2024 Class List
Group A Workshops
A-1 Saltwater Circuit
Build an electrical circuit that uses saltwater as part of the circuit. Investigate the conductivity of saltwater and the impact to electrical current through a circuit. Learn how saltwater circuits are used in desalination plants to test for how much salt remains in ocean water (to create drinking water).
Sarah Thomasson, Energy Engineer & Sharon Nyberg, Resource Conservation Manager, Washington State Department of Enterprise Services (DES)
A-2 When Does Sound Become Music?
What is music, really? Explore the properties of sound and learn how they are organized and manipulated to create music. This hands-on workshop will be held in an electronic piano lab, where we will make music by experimenting with relationships of pitch, duration, intensity, and timbre.
Jennifer Hermann, Executive Director, Olympia Symphony Orchestra
A-3 Intro to Scratch Coding
Join us for an exciting in-person Scratch coding workshop! Learn the basics and create your own interactive stories, games, and animations. Don't miss out on this opportunity to dive into the world of coding and have a blast while doing it!
Hamsini Ramanathan, Founder of SEED4STEM
A-4 Dreaming of Design
Join us for an immersive experience featuring 3D models/visualization, floor plan design, and a chance to put the architectural designer in the hot seat with rapid-fire questions! Explore the possibilities, ignite your creativity, and pave the way to a fulfilling future in design and architecture.
Sammy Brusky, Architectural Associate, Artisans Group Architecture & Planning
A-5 A House Built of Straw?
Make a building using plastic straws and paper. Explore structural analysis and how to design and build strong structures that will withstand earthquakes.
Emi Doyle, Senior Lecturer, Civil Engineer, Ritsumei University, CORE Kenya
A-6 Dental Assisting; Making People's Smiles Brighter
Explore the profession of Dental Assisting & other areas of dentistry through hands-on activities on dental simulators.
Evelyn Harry & Tiffany Johnson, Dental Assisting Professors, Laura Moe-Genther, Dental Assisting Program Director, & Cozette Polzin, Dental Assisting Clinical Supervisor, South Puget Sound Community College (SPSCC)
A-7 Disease Detectives - Epidemiologists
Do you like a good mystery? Well, an epidemiologist’s job is all about solving mysteries. Instead of figuring out “who did it” like a police detective would, they figure out “what caused it.” Come use your critical thinking and logic to investigate what it takes to protect the public’s health and track down an outbreak.
Elizabeth Long, Epidemiologist, Washington State Department of Health
Group B Workshops
B-1 Sparks and Lightning: The Electromagnetic Force
Engage in a number of physics demonstrations to illustrate what the electromagnetic force is, how electric energy can be generated, and make our own lightning using a Van de Graaff generator.
Andrea Kunder, Professor, Saint Martin's University
B-2 DNA is BANANAS
Come join us for a talk on DNA, the biological blueprint of life, and its application in forensic science. And get some hands-on experience extracting DNA from a banana!
Dana Yenko & Kaira Caille Sapkos, Forensic Scientists, Washington State Patrol
B-3 Squishmallows, Bananas & Veterinary Medicine
What do these 3 things have in common? A suture lab at EYH with Dr. Stacy & Dr. Lisa! Bring your favorite torn stuffed animal or over-cuddled squishmallow to our “SPSCC Animal Hospital”. We will practice placing stitches in bananas and your toys using actual surgical instruments.
Dr. Stacy Choczynski, Concierge Veterinary Services & Dr. Lisa Ankerstjerne, Hawks Prairie Veterinary Hospital
B-4 Wash your Water
Come build a small water treatment device and test it! Learn how water is treated in many places around the world.
Emily Sortevik, Project Engineer, & Enriqueta Martinez, Design Engineer, SCJ Alliance
B-5 A Breath of Fresh Air - Weather, Air Quality and You
What is air pollution and where does it comes from? Think you know? You might be surprised. Also, learn how weather affects air quality and what you can do right now to keep your air clean.
Jennifer DeMay, Engineering Supervisor & Nancy Wood Siglin, Air Quality Specialist II, Olympic Region Clean Air Agency
B-6 A River Runs Through It
Learn how hydraulic engineers design fish passable structures and restore streams. A flowing river model will teach you hands-on about river and sediment dynamics, habitat restoration.
Hannah Morsch, Erin Pletcher, & Ryan Barkie, Hydraulic Design Engineers, Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)
B-7 Mighty Microbes
Join us for a fun workshop about how the women at LOTT Clean Water Alliance clean and recycle wastewater. Put on your lab coat and gloves for a hands-on microscope lab to see some cool microorganisms up close! If you’re lucky maybe you’ll find a tardigrade.
Tricia Swinyer, Environmental Educator, Michelle Barnett, Senior Construction Manager, Jaileen Pérez, Operator Apprentice, Faith Rasmussen, Water Quality Analyst, & Wendy Steffensen, Environmental Project Manager, LOTT Clean Water Alliance
Group C Workshops
C-1 Tree Communities - Making self-care products from Native Trees
Learn about Native Trees through the lens of the Tend, Gather, Grow curriculum. The lesson integrates traditional native ecological knowledge and plant biology. Make your own lip balm or bath salts made from native tree materials.
