astronomical objects and explore your artistic side in this yummy workshop! WORKSHOP 2009_06 A Thrilling Experience--Amusement Park Physics Wendell Thomas, Challenger Center Hawaii and Mark Tanji, Windward Adult Education Program All of us have experienced the thrill of an amusement park ride. Join us on a scientific ride examining the science behind amusement park rides and use your engineering skills to build your own model rollercoaster with materials provided. WORKSHOP 2009_07 Floating and Sinking; Density and Buoyancy, and Beyond!! Dr. Joe Laszlo AKA Dr. Gadget, UH West Oahu Living in an ocean environment enables us to see many examples of sinking and floating. How does density and buoyancy fit into all of this? Who first reported on density and buoyancy? Have you ever made a Cartesian Diver? How do they work? WORKSHOP 2009_08 So, What Planet Are You From? Dr. Rachel Lentz, St. Andrew's Priory School and Linda Martel, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, UH Manoa What is life? How do biological and bio-mechanical life differ? Discover the common threads of life, determine criteria necessary for finding evidence of life on other planets, and design new forms of life that may exist somewhere out there. WORKSHOP 2009_09 Measuring UVA, UVB, and IR Radiation Inside and Out James Redmond, UH College of Education and Lauren Kaupp, University Lab School Use Vernier LabQuest handheld devices equipped with UVA, UVB, and IR radiation sensors to test radiation sources in the lab and outside on the soccer field, test various sunscreens to see how effective they are in blocking radiation. You will learn about the need for protection from UV radiation and the heat carrying infrared radiation from the Sun. WORKSHOP 2009_10 An Ocean of Opala Kimberley Weersing and Kimberly Tice, Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education Albatross are large seabirds that travel thousands of miles across open ocean in search of food for themselves and their chicks. Study albatross boluses to find out what they've been eating. Dissect an albatross bolus and discover the unexpected connection between our trash and a seabird's dinner. WORKSHOP 2009_11 Ocean Defenders: Can You Help? Marcie Grabowski, Hawaii Ocean Observing System Human activities are affecting the ocean and the creatures that live in it. Experiment to see how acidic water can be before your test "coral" dissolves and is gone forever! Then try your hand at cleaning up an oil spill. WORKSHOP 2009_12 Foam "Apollo" Rocketry Astrid Apo, Gary Ginoza, Traci Tanouye, Pearl City Elementary School Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Apollo's lunar landing by building your own foam "Apollo" Rocket and launch your rocket to the Moon! Learn some history of the Apollo missions and explore forces and motion. WORKSHOP 2009_13 Robofest Ken Agcaoili, Stevenson Middle School and Rebecca Eldredge, Hanahauoli School Participants pair up to build and program basic Lego robots and learn about the FIRST Lego League (FLL) season theme of Robozone, and how to find an existing team or start a new one. This is a double-length session (I and II). WORKSHOP 2009_14 The Expansion of the Universe Paul Sherard, Honolulu Community College Learn about the expanding universe and the Big Bang theory, and the role of the Mauna Kea telescopes. Hands-on activities with balloons will demonstrate Hubble's Law of Cosmic Expansion. WORKSHOP 2009_15 That Crazy Moon of Ours! Barbara Mayer, Kamehameha Middle School / National Park Service Why can we see only one side of the Moon? Is there really a man in the Moon? How does our Moon change shape? Does the Moon's light ever go out?! Let's do a kinesthetic astronomy activity to find answers! WORKSHOP 2009_16 Bridge Building Bebi Davis, Travis Takashima, Dr. Harry Davis, and Farrington High students, Farrington High School Build model bridges with the aim of achieving a high structural efficiency (E). E=Load supported in grams (25,000 g maximum) / Mass of bridge in grams. Learn about the International Bridge Building Competition. WORKSHOP 2009_17 Ocean FEST Hands-on Science Fun Carlie Wiener, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology and Dr. Barbara Bruno, Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education Explore how UH marine scientists do their work related to genetics, sound and ocean currents, extract your own DNA and wear it as a necklace, observe and graph the sounds of underwater animals and make a current tube to discover ocean properties. WORKSHOP 2009_18 Science for Medical Doctors Greg Reinking, MD, and Priscila Rayray, 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. WORKSHOP 2009_19 Comet Making and Telescope Building Jeff Rich, Sarah Jaeggli, Kristen Larson, Heather Kaluna, and Mark Pitts, Institute for Astronomy Astronomers do their best to find out what objects exist in outer space and to learn all about them. In this workshop you will create a real mini-comet using everyday (and not so everyday) household goods. As astronomers, you'll build telescopes to observe comets. Workshop assignments will be based upon your selections and space availability. See Registration Form for complete details. Punahou campus map --> 
Mamiya Science Center Classroom map --> 
August 31, 2009. Updated: October 26, 2009.
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