| Organization: |
ALCOSAN, Allegheny County Sanitary Authority |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Students engage in a hands-on activity related to water quality and pollution prevention in our waterways.
Learn more about
ALCOSAN. |
| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
No dates yet
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| Organization: |
Allegheny County Health Department (high school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Featuring human and environmental issues such as HIV/AIDS, injury prevention, food safety, air quality, pollution prevention and recycling.
Anchors: S8.A.1.2; S8.A.1.2.2; S8.A.1.3.4
Standards: 3.2.7 (D); 3.6.7 (A); 3.7.7 (A, B)
For more information about the programs and what is going on in your area visit:
Allegheny County Health Department.
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| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
No dates yet
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| Organization: |
Allegheny County Health Department (middle school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Featuring human and environmental issues such as traffic safety Tues./Wed. and entymology Wed.
For more information about the programs and what is going on in your area visit:
Allegheny County Health Department.
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| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/8/2011 9:00 AM
11/9/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
Allegheny-Singer Research Institute (high school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Touch models of the heart, brain and other body parts. Play games associated with diseases... all the while learning about these diseases. Multiple hospital departments will be represented, such as neurology, cardiology, lupus, orthopedics, and genomics.
Anchors: S11.A.1.1.4, S11.A.2.2.2, S11.A.3.2, S11.B.1.1
Standards: 3.1.10.A, 3.1.12.A, 3.1.10.B, 3.1.12.B, 3.1.10.D, 3.1.12.D, 3.3.10.B, 3.3.12.B, 3.7.10.A, 3.7.12.A, 3.7.10.C, 3.7.12.C, 3.8.10.A, 3.8.12.A, 3.8.10.B, 3.8.12.B, 3.8.10.C, 3.8.12.C
Learn more about
ASRI.
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| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/10/2011 9:00 AM
11/11/2011 9:00 AM
3/8/2012 9:00 AM
3/9/2012 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
Allegheny-Singer Research Institute (middle school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Touch models of the heart, brain and other body parts. Play games associated with diseases... all the while learning about these diseases. Multiple hospital departments will be represented, such as neurology, cardiology, lupus, orthopedics, and genomics.
Anchors: S8.A.1.1.2, S8.A.1.2.1, S8.A.2.2.3, S8.3.1.2, S8.A.3.2.2, S8.B.1.1.2, S8.B.1.1.4
Standards: 3.1.7.A, 3.1.7.B, 3.1.7.D, 3.3.7.B, 3.7.7.A, 3.7.7.C, 3.8.7.A, 3.8.7.B, 3.8.7.C
Learn more about
ASRI. |
| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/8/2011 9:00 AM
11/9/2011 9:00 AM
3/6/2012 9:00 AM
3/7/2012 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
American Respiratory Alliance (ARA) (high school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
See actual pigs lungs that function and look like human lungs!
Breathe through a drinking straw to experience the sensation of having emphysema.
Anchors: S11.A.1.3, S11.B.3.1.5
Standards 3.2.10.B, 3.2.12.B
Learn more about
ARA. |
| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
No dates yet
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| Organization: |
Bechtel Marine Propulsion Corporation (high school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Can you protect the egg?...or will it break?
Learn about shipping container materials as you design your own container to protect your cargo (egg)...and then test it!
Anchors: S11.A.1.1.4, S11.C.3.1
Standards: 3.1.10E, 3.1.12E, 3.1.10B, 3.2.12B, 3.2.10B, 3.2.12B, 3.4.10C, 3.4.12C
Learn more about
Bechtel Marine Propulsion Corporation.
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| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/10/2011 9:00 AM
11/11/2011 9:00 AM
3/8/2012 9:00 AM
3/9/2012 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
Bechtel Marine Propulsion Corporation (middle school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Can you protect the egg?...or will it break?
Learn about shipping container materials as you design your own container to protect your cargo (egg)...and then test it!
Anchors: S8.A.2.1.3, S8.C.3.1
Standards: 3.1.7E, 3.2.7B, 3.2.7D, 3.4.7C
Learn more about
Bechtel Marine Propulsion Corporation.
