Schedule and Workshops

Schedule

We have not yet finalized the details for the 2025 conference, but it should look similar to those for the 2024 conference, shown here:

Attendee Workshops

These are the attendee workshops for the 2024 conference. The 2025 conference will have different ones, which we will post here when we finalize them.

The Wacky Geometry of Earth

Can a triangle have three ninety-degree angles? What does it mean to walk in a straight line on the surface of a sphere? We answer these questions and more in a hands-on exploration of spherical geometry that should be of interest to anyone living on Earth or a similar round planet!

Bubble Bonanza

Are bubbles always round? What other shapes can you make? Join professor bubbles as we discover together the physics and math that rounds out bubbles. Then, we'll trick the bubbles into other shapes: A bubble with one side, a bubble with a hole, a Pringle shaped bubble, who knows what else you could discover! But beware - you might get a little wet.

Using Data to Tell Stories about Health

Data science is about using math and creativity to tell a story from a bunch of numbers. This is super important for improving public health and healthcare! Come learn to make eye-catching and informative data visualizations and to tell a story that inspires action.

The Mallowmasters Challenge

Students will collaborate to build the tallest and strongest tower made up of marshmallow and spaghetti. This hands-on activity that not only teaches fundamental engineering principles like structural stability and load distribution but also emphasizes teamwork as students collaborate to create the tallest and most stable tower. Students will develop their own unique engineering design signature to record capture this process.

Tessellation Station: Exploring Patterns and Chaos in 2- and 3-Dimensional Space!

In this workshop, students will learn about the symmetries of two- and three-dimensional space! Using tiling puzzles, we will explore the mathematics behind symmetrical patterns, as well as that behind chaos. Students will have a chance to use polygonal tiles to create their own dynamical systems, and as a bonus, see what it's like to fly through spaces with different geometries!

Exploring Industrial Engineering

What is industrial engineering, and how do industrial engineers improve manufacturing times or shorten the wait at your favorite theme park ride? In this workshop, we’ll look at how industrial engineers optimize processes through hands-on challenges.

Color Classifier

Groups of students will color a picture with a few colors, take a photograph, and classify the colors in the image using a computer vision library. They can adjust color thresholds, add new colors to the classifier, and understand how light and shadows affect computer classification. The CV 'real world' connection can be made to everything from self driving cars to tiktok filters.

The Magic of Light

Do you know how 3D movie works? In this workshop you can build a 3D cinema yourself and learn the magic of light!

Genome Jigsaw

How do scientists read DNA from cells? In this workshop, you'll learn how scientists break down and reconstruct human genomes during sequencing, and how to identify mutations.

Creative Engineering with Paper Machines

Do you like crafting with paper and cardboard? Learn about engineering mechanisms while making your own paper machine. In this workshop, you will get to choose a mechanical movement and assemble a paper machine from parts. Decorate and then use your paper machine to animate your favorite storybook character. (Learners can keep their paper machines after the workshop.)

Magnetic Marvels

Imagine living in a world surrounded by invisible magnetic forces – it's not just imagination, it's our Earth! In this thrilling workshop, you'll dive into the hidden world of magnets, as well as build and explore crystal structures. Discover the amazing roles magnets play in our daily lives and envision how they'll shape the future we dream of by creating your own magnetic fields, experimenting with mesmerizing ferrofluids, and much more!

Let's Study Logic

An introduction to the study of logic! Featuring many logic puzzles about knights, knaves, and Alice in Wonderland.

Playing with Probability

When is it a bad bet to roll the dice? We'll take a look at the odds of winning under different strategies in some familiar games. Join us to explore probability and game theory!

Cabbage pH Indicator

Students will get familiar with the pH scale, using cabbage juice as a homemade pH indicator to determine the pH of different household items.

Making 'Cents' of Electrochemistry

We will be turning pennies silver using electricity. This is called electroplating, which means we will use electrical current from a battery to deposit zinc (a silver-colored metal) on the outside of a penny. We will learn about how electrical current can cause metal ions to move through a solution.

Nuclear is Rad

Radioactivity is all around us, but what is it exactly, and how can it help us make clean energy? Come “see” what’s radioactive and learn how nuclear engineers produce electricity.

Solar Art

Students will make art using the sun! By learning about UV-reactive chemicals students will be able to make "prints" onto photo reactive paper using just the sun and plants found outside. Learn what UV light is and how it can react with certain chemicals to cause the chemical to change color. At the end of this experiment students will have a piece of art they can take home with them.

A Berry Close Look at DNA

All living things contain DNA! The genetic material that has the instructions for making more cells. Did you know that humans have 60% of the same DNA as strawberries? Join us to smash some strawberries and learn some exciting chemistry to extract their DNA! We will get to see what DNA looks like and learn why it's so important for all living things.

What Makes Cells Different?

Everything living–plants, animals, even organisms like yeast– are made up of tiny cells. But what makes these cells different? In this workshop, we'll look at both plant and animal cells and see what the smallest building blocks of our living world are like up close.

Protect the Pill!

Have you ever wondered why there are different types of medication? In this workshop, you will be biomedical engineers designing protective coating on pills that can safely pass through our digestive system. You will learn the relationship between medication and your stomach.

Microbial Detectives (Gram staining)

How do doctors know what antibiotics to prescribe a patient with an unknown bacterial infection? They need the help of a microbial detective, the medical microbiologist! In our workshop, we will be identifying unknown bacteria using the Gram stain method, which is a type of biochemical test used regularly by the medical microbiologist.

Parent Workshops

Once we finalize the content for the parent workshops, we’ll post it here.