EYH Contra Costa College
Date: May 18, 2012 Time: 8:30 AM Place: Contra Costa College 2600 Mission Bell Dr. San Pablo, CA 94806 Phone number: |
About the conference
Expanding Your Horizons is an international program for girls like YOU (age 11-15) who come from public and private schools. At the Contra Costa College EYH conference, you will participate in an exciting and fun-filled day of hands-on science, technology, engineering and mathematics activities led by professional women scientists and engineers. You will perform actual science experiments in small groups and talk with women from many different fields. You could discover how your iPod is built, launch a comet, look at brain MRIs, find the link between cooking and chemistry and much more! |
Conference location
Contra Costa College 2600 Mission Bell Dr. San Pablo, CA 94806
Sample student workshops
| Time | Title | Leader |
| 10:30 am | Let's look at animals & molecules! | Katherine Krolikowski |
| 10:30 am | CSI: Who Dunnit? | Thuy Dang |
| 10:30 am | Structural Engineers: We're Built of the Best | Sara Jozefiak/Katy Briggs |
| 10:30 am | Science of the Body | April Tisby |
| 10:30 am | X-Ray Technologists: What Do They Do? | Kelly Angel |
| 10:30 am | Nursing: From the Bedside to Beyond | Abigail Abar-Calica |
| 10:30 am | Genes in a Bottle | Julie Mathern |
Sample adult workshops
| Time | Title | Leader |
| 10:30 am | Teachers' Workshop: Your Student's Future | Maritza VandeVoorde |
| 10:30 am | Parents' Workshop: Tips for Building Young Women Into Leaders | Alma Busby-Williams |
| 11:40 am | Parents' Workshop: Your Daughter's Future | Maritza VandeVoorde |
| 11:40 am | Teachers' Workshop: Taking Care of You to Take Care of Them | Alma Busby-Williams |