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| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/8/2011 9:00 AM
11/9/2011 9:00 AM
3/6/2012 9:00 AM
3/7/2012 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
Biotech Mobile Lab (high school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Come aboard the Pitt Mobile Science Lab and go bioprospecting (searching for living organisms) to locate enzymes that could help us turn the cellulose in waste paper, wood, and plant material into ethanol we can use to fuel our cars, homes, and businesses. Students also will learn how biotechnologists design industrial processes using organisms like enzymes to create products such as sweeteners, laundry detergents, and medicines.
Presenter:
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Outreach Program
Anchor:
BIO.A.2.3: Explain how enzymes regulate biochemical reactions within a cell.
Standards:
BIOLOGY:
3.1.10.A2: Explain cell processes in terms of chemical reactions and energy changes.
3.1.12.A7: Evaluate metabolic activities using experimental knowledge of enzymes.
3.1.B.A2: Explain the importance of enzymes as catalysts in cell reactions. Identify how factors such as pH and temperature may affect enzyme function.
3.1.C.A1: Explain the chemistry of metabolism.
EARTH SCIENCE:
3.3.10.A2: Analyze the effects on the environment and the carbon cycle of using both renewable and nonrenewable sources of energy.
3.3.12.A2: Evaluate the impact of using renewable and nonrenewable energy resources on the Earth’s system.
3.3.10.A7: Describe factors that contribute to global climate change.
TECHNOLOGY:
3.4.10.B1: Compare and contrast how the use of technology involves weighing the trade-offs between the positive and negative effects.
3.4.10.C2: Analyze a prototype and/or create a working model to test a design concept by making actual observations and necessary adjustments.
3.4.12.E2: Compare and contrast the technologies of biotechnology, conservation, bio-fuels, and ecosystems as they relate to managing Earth’s resources effectively.
ENVIRONMENT:
4.3.12.A: Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using renewable and nonrenewable resources. Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using renewable resources such as solar power, wind power, and biofuels.
4.5.12.A: Research how technology influences the sustainable use of natural resources. Analyze how consumer demands drive the development of technology enabling the sustainable use of natural resources.
Learn more about
Biotech Mobile Lab. |
| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/11/2010 9:00 AM
11/11/2010 1:00 PM
11/12/2010 9:00 AM
11/12/2010 1:00 PM
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| Organization: |
Biotech Mobile Lab (middle school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Come aboard the Pitt Mobile Science Lab and go bioprospecting (searching for living organisms) to locate enzymes that could help us turn the cellulose in waste paper, wood, and plant material into ethanol we can use to fuel our cars, homes, and businesses. Students also will learn how biotechnologists design industrial processes using organisms like enzymes to create products such as sweeteners, laundry detergents, and medicines.
Presenter:
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Outreach Program
Anchor:
S8.B.3.3: Explain how renewable and nonrenewable resources provide for human needs or how these needs impact the environment.
Standards:
BIOLOGY:
3.1.6.A1: Describe the similarities and differences of major physical characteristics in plants, animals, fungi, protists, and bacteria.
3.1.6.A2: Describe how energy derived from the sun is used by plants to produce sugars (photosynthesis) and is transferred within a food chain from producers (plants) to consumers to decomposers.
CHEMISTRY:
3.2.7.A4: Describe how reactants change into products in simple chemical reactions.
EARTH SCIENCE:
3.3.8.A2: Describe renewable and nonrenewable energy resources.
TECHNOLOGY:
3.4.8.A1: Analyze the development of technology based on affordability or urgency.
3.4.6.B4: Demonstrate how new technologies are developed based on people’s needs, wants, values, and/ or interests.
3.4.7.B2: Explain how decisions to develop and use technologies may be influenced by environmental and economic concerns.
3.4.6.E2: Identify how emerging agricultural technologies have an effect on ecosystem dynamics and human/ animal food resources.
3.4.8.E2: Describe how biotechnology applies the principles of biology to create commercial products or processes.
ENVIRONMENT:
4.1.7.E: Identify factors that contribute to change in natural and human-made systems.
