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Home > Events > > 2025 Workshops for Student/Talleres Para Estudiante

2025 Workshops for Student/Talleres Para Estudiante

Craft Your Own Soap


There is a great amount of chemistry behind making and crafting soap. Learn the chemistry and do the crafting by adding herbs and or essential oils. You will take home the soap you craft.

Presenter: Rachel Moller, Gavilan College Chemistry Instructor


Strawberry Secrets


What makes strawberries tick? Extract DNA from a strawberry and take it home!

Presenter: Patrick Yuh, Gavilan College Biology Instructor


Heart of the Matter


Learn about the heart’s function and form through the dissection (that means cutting up) of a lamb’s heart.

Presenter: Russell Malley, retired Gavilan College instructor


A Cow's Eye View


Learn about the eye’s function and form through the dissection (that means cutting up) of a cow’s eyeball.

Presenter: Dennis Harrigan, D.V.M., Veterinarian, Gilroy Veterinary Hospital


CSI - Where the Evidence Never Lies!


Students will enjoy using deductive reasoning and scientific methodology to solve a realistic crime!

Presenter: Michelle Anne Bundros, Gavilan College Biology Instructor


Fractals


Explore a new kind of geometry. Use a computer to make fractal design. Draw a fractal and make a 3-D fractal sculpture.

Presenters: Sejal Dharia and Raylene Potter, Gavilan College Math Instructors


Chemistry at Work: Catalysts and Polymers


Discover what these are while making your own Slime and "Elephant Toothpaste". Elephant not included.

Presenters: Students from the UC Santa Cruz Chemistry Club


Squidding Around!


Discover amazing things about this special Monterey Bay animal. Students, in pairs, will dissect (cut up) a squid and learn about its unique body parts and then make an art print using squid ink.

Presenter: Blue Eslami, UCSC Cal Teach Student and second year Biology major


Flextangles


You will make and take home a Flextangle, a three-dimensional paper sculpture that has the ability to be twisted in upon itself. It’s an amazing fidget toy!

Presenter: Alyssa Barcellos, Math Instructor, Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy


Build a Trebuchet!


Be an 11th century engineer and build your own medieval catapult.

Presenters: Gavilan College STEM and MESA students


Genes and Genomics


Learn about genes and the possibility you inherited particular things from your parents. Recognize how common (or not) these traits are in our society.

Presenters: Students from WiSE (Women in Science and Engineering), UC Santa Cruz


Yes, the Universe is Sending You a Message...It's Light!


Learn about the wacky and wonderful properties of light. From fluorescent flamingos to black holes, come explore how astronomers use light to illuminate the mysteries of our universe.

Presenters: UC Santa Cruz Astronomers


Build a Hovercraft


Build a working model of this amazing vehicle which travels on a cushion of air.

Presenter: Gavilan College MESA students


Triangles and Physics


Students will discover and understand how to use the sides and the angles of a triangle to do Physics problems.

Presenter: Constance Monk, UCSC Cal Teach student


Build Your Own Electric Motor


There are many motors in your life other than in a car. In this session, you will build your own electric motor.

Presenters: Gavilan Engineering and Research Club (GEARs)


Crea Tu Propio Jabón


Hay una gran cantidad de química detrás de la fabricación y elaboración del jabón. Aprende la química y haz la elaboración por agregando hierbas y aceites esenciales. Te llevarás a casa el jabón que elabores.

Presentadora: Rachel Moller, Instructora de Química de Gavilan College


Secretos de las fresas


¿Qué motiva a las fresas? ¡Extrae ADN de una fresa y llévatelo a casa!

Presentador: Patrick Yuh, Instructor de Biología del Gavilán College


El Corazón Del Asunto


Learn about the heart’s function and form through the dissection (that means cutting up) of a lamb’s heart.

Presentador: Russell Malley, Instructor jubilado del Colegio Gavilan


Vista de un Ojo de Vaca


Aprenda sobre la función y la forma del ojo a través de la disección (cortar) el globo ocular de una vaca.

Presentador: Dennis Harrigan, DVM, veterinario, Hospital Veterinario de Gilroy


CSI: ¡Donde la Evidencia Nunca Miente!


¡Los estudiantes disfrutarán utilizando el razonamiento deductivo y la metodología científica para resolver un crimen realista!

Presentadora: Michelle Anne Bundros, Instructor de Biología, de Gavilan Colegio


Fractales


Explora un nuevo tipo de geometría. Usa una computadora para hacer diseño fractal. Dibuja un fractal y haz una escultura tridimensional.

Presentadores: Sejal Dharia y Raylene Potter, instructores de matemáticas de Gavilan College


Química en el Trabajo: Catalizadores y Polímeros


Descubre cuáles son, mientras haces tu propio Slime y “Pasta de dientes de elefante”. Elefante no incluido..

Presentadores: Estudiantes del Club de Química UC Santa Cruz


¡Calamares!


Descubra cosas asombrosas sobre este animal tan especial de la bahía de Monterey. Los estudiantes, en parejas, diseccionarán (cortarán) un calamar y aprenderán sobre las partes únicas de su cuerpo y luego harán una impresión artística con tinta de calamar.

Presentadora: Blue Eslami, estudiante de Cal Teach de UCSC y estudiante de segundo año de Biología


Flextangles


Crearás y te llevarás a casa un Flextangle, una escultura de papel tridimensional que tiene la capacidad de girar sobre sí misma. ¡Es un juguete antiestrés increíble!

Presentadora: Alyssa Barcellos, instructora de matemáticas, Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy


¡Construye un Trebuchet!


Sé un ingeniero del siglo XI y construye una máquina de defensa medieval.

Presentadores: Estudiantes de STEM y MESA de Gavilan College


Genes y Genómica


Aprenda sobre los genes y la posibilidad de que haya heredado ciertas características de sus padres. Reconozca cuán comunes (o no) son estos rasgos en nuestra sociedad.

Presentadores: Estudiantes de WiSE (Mujeres en Ciencias e Ingeniería), UC Santa Cruz


Sí, el Universo te está enviando un mensaje... ¡Es luz!


Aprende sobre las propiedades extravagantes y maravillosas de la luz. Desde flamencos fluorescentes hasta agujeros negros, ven a explorar cómo los astrónomos usan la luz para iluminar los misterios de nuestro universo.

Presentadores: Astrónomos de la UC Santa Cruz


Construya un Aerodeslizador


Construya un modelo de trabajo de este increíble vehículo que viaja en un colchón de aire.

Presentadores: Estudiantes de MESA de Gavilan College


Triángulos y física


Los estudiantes descubrirán y comprenderán cómo usar los lados y los ángulos de un triángulo rectángulo para resolver problemas de física.

Presentadora: Constance Monk, estudiante de Cal Teach de UC Santa Cruz y estudiante de grado de Física y Astrofísica


Construya su propio motor eléctrico


Hay muchos motores en su vida que no sea un automóvil. En esta sesión, construya su propio motor eléctrico.

Presentador: Gavilan Engineering and Research Club (GEARs)


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