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All registered participants for 2025 Girls Rock STEAM will receive a printed schedule in their folder upon check-in to the event.
Schedules have been generated based on students' selections on their registration form (Google Form completed on or before March 15, 2025). Some schedules may be altered if unforeseen circumstances (presenter illness, etc.) lead to the cancellation of any event(s). Thank you for your understanding and flexibility!
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Laura Ineson
Wappingers CSD
Casey Felleman
Wappingers CSDFrog Dissection
Frog Dissection
Dissecting frogs helps us learn about bodies in a hands-on way. It shows us how different parts of the body work together and helps us understand more about our own bodies too. By studying frogs, we can become better scientists and learn more about the amazing world of biology! When we look inside a frog, we can see how different parts of the body work together. For example, the heart connects to blood vessels, showing us how blood moves around the body. We can also see how the stomach connects to the intestines, helping us understand digestion, and the lungs and throat show us how breathing works. By studying frogs, we can also learn about similarities and differences between animals. Frogs have three chambers in their heart, while humans have four. Both frogs and humans have a backbone, but a frog's is shorter, and frogs and humans both have a brain, but a frog's is much smaller. Dissecting a frog also helps us practice important science skills.
Marin Malgieri
Kingston City School DistrictOperational Circuitry
Operational Circuitry
Do you have what it takes to "operate" with a steady hand? Participants will explore simple circuits and create a game modeled after the original Operation game. Students will test hand and eye coordination, as well as their reflexes, after designing their own version of this classic game. Participants will use engineering and design skills to explore circuits and will be able to take their game design home with them at the end of the session.
Bruce Cobb
Kingston City School District
Adam Seelig
Wallkill CSDThe Magic of Shrinky Dinks
The Magic of Shrinky Dinks
In this session, students will explore and experiment with Shrinky Dinks! Shrinky Dinks are plastic that begins in thin sheet form that can be drawn on, colored, cut, and then when heated, will shrink by about a 1/3 of their original size. Students will evaluate the amount the plastic shrinks once they have made their designs and look at the science behind why the plastic behaves the way it does when heated. Shrinky Dinks can be made into jewelry, keychains, and much more. Also, Shrinky Dinks were invented by two women!
Make Your Own DNA Necklace
Make Your Own DNA Necklace
A fun and fascinating laboratory activity not only shows students how to isolate human genomic DNA, it lets them create DNA necklaces they can actually wear.
Tara DiCorcia
Arlington CSDOwl Pellet Dissection
Owl Pellet Dissection
Interested in exploring ecosystems, and who eats HOO in a food web? Look no further-- come and dissect an owl pellet to see what this predator ate! You'll then identify and sort the bones of the prey. If you're lucky, you might even be able to reconstruct a partial skeleton of one of the prey!
Barbara Spanos
Katonah-Lewisboro SD
Jen Hansen
Wappingers CSDFun with Polymers!
Fun with Polymers!
In this session you will explore the world of polymers. Find out what a polymer is and how you interact with them in your everyday life. Students will make Goo Worms and Bouncy Balls!
What Lives Under the Snow and Ice?
What Lives Under the Snow and Ice?
Come investigate the hidden creatures living under the snow and in the ponds under the ice. Find out how they survive the chilly winter conditions. We will look under the microscope at the many adaptations for survival that keep these ecosystems thriving.
Susan Simek
Magnificent Metals
Magnificent Metals
Metals are all around us. In this session, participants will engage in hands-on work making circuits (fans whir, alarms sound, and more), exploring smart alloys, and completing a lab on the chemical reactivity of metals.
Tara Redican
Newburgh Enlarged CSD
Gabriella Terwilliger
Carmel CSDFantastic Fingerprinting
Fantastic Fingerprinting
Every day, you leave unique identifying marks behind every time you touch something - your fingerprints! Students will learn about the different types of fingerprints, how to identify them, and use 2 different techniques to make their fingerprints visible.
Code & Roll: Rocking Robots with Sphero!
Code & Roll: Rocking Robots with Sphero!
Students will work in groups exploring what they can do with SPHERO robots with block coding. They will get it to roll, spin, light up, and even play simple pixel animations. Students will show what they learned at the end of the session by playing a game of SPHERO Simon Says.
Toni DAlessandro
Poughkeepsie City SD
Annie Mardiney
Wild Mountain BirdsKeeping Wildlife in Your Future
Keeping Wildlife in Your Future
Seeing native falcons, owls and hawks up close, and hearing about their place in our environment, is fascinating. These are magnificent and beautiful birds. Understanding their role in our natural world, and the natural and human-made hazards they have to face, are vitally important to their survival in the far distant future. Lost of habitats, migration, climate change, windmills, cars, outside cats, rodent and lead poisoning, etc., are just the tip of the iceberg. My goal is to encourage young people to appreciate these creatures, and keep them in their daily and life plans one way or another. If humans don't care, these wild ones will definitely disappear over time. It will take inspired and dedicated young people to figure out how to protect all wildlife and wild places. Getting outside regularly to go hiking, do outdoor sports, bird watching and citizen science opportunities are important. Long term, we need more women in all fields of science, education, law, veterinary medicine, and politics. I have some concrete ideas to help you help the wild ones. FB page for wild birds in rehab and releases is: Wild Mountain Birds.
Ecology is Everywhere!
Ecology is Everywhere!
Get outside and explore the interconnections between soil, water, air, and all the living organisms in the environment. We'll use field ecology methods to explore the schoolyard and ask questions about our local environment.
Cary Institute
of Ecosystem Studies
Erin Daniels
Hyde Park Central School DistrictBe A Magician With Inertia
Be A Magician With Inertia
Want to show off some magician like skills with physics? Come to this session where we can reenact some social media icons by making perfect shots! Physics will aid in teaching you amazing tricks to impress the rest!
Victoria Yerkes
Washingtonville CSDChristine McIntyre
Wappingers CSDPop-a-Boba
Pop-a-Boba
Get ready to pop into a world of creativity with this exciting hands-on popping boba session. You'll become a kitchen scientist as you mix, drop, and watch magic happen while making your very own popping boba. Using a blend of science and fun, you'll learn how to create these juicy, flavor-filled spheres that burst with a pop in your mouth.
StarLab: Explore the Night Sky
StarLab: Explore the Night Sky
James Amodeo
Wappingers CSDCome see the night sky in the inflatable StarLab portable planetarium dome! Get a tour of some familiar stars, planets, and constellations, and learn some new astrophysical facts. This StarLab session will only run during Session 2, but don't worry - the dome will be up and running for all participants to check out during the STEAM Connect Showcase. Be sure to stop by and learn more about our skies!
Guiding Eyes for the Blind - Genetics in Guide Dogs
Guiding Eyes for the Blind - Genetics in Guide Dogs
Guiding Eyes for the Blind
Learn about service dogs, specifically those that provide guiding eyes for a person with vision impairment. Not all service dogs require the same skills, and being a guiding eyes service animal requires expertise and working drive that many dogs do not have. Physical features start with which breed of working dog is best suited for the skills and demands to guide someone. Within particular breeds there are certain features which are preferred. A special scientist, called a geneticist helps with this. The geneticist collects data, analyzes it and decides how to breed the best dogs for service. Training starts from the day the puppy is born, till the time it is about two years old and ready to provide service to a person. We'll discuss the stages of puppy growth, how they are socialized, raised and professionally trained. Understanding biology, psychology and training pedagogy are all parts of the process. We will even share opportunities for how you can volunteer with the puppies as they progress through this process.
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