Learn more about
Biotech Mobile Lab. |
| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/9/2010 9:00 AM
11/9/2010 1:00 PM
11/10/2010 9:00 AM
11/10/2010 1:00 PM
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| Organization: |
Carnegie Mellon University (high school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Engage in activities with our experts on a range of hot topics, including:
How Biomedical Engineers use their knowledge of mechanical systems to help prevent and heal congenital heart defects
Ways that researchers from the Green Design Institute are solving problems and building tools to accomplish more with less, including:
developing practical pollution prevention technologies, lowering costs, recycling scarce resources, using fewer raw materials and creating better products.
And more!
Come and see what we’re doing when you visit!
This is exhibit is sponsored by The Gelfand Center for Service Learning and Outreach at CMU.
Anchors: S11.A.1.1.4, S11.A.1.3, S11.A.2.2, , S11.A.3.2, S11.B.1.1
Standards: 3.1.10.A, 3.1.12.A, 3.1.10.B, 3.1.12.B, 3.1.10.D, 3.1.12.D, 3.2.10.D, 3.2.12.D, 3.5.10, 3.5.12, 3.6.10.B, 3.6.12.B, 3.7.10, 3.7.12, 3.8.10.B, 3.8.12.B, 3.8.10.C, 3.8.12.C, 3.8.10.D, 3.8.12.D
Learn more about
CMU.
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| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/10/2011 9:00 AM
11/11/2011 9:00 AM
3/8/2012 9:00 AM
3/9/2012 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
Carnegie Mellon University (middle school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Engage in activities with our experts on a range of hot topics, including:
How Biomedical Engineers use their knowledge of mechanical systems to help prevent and heal congenital heart defects
Ways that researchers from the Green Design Institute are solving problems and building tools to accomplish more with less, including:
developing practical pollution prevention technologies, lowering costs, recycling scarce resources, using fewer raw materials and creating better products.
And more!
Come and see what we’re doing when you visit!
This is exhibit is sponsored by The Gelfand Center for Service Learning and Outreach at CMU.
Anchors: S8.A.1.1.2, S8.A.1.1.3, S8.A.1.1.4, S8.A.1.2, S8.A.1.3, S8.A.2.2, S8.A.3.2, S8.B.1.1.2, S8.B.1.1.4, S8.D.1.1, S8.D.2.1
Standards: 3.1.7.A, 3.1.7.B, 3.1.7.D, 3.2.7.D, 3.3.7.B 3.5.7, 3.6.7.B, 3.7.7, 3.8.7.B, 3.8.7.C, 3.8.7.D
Learn more about
CMU.
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| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
3/8/2011 9:00 AM
3/9/2011 9:00 AM
11/8/2011 9:00 AM
11/9/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
Center for Hearing and Deaf Services (HDS) (high school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Visitors will be able to touch and see assistive devices used by people with hearing loss in their day to day lives.
Anchors: S11.A.1.1.4, S11.A.2.2.2, S11.A.3.2, S11.B.1.1
Standards: 3.1.10.A, 3.1.12.A, 3.1.10.B, 3.1.12.B, 3.1.10.D, 3.1.12.D, 3.3.10.B, 3.3.12.B, 3.7.10.A, 3.7.12.A, 3.7.10.C, 3.7.12.C, 3.8.10.A, 3.8.12.A, 3.8.10.B, 3.8.12.B, 3.8.10.C, 3.8.12.C
Learn more about
HDS. |
| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
3/10/2011 9:00 AM
3/11/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
Center for Hearing and Deaf Services (HDS) (middle school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Visitors will be able to touch and see assistive devices used by people with hearing loss in their day to day lives.
Anchors: S8.A.1.1.2, S8.A.1.2.1, S8.A.2.2.3, S8.3.1.2, S8.A.3.2.2, S8.B.1.1.2, S8.B.1.1.4
Standards: 3.1.7.A, 3.1.7.B, 3.1.7.D, 3.3.7.B, 3.7.7.A, 3.7.7.C, 3.8.7.A, 3.8.7.B, 3.8.7.C
Learn more about
HDS. |
| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
3/8/2011 9:00 AM
3/9/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
Center for Inclusion in Health Care at UPMC (high school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Play a health careers game in the style of Jeopardy/Wheel of fortune where the students compete together to answer a series of helath questions and spin the wheel for a prize!