Lauren Troyer & Jennifer Mettler, Science Teachers, Olympia School District
C-2 ‘Find Your Passion’ card game (90 minutes)
What do you know about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? The 2030 SDGs Game is an interactive and fun game. Let’s discover your dream to impact your community and the world. You can make our society better!
**Please note that this workshop will only be offered once and will run from 12:40 until 2:10**
Emi Doyle, Senior Lecturer, Civil Engineer, Ritsumei University, CORE Kenya
C-3 Turning Teen Data into Positive Power
Dive into Washington's Healthy Youth Survey. Learn how to transform data into some seriously cool and positive statements for posters, social media posts, and more. Walk through a data dashboard. Let's have a blast spreading good vibes and healthy habits together!
Sandy Salivaras, Prenetion Research and Evaluation Manager & Jaymie Vandagriff, Prevention Systems Manager, Washington State Health Care Authority
C-4 Unearthing Our Collective Truth
Archaeologists are always encountering objects from the past. How do they know what they're looking at? And how do these objects from the past answer questions about the present? Come and join us for our survey at SPSCC and have fun analyzing artifacts!
Brenna Tennant, Cultural Resource Specialist, Aqua Terra Cultural Resource Consultants
C-5 Invest to Impress!
Ever dreamed of being rich? How do you get there? In this session we will be looking at the importance of not only long-term saving, but also how investing can be a tool to help build your wealth. Learn about savings, CDs, bonds as well as get an introduction to the stock market.
Amanda Stevens, Foundation and Education Development Manager, TwinStar Credit Union
C-6 Unraveling the Mobile Mystery – The Computer in your Pocket
What do you and 90% of the rest of the people on the planet have in common? A computer in your pocket! Join in a hands-on demo of the differences and similarities between PC and phone hardware. Work as a team to learn the inner workings of your phone to remove the mystery from history's most popular personal device!
Kate Larson, IT Customer Support, & Jessica McElwee, IT Customer Support - Entry, South Puget Sound Community College (SPSCC)
C-7 Strong Girls = Strong World
Do you get stressed out? Do you have daily calming practices to support you? My Body My Power can help! We will share in art and an opening circle, followed by several self care tools to support you so you can feel grounded and empowered and help you cultivate confidence, Teen Power Rocks!
Kristin Rubis, Owner, My Body My Power
A-1 Saltwater Circuit
Build an electrical circuit that uses saltwater as part of the circuit. Investigate the conductivity of saltwater and the impact to electrical current through a circuit. Learn how saltwater circuits are used in desalination plants to test for how much salt remains in ocean water (to create drinking water).
Sarah Thomasson, Energy Engineer & Sharon Nyberg, Resource Conservation Manager, Washington State Department of Enterprise Services (DES)
A-2 When Does Sound Become Music?
What is music, really? Explore the properties of sound and learn how they are organized and manipulated to create music. This hands-on workshop will be held in an electronic piano lab, where we will make music by experimenting with relationships of pitch, duration, intensity, and timbre.
Jennifer Hermann, Executive Director, Olympia Symphony Orchestra
A-3 Intro to Scratch Coding
Join us for an exciting in-person Scratch coding workshop! Learn the basics and create your own interactive stories, games, and animations. Don't miss out on this opportunity to dive into the world of coding and have a blast while doing it!
Hamsini Ramanathan, Founder of SEED4STEM
A-4 Dreaming of Design
Join us for an immersive experience featuring 3D models/visualization, floor plan design, and a chance to put the architectural designer in the hot seat with rapid-fire questions! Explore the possibilities, ignite your creativity, and pave the way to a fulfilling future in design and architecture.
Sammy Brusky, Architectural Associate, Artisans Group Architecture & Planning
A-5 A House Built of Straw?
Make a building using plastic straws and paper. Explore structural analysis and how to design and build strong structures that will withstand earthquakes.
Emi Doyle, Senior Lecturer, Civil Engineer, Ritsumei University, CORE Kenya
A-6 Dental Assisting; Making People's Smiles Brighter
Explore the profession of Dental Assisting & other areas of dentistry through hands-on activities on dental simulators.
Evelyn Harry & Tiffany Johnson, Dental Assisting Professors, Laura Moe-Genther, Dental Assisting Program Director, & Cozette Polzin, Dental Assisting Clinical Supervisor, South Puget Sound Community College (SPSCC)
A-7 Disease Detectives - Epidemiologists
Do you like a good mystery? Well, an epidemiologist’s job is all about solving mysteries. Instead of figuring out “who did it” like a police detective would, they figure out “what caused it.” Come use your critical thinking and logic to investigate what it takes to protect the public’s health and track down an outbreak.
