Winter Workshop
Saturday, February 8, 2002
at South Carolina State University
PLEASE PRINT
School Name: ________________________School Phone: ____________________________
School Address: ______________________________________________________________
City: ______________________________ State: ____________ Zip Code: _____________
Sponsor Name: ______________________ School Fax No: ____________________________
Home Phone: _______________________ Email:___________________________________
You will be notified via email of receipt of your registration materials.
Please complete these registration forms and return by e-mail to lpayne@scsu.edu
or by fax to 803-536-8500 or by mail to:
Dr. Linda L. Payne
PO Box 7277 – SCSU
Orangeburg, SC 29117
Registration Deadline: Monday, January 27, 2003
Checks should be payable to the BCO Math/Science Hub.
Session Registration
School Name: ______________________
All students and teachers must register to attend sessions.
Please indicate teachers by putting a “T” after the name.
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Last Name, First Name
Session Preferences
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Enter session preferences by number. See session list with descriptions.
Total Number Attending: ____________
Registration Fee is $10.00 per person (includes lunch)
Registration Fees Due: $10.00 X
# attending = $ _____________
Competition Registration
CHALLENGE BOWL
There will be two divisions of the Challenge Bowl with a maximum of 8 teams in each division. The
two divisions will be NOVICE and EXPERT.
The NOVICE division is for schools that have never entered this competition before or that have
not been very competitive at previous workshops. You should consider this to be a new division.
The EXPERT division is for schools that have been very competitive in the past. If there are too
few entries to justify splitting up into two divisions, all schools will complete in one single
elimination format as in previous years. Participation is limited to the first 16 schools that register
for the Challenge Bowl.
There is a $10.00 entry fee for each school. It must be paid in advance along with the regular
advance registration fees. Trophies and medals will be awarded.
School Name: ______________________________________________________
(Please Check) Challenge Bowl Division: Novice ______
Expert ______
Team Members Names:
1. ___________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________
4. ___________________________________________
Team Coach: __________________________________
ENTRY FEE DUE: $10.00 per team
Speaking of Science Oratorical Competition
The topic will be Asteroid Impact: How likely is such an event?
What are the possible effects? What can be done to prevent it?
Students should include a discussion of the likelihood of such an event, the effect on
civilization depending on the size and location of the impact, current monitoring/detection
of earth-crossing asteroids and possible means of deflecting such and object.
Rules: The speeches should last 8-10 minutes. This will be followed by questions from the judges
and the audience (maximum of 5 minutes for questions). Note cards can be used, but the
speeches should not simply be read. In your talk, acknowledge the sources of your information as
you present facts and opinions which are not your own. The scoring system will be on a 50 point
basis:
Question (1-10 points): Is the topic thoroughly discussed within the parameters of the question?
Does the talk answer all the questions? Is the presenter clear and organized about which part of
the question he is answering?
Content (1-20 points): Is the content relevant? Does the presenter make reference to research
sources? Is the content well organized? Does the presenter use visual aids and does he refer to
the visual aids in the talk? Is there enough content?
Presentation (1-15 points): Is the presentation easy to follow? Does the presenter read off notes
or is the presentation memorized? Does the presenter make an effort to keep attention (humor,
inflection, hand movement)? Are there annoying or nervous movements that distract from the
presentation? Is the presentation professional?
Response (1-5 points): How does the presenter respond to questions? Does the presenter
interact with the audience in a professional and personal manner? Is the presenter confident in his
answers?
There is a $5 registration fee per participant. Monetary awards will be given for 1 st through 5th
place.
School Name: ______________________________________________________
Individual Student Participant Names:
1. ___________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________
# of entrants: ________ X
$5.00 registration fee =
$ ___________ due
Session # Title
1
Behavior-based Robotics
2
Labview - Object Programming
3
Little Bitty Radio Telescope
4
More Than Meets The Eye
5
Building Up London Bridges
6
IPAR - IP Addressing and Routing
Using Visual Basic
Remote Data Acquisition Control and
Analysis Using Labview
7
8
Cup and Saucer Chemistry
9
The Magic of Chemistry
10
Radio Telescope Control via Internet
Description
Presenter
The students will be exposed to the basics of
behavior based robotics. They will also be
able to control and program a behavior-based
robot.
