EYH Contra Costa College
Date: March 15, 2013 Time: 8:30 AM Place: Contra Costa College 2600 Mission Bell Dr. San Pablo, CA 94806 Phone number: 510-235-7800 x4629 |
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 | Life in a Vacuum | Kathy Arnold |
| 10:30 am | CSI: Who Dunnit? | Thuy Dang |
| 10:30 am | Exploring Orthopaedics | Mari Collings/Nadia Majlessi |
| 10:30 am | What's Shakin'? | Lindsey Lyrenmann/Aleeta Dene |
| 10:30 am | Food Science Detectives on the Case of the Lowfat Cookie | Elisabeth Schwarz |
| 10:30 am | Brain Fun! | Mayra Padilla |
| 10:30 am | Lights...Sirens...Action! | Michele Frith |
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 | Mary Johnson |
| 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 | Mary Johnson |
Keynote speaker
Pascha McAllister, Environmental Specialist
Health, Environmental Safety Department
Chevron Richmond Refinery