Afternoon Workshops:
1:00 to 2:30 pm
Ancient Ohio in the Orton Geological MuseumPresenter: Dale Gnidovec, Curator, 292-6896, gnidovec.1@osu.edu
Location: Orton Hall - Foyer, 155 South Oval Mall
Age range: 9 to 17
Maximum number: 20
470 million years ago the land we call Ohio was under the ocean and was located 20 degrees south of the equator, about where Australia is today - Ohio was like the Bahamas! Come learn about ancient Ohio, including the neat animals that lived and died to become fossils. During the tour real fossils will be passed around, including trilobites and mammoth and mastodon teeth.
Presenter: Carolyn Speicher, 292-7469, speicher.16@osu.edu and Diane Bobay, 688-0312, bobay.3@osu.edu
Location: Jerome Schottenstein Center - Room 1030, 555 Borror Drive
Age range: 9 to 17
Maximum number: 75
Event will feature a tour of the Schottenstein Center and will discuss the different careers involved in Arena / Sports and Special Event Management
Presenter: Steve Hawkins, 247-8063, hawkins.264@osu.edu
Location: Adventure Recreation Center - OAC Climbing Center, 855 Woody Hayes Drive
Age range: 9 to 17
Maximum number: 40
Challenge yourself! Learn how to safely climb on the climbing wall at the Outdoor Adventure Center. You'll love it! Appropriate for any age.
Presenter: Pam Hussen, Academic Advisor
Location: Baker Systems Engineering Building - Room 210E, 1971 Neil Avenue
Age range: 12 to 17
Maximum number: 25
Is science fun for you? Is math interesting to you? We would like to show you how Industrial Engineers use math and science to solve problems in the work world and in society. We have a few activities planned in which you "become" an Industrial Engineer. You will have hands-on involvement in working on several simulations of "real world" situations.
Presenter: Michele C. Brown, brown.1112@osu.edu
Location: Enarson Hall - Conference room 110, 154 West 12th Avenue
Age range: 12 to 17
Maximum number: 15
College is the gateway to higher paying jobs, interesting and exciting careers, and a higher standard of living. "Preparing for College" is for students in middle and high school to learn:
Presenter: Barbara A. Fink, O.D., Ph.D., 292-0084, fink.4@osu.edu
Location: Fry Hall - Clinic Reception Area, 338 West Tenth Avenue
Age range: 9 to 17
Maximum number: 30
The eye is a very specialized organ that is exciting to learn about. Our eyes enable us to see, and this has tremendous importance to our lives. In this workshop, participants will explore how the eye is examined and some of the important findings of an eye examination. Participants will rotate through four hands-on stations: "Vision in Children," "Contact Lenses and Dry Eyes," "Blinding Eye Diseases and Eye Safety," and "Photographing the Eye." Participants will get to use optometric equipment and receive photographs of the front and back of their eyes. There will be ample to time ask questions of the faculty, staff, and students of the College of Optometry.
Presenter: Cheryl Petrilla, 292-9678, petrilla.6@osu.edu and Alysia Gobert-Smith, 292-9678, gobert-smith.1@osu.edu
Location: Fawcett Center - Lobby, 2400 Olentangy River Road
Age range: 8 to 17
Maximum number: 12 (including adult participants)
WOSU Public Media will offer tours of its broadcast facility where guests will have an opportunity to learn more about public broadcasting and how WOSU serves the community. In addition to touring the television studios, guests will also enjoy seeing WOSU's new radio facility.