Learn more about
Center for Inclusion in Health Care. |
| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/11/2010 9:00 AM
11/12/2010 9:00 AM
3/10/2011 9:00 AM
3/11/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
Duquesne University, Bayer School of Environmental Sciences (high school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Thursday: Physics
Friday:
Environmental Science
Anchors: S11.A.1.1.4, S11.B.1.1, S11.B.2.2, S11.C.1.1, S11.C.3.1
Standards 3.1.10.C, 3.1.12.C, 3.1.10.E, 3.1.12.E, 3.2.10.B, 3.2.12.B, 3.3.10A, 3.3.12.A, 3.3.10.B, 3.3.12.B, 3.3.10.C, 3.3.12.C, 3.4.10.C, 3.4.12.C, 3.8.10.A, 3.8.12.A, 3.8.10.B, 3.8.12.B, 3.8.10.C, 3.8.12.C
Learn more about
Duquesne University | Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences.
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| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/11/2010 9:00 AM
11/12/2010 9:00 AM
3/10/2011 9:00 AM
3/11/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
Duquesne University, Bayer School of Environmental Sciences (middle school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Tuesday: Biology
Wednesday: Chemistry
Anchors: S8.A.1.2.1, S8.B.1.1.2, S8.B.1.1.3
Standards: 3.3.7.B, 3.8.7.A, 3.8.7.B
Learn more about
Duquesne University | Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences.
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| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/9/2010 9:00 AM
11/10/2010 9:00 AM
3/8/2011 9:00 AM
3/9/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
FedEx Ground (high school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Learn all about the high tech methods Fed Ex
Ground uses to sort, transport, and track your shipments.
Anchors: S11.A.3.1
Standards: 3.1.10.A, 3.1.12.A
Learn more about
FedEx Ground.
Lesson: Cracking the Code
This lesson explores how computerized barcoding has simplified distirbuting and pricing of products. Students work in teams to design an improved information embedding system, learn how computer coding/decoding works and solve underlying mathematical formulas to check barcodes. |
| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/11/2010 9:00 AM
11/12/2010 9:00 AM
3/10/2011 9:00 AM
3/11/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
FedEx Ground (middle school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Learn all about the high tech methods Fed Ex
Ground uses to sort, transport, and track your shipments.
Anchors: S8.A.3.1.5
Standards: 3.1.7.A
Learn more about
FedEx Ground.
Lesson: Cracking the Code
This lesson explores how computerized barcoding has simplified distirbuting and pricing of products. Students work in teams to design an improved information embedding system, learn how computer coding/decoding works and solve underlying mathematical formulas to check barcodes. |
| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/9/2010 9:00 AM
11/10/2010 9:00 AM
3/8/2011 9:00 AM
3/9/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
Girls, Math & Science Patrnership (GMSP) (high school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Join the Girls, Math & Science Partnership as we learn about the chemistry behind makeup and make our own all-natural lipgloss! (ex. of last year''s activity)
GMSP''s mission is to engage, educate, and embrace girls as architects of change. Working with girls age 11 - 17 and their parents, teachers, and mentors, we draw organizations, stakeholders, and communities together in an effort to ensure that girls succeed in math and science. Online at BrainCake.org.
Learn more about
GMSP.
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| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/11/2010 9:00 AM
11/12/2010 9:00 AM
3/10/2011 9:00 AM
3/11/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
Girls, Math & Science Patrnership (GMSP) (middle school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Join the Girls, Math & Science Partnership as we learn about the chemistry behind makeup and make our own all-natural lipgloss! (ex. of last year's activity)
GMSP's mission is to engage, educate, and embrace girls as architects of change. Working with girls age 11 - 17 and their parents, teachers, and mentors, we draw organizations, stakeholders, and communities together in an effort to ensure that girls succeed in math and science. Online at BrainCake.org.
Anchors: S8.A.1.2, S8.A.1.3, S8.B.2.2, S8.C.1.1
Standards: 3.1.7.E, 3.3.7.C, 3.8.7.B
Learn more about
GMSP.
