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Occupational Therapy: Hold onto What’s Important!
Polly Berra, Occupational Therapy
Do you like helping people? Come and explore the health profession of Occupational Therapy! In this workshop, you will learn to test and treat hand strength deficits then explore your environment using real tools that help people with disabilities do the things that are important to them.
Unleash Your Inner Explorer!
Shrobona Karkun-Sen, Geography & Environmental Science
Are you curious about the world around you? Join us for a fun, hands-on workshop where you will learn how to read maps, use GPS, and explore geographic tools to learn cool things about the world around us. You will also learn how to apply geographic tools to learn cool things about the world around us. You will also learn how to apply cool features about La Crosse and its connection with the past!
Tracks of a Killer: Using Linear Regression to Catch the Criminal
Crystal Vesperman, Mathematics & Statistics
The body of famous pop music producer Jonathan Wallace was found in his bathtub. It is our hypothesis that an intruder surprised the victim and drowned him. The only clue at the crime scene was a set of muddy footprints leading from a nearby window to the bathroom and back again. The footprints were smeared, so their exact size could not be determined. The soles of the shoes had no pattern. It will be difficult to match the footprints to any particular pair of shoes. We will collect data and use linear regression to catch the criminal!
Blast Off!
Jennifer Docktor, Physics
Explore the science of flight by building paper airplanes, whirligig helicopters, and air-powered rockets.
The Mighty Heart: See It, Feel It, Heart It, and Work It!
Sumei Liu, Biology
The heart pumps blood throughout the body without rest for our entire lives. What is the heart made of, and how does it work? In this workshop, you will learn the functions of the heart by seeing the heart model, feeling your pulses, hearing your heart by seeing the heart model, feeling your pulses, hearing your heartbeats, and working your heart with different exercises.
Blast Off!
Jennifer Docktor, Physics
Explore the science of flight by building paper airplanes, whirligig helicopters, and air-powered rockets.
Occupational Therapy: Hold onto What’s Important!
Polly Berra, Occupational Therapy
Do you like helping people? Come and explore the health profession of Occupational Therapy! In this workshop, you will learn to test and treat hand strength deficits then explore your environment using real tools that help people with disabilities do the things that are important to them.
Unleash Your Inner Explorer!
Shrobona Karkun-Sen, Geography & Environmental Science
Are you curious about the world around you? Join us for a fun, hands-on workshop where you will learn how to read maps, use GPS, and explore geographic tools to learn cool things about the world around us. You will also learn how to apply geographic tools to learn cool things about the world around us. You will also learn how to apply cool features about La Crosse and its connection with the past!
The Case of the Kidnapped Eagle
Basudeb Bhattacharyya, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Stryker the Eagle, UWL’s beloved mascot, has been kidnapped! We need your help! Several suspects have been identified. Put your detective skills to use by obtaining clues and performing hands-on chemistry in order to decipher the mystery behind this kidnapping, rescue Stryker, and put the culprit behind bars.
The Mighty Heart: See It, Feel It, Heart It, and Work It!
Sumei Liu, Biology
The heart pumps blood throughout the body without rest for our entire lives. What is the heart made of, and how does it work? In this workshop, you will learn the functions of the heart by seeing the heart model, feeling your pulses, hearing your heart by seeing the heart model, feeling your pulses, hearing your heartbeats, and working your heart with different exercises.
Blast Off!
Jennifer Docktor, Physics
Explore the science of flight by building paper airplanes, whirligig helicopters, and air-powered rockets.
Occupational Therapy: Hold onto What’s Important
Polly Berra, Occupational Therapy
Do you like helping people? Come and explore the health profession of Occupational Therapy! In this workshop, you will learn to test and treat hand strength deficits then explore your environment using real tools that help people with disabilities do the things that are important to them.
Blast Off!
Jennifer Docktor, Physics
Explore the science of flight by building paper airplanes, whirligig helicopters, and air-powered rockets.
Occupational Therapy: Hold onto What’s Important!
Polly Berra, Occupational Therapy
Do you like helping people? Come and explore the health profession of Occupational Therapy! In this workshop, you will learn to test and treat hand strength deficits then explore your environment using real tools that help people with disabilities do the things that are important to them.
The Case of the Kidnapped Eagle
Basudeb Bhattacharyya, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Stryker the Eagle, UWL’s beloved mascot, has been kidnapped! We need your help! Several suspects have been identified. Put your detective skills to use by obtaining clues and performing hands-on chemistry in order to decipher the mystery behind this kidnapping, rescue Stryker, and put the culprit behind bars.
Tracks of a Killer: Using Linear Regression to Catch the Criminal
Crystal Vesperman, Mathematics & Statistics
The body of famous pop music producer Jonathan Wallace was found in his bathtub. It is our hypothesis that an intruder surprised the victim and drowned him. The only clue at the crime scene was a set of muddy footprints leading from a nearby window to the bathroom and back again. The footprints were smeared, so their exact size could not be determined. The soles of the shoes had no pattern. It will be difficult to match the footprints to any particular pair of shoes. We will collect data and use linear regression to catch the criminal!