Welcome to the 2008 West Virginia Expanding Your Horizons in Math and Science webpage!

Thanks for participating in EYH. Check out these pictures from the event!

Saturday April 19, 2008

9:00 AM-3:30 PM

Center for Educational Technologies

Wheeling Jesuit University

Wheeling, West Virginia

Driving Directions to Wheeling Jesuit University

Campus Map of Wheeling Jesuit University

We will be in the Acker Science Center (see map below)

We will continue to update this page with information about student workshops and the adult program, so please check back often for updates.

Registration forms can be downloaded here.

Program Schedule

Time	Activity
9:00-9:30	Registration and Breakfast
9:30-9:50	Welcome
10:00-10:50	Workshop #1
11:00-11:50	Workshop #2
12:00-1:50	Lunch
1:00-1:50	Workshop #3
2:00-2:50	Workshop #4
3:00-3:30	Closing Session

Student Workshops

Workshop Info	Presenter Info
Power it Up!	Amy Keesee, WVU Physics Postdoctoral Researcher
Learn basic circuit elements. Build circuits to light up a lightbulb and sound a buzzer.
Styling the Web	Kathy Fletcher, WVU Office of Information Technology
Modify a web page to make it more attractive and accessible using cascading style sheets.
Creating Virtual Worlds	Marjorie Darrah, WVU Math and Mary Ann Harrison, WVHTC Foundation
Create 3-D graphics and animations using Virtual Reality Modeling Language
Designer Genes	Linda Vona-Davis, WVU Adjunct Associate Professor of Surgery
Learn how the body makes essential proteins by making a messenger RNA code from DNA. We will use beads to code for the DNA and to make “protein jewelry” suitable for wearing.
Relationships between Diet and Skull Morphology	Elizabeth Fet, Marshall University
Learn how animals’ diets relate to the shape of their skulls.
The Predator/Prey Game	Kasi Jackson, WVU Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies
Become a Legal Drug Dealer: Careers in Pharmacy	Grazyna Szklarz, WVU Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Hands-on pharmacy experiment and discussion of pharmacy careers.
A Crash Course in LEGO Robotics	Meri Cummings, Center for Educational Technologies, WJU
Program a LEGO robot to navigate obstacles.
Can You Predict the Weather?	Jane Neuenschwander, Center for Educational Technologies, WJU
Use satellite data to predict the weather and make a cloud in the lab
Harnessing the Power of the Sun	Jen Robertson-Honecker, WVU Chemistry
Build solar powered cars
	Sarah Smith, WVU

Adult Program

Admissions and Financial Aid, Wheeling Jesuit University

Opportunities for Girls in Science;

Lisa Montgomery, NASA

A Crash Course in LEGO Robotics;

Meri Cummings, CET

Directions to Acker Science Center

When you enter the main campus from Washington Avenue [pink line], follow the road to the first brick & glass building [ NTTC Building ] and turn right. The road will take you into a parking lot that leads into a second parking lot. You can use either one. The Acker Science Center entrance is off the second parking lot.