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| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/9/2010 9:00 AM
11/10/2010 9:00 AM
3/8/2011 9:00 AM
3/9/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology (high school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
We will be evaluating the chemistry of sports drinks and energy drinks by measuring their contents, discussing claims made on their labels, and confronting common misconceptions about these beverages.
Anchors: S11.A.2.2, S11.A.3.1, S11.B.2.2, S11.B.3.3
Standards: 3.3.10.C, 3.3.12.C, 3.6.10.B, 3.6.12.B, 3.7.10.C, 3.7.12.C, 3.7.10.D, 3.7.12.D, 3.8.10.A, 3.8.12.A, 3.8.10.B, 3.8.12.B, 3.8.10.C, 3.8.12.C
Learn more about Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. |
| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/11/2010 9:00 AM
11/12/2010 9:00 AM
3/10/2011 9:00 AM
3/11/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology (middle school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
We will be evaluating the chemistry of sports drinks and energy drinks by measuring their contents, discussing claims made on their labels, and confronting common misconceptions about these beverages.
Learn more about Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. |
| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/9/2010 9:00 AM
11/10/2010 9:00 AM
3/8/2011 9:00 AM
3/9/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
PennState Electro-Optics Center (high school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Explore simple, yet exciting ways to use electro-optics including thermal imaging, diffraction glasses, lasers & waveguides, UV demos, laser communications and more!
Anchors: S11.A.2.2; S11.A.2.2
Standards: 3.2.10.C, 3.7.10.B, 3.2.12.C, 3.7.12.B
Learn more about
Penn State Electro-Optics Center.
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| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/11/2010 9:00 AM
11/12/2010 9:00 AM
3/10/2011 9:00 AM
3/11/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
PennState Electro-Optics Center (middle school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Explore simple, yet exciting ways to use electro-optics including thermal imaging, diffraction glasses, lasers & waveguides, UV demos, laser communications and more!
Anchors: S8.A.1.2; S8.A.2.2
Standards: 3.2.7.C, 3.7.7.B
Learn more about
Penn State Electro-Optics Center.
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| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/9/2010 9:00 AM
11/10/2010 9:00 AM
3/8/2011 9:00 AM
3/9/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) (high school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Visit our booth to see how you can use a Nintendo WiiMote to manipulate molecules, unfold proteins, go bowling with Buckyballs, and more. Get hooked on realistic biomedical simulations from a virtual lab and interact with the ocean currents that carried the Titanic on its fateful trip. Plus: can you do calculations faster than a computer in our HPC Grand Challenge?
Anchors: S11.A.1.1.4, S11.A.2.2.2, S11.A.3.2, S11.B.1.1, S11.C.3.1.3
Standards: 3.1.10.A, 3.1.12.A, 3.1.10.B, 3.1.12.B, 3.1.10.D, 3.1.12.D, 3.6.10.B, 3.6.12.B, 3.7.10A, 3.7.12.A, 3.8.10.B, 3.8.12.B, 3.8.10.C, 3.8.12.C
Learn more about PSC. |
| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
3/10/2011 9:00 AM
3/11/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) (middle school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Visit our booth to see how you can use a Nintendo WiiMote to manipulate molecules, unfold proteins, go bowling with Buckyballs, and more. Get hooked on realistic biomedical simulations from a virtual lab and interact with the ocean currents that carried the Titanic on its fateful trip. Plus: can you do calculations faster than a computer in our HPC Grand Challenge?
Anchors: S8.A.1.1.2, S8.A.1.2.1, S8.A.2.2.3, S8.A.3.2, S8.B.1.1.2, S8.B. 1.1.4, S8.C.1.1, S8.C.3.1
Standards: 3.1.7.A, 3.1.7.B, 3.1.7.D, 3.6.7.B, 3.7.7A, 3.8.7.B, 3.8.7.C
Learn more about PSC. |
| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
3/8/2011 9:00 AM
3/9/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
Pittsburgh Technical Institute (high school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
TBD
For more information about the programs and what is going on in your area visit:
Pittsburgh Technical Institute.