Elizabeth Long, Epidemiologist, Washington State Department of Health
Group B Workshops
B-1 Sparks and Lightning: The Electromagnetic Force
Engage in a number of physics demonstrations to illustrate what the electromagnetic force is, how electric energy can be generated, and make our own lightning using a Van de Graaff generator.
Andrea Kunder, Professor, Saint Martin's University
B-2 DNA is BANANAS
Come join us for a talk on DNA, the biological blueprint of life, and its application in forensic science. And get some hands-on experience extracting DNA from a banana!
Dana Yenko & Kaira Caille Sapkos, Forensic Scientists, Washington State Patrol
B-3 Squishmallows, Bananas & Veterinary Medicine
What do these 3 things have in common? A suture lab at EYH with Dr. Stacy & Dr. Lisa! Bring your favorite torn stuffed animal or over-cuddled squishmallow to our “SPSCC Animal Hospital”. We will practice placing stitches in bananas and your toys using actual surgical instruments.
Dr. Stacy Choczynski, Concierge Veterinary Services & Dr. Lisa Ankerstjerne, Hawks Prairie Veterinary Hospital
B-4 Wash your Water
Come build a small water treatment device and test it! Learn how water is treated in many places around the world.
Emily Sortevik, Project Engineer, & Enriqueta Martinez, Design Engineer, SCJ Alliance
B-5 A Breath of Fresh Air - Weather, Air Quality and You
What is air pollution and where does it comes from? Think you know? You might be surprised. Also, learn how weather affects air quality and what you can do right now to keep your air clean.
Jennifer DeMay, Engineering Supervisor & Nancy Wood Siglin, Air Quality Specialist II, Olympic Region Clean Air Agency
B-6 A River Runs Through It
Learn how hydraulic engineers design fish passable structures and restore streams. A flowing river model will teach you hands-on about river and sediment dynamics, habitat restoration.
Hannah Morsch, Erin Pletcher, & Ryan Barkie, Hydraulic Design Engineers, Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)
B-7 Mighty Microbes
Join us for a fun workshop about how the women at LOTT Clean Water Alliance clean and recycle wastewater. Put on your lab coat and gloves for a hands-on microscope lab to see some cool microorganisms up close! If you’re lucky maybe you’ll find a tardigrade.
Tricia Swinyer, Environmental Educator, Michelle Barnett, Senior Construction Manager, Jaileen Pérez, Operator Apprentice, Faith Rasmussen, Water Quality Analyst, & Wendy Steffensen, Environmental Project Manager, LOTT Clean Water Alliance
Group C Workshops
C-1 Tree Communities - Making self-care products from Native Trees
Learn about Native Trees through the lens of the Tend, Gather, Grow curriculum. The lesson integrates traditional native ecological knowledge and plant biology. Make your own lip balm or bath salts made from native tree materials.
Lauren Troyer & Jennifer Mettler, Science Teachers, Olympia School District
C-2 ‘Find Your Passion’ card game (90 minutes)
What do you know about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? The 2030 SDGs Game is an interactive and fun game. Let’s discover your dream to impact your community and the world. You can make our society better!
**Please note that this workshop will only be offered once and will run from 12:40 until 2:10**
Emi Doyle, Senior Lecturer, Civil Engineer, Ritsumei University, CORE Kenya
C-3 Turning Teen Data into Positive Power
Dive into Washington's Healthy Youth Survey. Learn how to transform data into some seriously cool and positive statements for posters, social media posts, and more. Walk through a data dashboard. Let's have a blast spreading good vibes and healthy habits together!
Sandy Salivaras, Prenetion Research and Evaluation Manager & Jaymie Vandagriff, Prevention Systems Manager, Washington State Health Care Authority
C-4 Unearthing Our Collective Truth
Archaeologists are always encountering objects from the past. How do they know what they're looking at? And how do these objects from the past answer questions about the present? Come and join us for our survey at SPSCC and have fun analyzing artifacts!
Brenna Tennant, Cultural Resource Specialist, Aqua Terra Cultural Resource Consultants
C-5 Invest to Impress!
Ever dreamed of being rich? How do you get there? In this session we will be looking at the importance of not only long-term saving, but also how investing can be a tool to help build your wealth. Learn about savings, CDs, bonds as well as get an introduction to the stock market.
Amanda Stevens, Foundation and Education Development Manager, TwinStar Credit Union
C-6 Unraveling the Mobile Mystery – The Computer in your Pocket
What do you and 90% of the rest of the people on the planet have in common? A computer in your pocket! Join in a hands-on demo of the differences and similarities between PC and phone hardware. Work as a team to learn the inner workings of your phone to remove the mystery from history's most popular personal device!
Kate Larson, IT Customer Support, & Jessica McElwee, IT Customer Support - Entry, South Puget Sound Community College (SPSCC)
C-7 Strong Girls = Strong World
Do you get stressed out? Do you have daily calming practices to support you? My Body My Power can help! We will share in art and an opening circle, followed by several self care tools to support you so you can feel grounded and empowered and help you cultivate confidence, Teen Power Rocks!
Kristin Rubis, Owner, My Body My Power