Our goal is to increase students’ interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) areas. We have planned a fantastic series of hands-on workshops given by male and female STEM professionals and Shepherd University student groups, with take-home goodies as souvenirs!
The workshop series is held monthly throughout the academic year for both middle school and high school students of all genders.
Fall 2022-Spring 2023 SYF Workshop Series
All workshops held on campus at Shepherd University from 5:30-7:00pm
- Workshop #1: Exquisite Corpse on Tuesday, October 18th (registration closed)
- Workshop #2: Holiday Chemistry on Tuesday, November 15th (registration closed)
- Workshop #3: Animal Signs and Tracks on Tuesday, January 17th (registration closed)
- How do you know which animals live in the forest without actually seeing them? Learn to identify the signs that animals leave behind, and what kind of information can be gathered from them. Decorate and take home your own track.
- Workshop #4: Optics and Sight on Tuesday, February 21st (registration linke: click here)
- The workshop will explore the optics associated with sight, including how images are formed and how glasses work for common vision problems.
- Workshop #5: Mineral, Mineral, Rock! on Tuesday, March 21st (registration link available 3/01/23)
- Learn about the fascinating science of geology as you explore the methods used to describe the most common rock-forming minerals. Hands-on activities will include testing a variety of properties and characteristics to identify minerals.
- Workshop #6: Leuwenhoek’s Little Beasties on Tuesday, April 18th (registration link available 4/01/23)
- In 1674, a Dutch tailor named Leuwenhoek became the first person to see teeny tiny organisms, so small you cannot see them with your own eyes! His curiosity led him to develop the first microscope, allowing him to see those little “beasts” in pond water, raindrops and even saliva. In this workshop, we will follow that curious spirit and look for little beasties of our own in pond water and other samples using modern microscopes.