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| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
3/10/2011 9:00 AM
3/11/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative (high school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
TBD
Anchors: S.11.A.1.2, S.11.A.2.2, S.11.A.2.1, S.11.A.2.1.1, S.11.A.2.2.2, S.11.B.1.1
Standards: 3.1.10 (B); 3.1.12 (B); 3.2.10 (A, B, C, D); 3.1.12 (B, C, D); 3.3.10 (B); 3.3.12 (A, B); 3.4.10 (A); 3.4.12 (A); 3.6.10 (A, B, C); 3.6.12 (A, B, C); 3.7.10 (A, B); 3.7.12 (A, B); 3.8.10 (A, B, C); 3.8.12 (A, B, C)
Learn more about
PTEI. |
| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/11/2010 9:00 AM
11/12/2010 9:00 AM
3/8/2011 9:00 AM
3/9/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative (middle school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
TBD
Anchors: S8. A. 1.1, S8.A.1.1.2, S8.A.1.1.4, S8.A.1.3, S8.A.2.1, S8.A.2.1.4
Standards: 3.1.7. (A, B); 3.2.7 (A, C); 3.6.7 (A, B, C); 3.7.7 (A, C, D); 3.8.7 (A, B, C)
Learn more about
PTEI. |
| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/9/2010 9:00 AM
11/10/2010 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
PPG Industries (high school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Travel the World with PPG
You can’t travel the world without a passport, right? Did you know that PPG plays an important role in e-passports that are used globally? Visit our interactive exhibit that highlights PPG’s global presence on the land, sea and air.
Anchors: S.11.B.3.3; S.11.B.3.3.1; S.11.B.3.3.3; S.11.C.2.1; S.11.C.2.2.1; S.11.C.2.2.2; S.11.C.2.2.3
Standards: 3.7.10 (A, B); 3.7.12 (B); 3.8.10 (A, B, C); 3.8.12 (A, B, C)
Learn more about
PPG Industries. |
| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/11/2010 9:00 AM
11/12/2010 9:00 AM
3/10/2011 9:00 AM
3/11/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
PPG Industries (middle school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Travel the World with PPG
You can’t travel the world without a passport, right? Did you know that PPG plays an important role in e-passports that are used globally? Visit our interactive exhibit that highlights PPG’s global presence on the land, sea and air.
Anchors: S8.A.1.2; S8A.1.2.2; S8.A.1.3.4
Standards: 3.7.7 (A, B); 3.8.7 (A, B)
Learn more about
PPG Industries. |
| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/9/2010 9:00 AM
11/10/2010 9:00 AM
3/8/2011 9:00 AM
3/9/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
Psychology Software Tools (high school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Psychology Software Tools will be encouraging students to try out our innovative software. Students can participate in fun games using a non-intrusive eye tracker. Eye tracking technology allows researchers to know exactly where participants are looking on a screen at any time. In the field, this information can be used to 1) gauge effectiveness of various forms of advertising, 2) research usability of web, software and computer games, and 3) perform psychology studies, infant studies, reading studies, vision research, and more. Students will also be able to navigate through a virtual environment with a head mounted display to experience the immersive effect of virtual reality. Virtual reality software is being used in drug/alcohol/gambling addiction research studies and as a modern therapy tool for post-traumatic stress disorder, phobias, and rehabilitation of a variety of addictions.
Learn more about
Psychology Software Tools.
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| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/11/2010 9:00 AM
11/12/2010 9:00 AM
3/10/2011 9:00 AM
3/11/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
Qualtiy of Life Technology (high school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Explore The Quality of Life Technology Center (QoLT) intelligent assist devices. QoLT brings together robotics and information technology engineers, biomedical and rehabilitation engineers, healthcare professionals working in assistive technology research and clinical practice, and experts in aging to study the needs of real people in the real world to build systems such as robotic wheelchairs and modular, "smart" homes.