The students in this session will have an
opportunity to develop a simple DAQ Program
using Labview.
The session will include the basics of radio
astronomy and an opportunity to make
measurements with a radio telescope that can
be built for less than $200.
Depicts various planets and deep-sky objects
as people can actually expect to see them
using binoculars and four- or eight-inch
telescope and enhances these with
observatory astrophotos and spacecraft
images.
This session will utilize Maple/Mathematica
software utilities to created a model to
represent a section of highway (or bridge) to
connect two hillsides.
Demonstrate for the students IP addressing
and routing using Visual Basic.
Demonstrate for the students data acquisition,
control and analysis over the web using
Internet.
A number of simple experiments will be
performed to show interesting chemistry with
household products such as kitchen and
medicine cabinet items.
This session includes “hands on” chemistry
experiments to show the everyday role of
chemistry in our lives.
This session shows how to achieve motor
speed control and pointing its position for
movement of a radio telescope using a motor
control circuit and a synchro.
Stevo Bozinovski
NASA PAIR Team
Jim Payne
James Brown
Kuzman Adzievski
Sam McDonald
Nikunga Swain
Nikunga Swain
Elahe Mahdavian
Johnnie Jenkins, Jr.
Hasanul Basher
Session # Title
11
Our Window to the Universe
12
The Planet Finder Club
13
GC – MS for identification of
substances
14
Radiation: Around Us All the Time
15
Math Games: Concepts,
Modifications and Constructions
16
Bioterrorism: Hide in the Closet or
Get on With Your Life?
17
Demonstration of 3 Biological
Processes
Description
Presenter
This session examines how astronomers
study the universe by looking at light from all
the different objects in the sky, includes
hands on activities and experiments with light.
What does it take to find a new planet outside
of our solar system? Find out how high
school students today will be among the
scientists who will make those discoveries
using space missions that are now in the
design and planning stages.
An unknown sample with up to 60 unknowns
will be injected and analyzed to identify all
components.
This session includes a brief introduction to
radiation, especially sources of radiation
encountered in everyday life, culminated by
an explanation of how nuclear energy is used
to produce electricity.
It is common for a friend to brag about his/her
mathematical abilities by demonstrating shortpuzzling games that involved dictated
sequence of mathematical operations without
justifying. We will play, study underlying
concepts, modify steps, and attempt to
construct new ones.
A discussion on what the average citizen
needs to know to protect themselves and how
to evaluate the information presented by the
news media.
This session will demonstrate osmosis by a
chemical method as well as plant tissues in
macerated
wood
and
respiration
in
germinating seeds.
Jennifer Cash
Donald Walter
Ruhullah Massoudi
Nasrollah Hamidi
Tica Valdes
Harun Adongo
Teresa Battle
Karen Fox
Ajoy Chakrabarti
Session # Title
18
Visualizing the Structure of the
Universe
19
Capturing DNA Circles Inside of Cells
20
Effects of Environmental Conditions
on Membrane Permeability
21
Using E-Manufacturing Technology
22
Life of the Salmon-Fish that Lives in
the Salt and Freshwater
Description
Presenter
Data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey,
whose goal is to collect astronomical data for
a million galaxies, is now available on the
web.
These data can be plotted using
commonly available software to see the largescale structure of the universe.
In this session, students will learn a relevant
molecular biology technique.
Working in
small groups, they will isolate plasmid DNA
from Escherichia colistrain DH52.
Excise beet roots will be subjected to
simulated summer and winter temperatures,
and chemicals.
Membrane disruption as
indicated
by
betacyanin
will
be
spectrophotometrically quantified.
Hands-on activities to explore the many
facets of E-Manufacturing Technology.
A brief description of the members of the
salmonidae family – salmon and trout. The
life cycle of a typical anadromous salmon
such as the Chinook salmon in the sea and
freshwater.
Daniel Smith
Waltena Simpson
Ambrose Anoruo
Ivan Mosley
Donald Anadu