Anchors: S11.A.1.1.4, S11.A.2.2.2, S11.A.3.2, S11.B.1.1
Standards: 3.1.10.A, 3.1.12.A, 3.1.10.B, 3.1.12.B, 3.1.10.D, 3.1.12.D,
3.3.10.B, 3.3.12.B, 3.7.10.A, 3.7.12.A, 3.7.10.C, 3.7.12.C, 3.8.10.A, 3.8.12.A, 3.8.10.B, 3.8.12.B, 3.8.10.C, 3.8.12.C
Learn more about
QoLT. |
| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/11/2010 9:00 AM
11/12/2010 9:00 AM
3/10/2011 9:00 AM
3/11/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
Qualtiy of Life Technology (middle school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Explore The Quality of Life Technology Center (QoLT) intelligent assist devices. QoLT brings together robotics and information technology engineers, biomedical and rehabilitation engineers, healthcare professionals working in assistive technology research and clinical practice, and experts in aging to study the needs of real people in the real world to build systems such as robotic wheelchairs and modular, "smart" homes.
Anchors: S11.A.1.1.4, S11.A.2.2.2, S11 |
| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/9/2010 9:00 AM
11/10/2010 9:00 AM
3/8/2011 9:00 AM
3/9/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
Quasi (high school) |
| Description: |
Come have fun and talk to quasi...of course Quasi is a robot.
The academic research for Quasi was conducted at Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center (ETC). The ETC is a 2-year Master's Degree Program that brings students from artistic and technical backgrounds together to work on innovative projects. Interbots started in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 2005 as a spinoff of the ETC.
Creating wholly-formed physical characters from scratch requires the work of many people from a number of disciplines. Our team includes people with backgrounds in robotics, mechanical and electrical engineering, industrial design, show control systems, graphic design, artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, psychology, and theater.
For more information visit
Interbots online.
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| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
3/10/2010 9:00 AM
3/11/2010 9:00 AM
11/11/2010 9:00 AM
11/12/2010 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
Quasi (middle school) |
| Description: |
Come have fun and talk to quasi...of course Quasi is a robot.
The academic research for Quasi was conducted at Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center (ETC). The ETC is a 2-year Master's Degree Program that brings students from artistic and technical backgrounds together to work on innovative projects. Interbots started in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 2005 as a spinoff of the ETC.
Creating wholly-formed physical characters from scratch requires the work of many people from a number of disciplines. Our team includes people with backgrounds in robotics, mechanical and electrical engineering, industrial design, show control systems, graphic design, artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, psychology, and theater.
For more information visit
Interbots online.
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| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
3/10/2010 9:00 AM
3/11/2010 9:00 AM
11/9/2010 9:00 AM
11/10/2010 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
RiverQuest (high school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Your visit to RiverQuest includes:
Green Boat Science - an interactive pH activity (titration)
River Mystery Contest/Drawing - is the mystery object natural ...or due to human activity?
Nautical Name Badges - translate your name into nautical flag code.
And...experience an ‘enviroscape’!
Anchors: S11.A.1.3, S11.A.2.2, S11.A.3.3, S11.B.3.1, S11.B.3.2,S11.B.3.3, S11.D.1.3
Standards: 3.1.10A, 3.1.12A, 3.1.10.B, 3.1.12.B, 3.1.10D, 3.1.12.D, 3.2.10.C, 3.2.12.C, 3.5.10.A, 3.5.12.A, 3.5.10.B, 3.5.12.B, 3.5.10.D, 3.5.12.D
Learn more about RiverQuest.
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| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/11/2010 9:00 AM
11/12/2010 9:00 AM
3/10/2011 9:00 AM
3/11/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
RiverQuest (middle school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Your visit to RiverQuest includes:
Green Boat Science - an interactive pH activity (titration)
River Mystery Contest/Drawing - is the mystery object natural ...or due to human activity?
Nautical Name Badges - translate your name into nautical flag code.
And...experience an ‘enviroscape’!
Anchors: S8.A.1.2.2, S8.A.1.3.4, S8.A.2.1.3, S8.A.2.1.4, S8.A.3.1.1, S8.A.3.1.5, S8.A.3.2.1, S8.A.3.2.3, S8.B.3.1, S8.B.3.2, S8.B.3.3, S8.D.1.3
Standards: 3.1.7.A, 3.1.7.B, 3.1.7.D, 3.2.7.C, 3.5.7.A, 3.5.7.B, 3.5.7.D
Learn more about RiverQuest. |
| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/9/2010 9:00 AM
11/10/2010 9:00 AM
3/8/2011 9:00 AM
3/9/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
Robert Morris University (RMU) (high school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Run the animatronic displays! Learn about reverse engineering. Scan a (3D) Jack''''o''''Lantern into the CAD (Comptuer Automated Design) environment.
Learn more about
RMU. |
| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/11/2010 9:00 AM
11/12/2010 9:00 AM
3/10/2011 9:00 AM
3/11/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
St. Vincent College (high school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Try out a cookie mining activity and get an Iron Oxide T-Shirt Tie Dye Kit. Learn about the Watershed Restoration Project at Saint Vincent college!
For more information about the programs and what is going on in your area visit:
St. Vincent College.
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| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
3/10/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
the warhol (high school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
TBD
Learn more about
the warhol. |
| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
3/8/2012 9:00 AM
3/9/2012 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
the warhol (middle school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
TBD
Learn more about
the warhol. |
| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
3/6/2012 9:00 AM
3/7/2012 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
University of Pittsburgh (high school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Every day is a new experience! Take an interactive look into some of the most current research going on at the University of Pittsburgh. Get a new perspective on the brain, step into virtual reality, magnify the world around you, build a bone, and much more!
Thursday: TBD
Friday: TBD
Anchors: S.11.A.1.2; S.11.A.2.2; S.11.A.2.2.2
Standards: 3.1.10 (B, C, E); 3.1.12 (A, B, C, E); 3.2.10 (A); 3.3.10 (A); 3.3.12 (A, B); 3.6.10 (B, C); 3.6.12 (A); 3.7.10 (A); 3.7.12 (B)
Learn more about the current science and research going on at the University of Pittsburgh. |
| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/11/2010 9:00 AM
11/12/2010 9:00 AM
3/10/2011 9:00 AM
3/11/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
University of Pittsburgh (middle school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Every day is a new experience! Take an interactive look into some of the most current research going on at the University of Pittsburgh. Get a new perspective on the brain, step into virtual reality, magnify the world around you, build a bone, and much more!
Tuesday: TBD
Wednesday: TBD
Anchors: S8.A.1.1; S8.A.1.1.4; S8.A.1.2
Standards: 3.1.7 (B, C, E); 3.2.7 (A); 3.3.7 (A); 3.6.7 (A, B); 3.7.7 (A, B)
Learn more about the current science and research going on at the University of Pittsburgh. |
| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/9/2010 9:00 AM
11/10/2010 9:00 AM
3/8/2011 9:00 AM
3/9/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
University of Pittsburgh Department of BioEngineering (high school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Students will learn about bioengineering and biotechnology by working with an IV Simulator, a tool designed to help nurses administer proper drug doses in the proper amount and injection rate intravenously. The tool (no needles, of course!) is connected to a device that records flow, amount, and pressure for calculation of a score or measure of error. The nurse-in-training can repeat the exercise to improve his or her score and develop a good habit prior to injecting patients. Workers with various backgrounds are necessary to develop devices such as this one, and these backgrounds will be explained, with emphasis on education in math and science. A short game of BioEngineering Jeopardy will be used to answer the 3 passport questions.
Learn more about
University of Pittsburgh Department of BioEngineering.
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| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/11/2010 9:00 AM
11/12/2010 9:00 AM
3/10/2011 9:00 AM
3/11/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
University of Pittsburgh Department of BioEngineering (middle school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Students will learn about bioengineering and biotechnology by working with an IV Simulator, a tool designed to help nurses administer proper drug doses in the proper amount and injection rate intravenously. The tool (no needles, of course!) is connected to a device that records flow, amount, and pressure for calculation of a score or measure of error. The nurse-in-training can repeat the exercise to improve his or her score and develop a good habit prior to injecting patients. Workers with various backgrounds are necessary to develop devices such as this one, and these backgrounds will be explained, with emphasis on education in math and science. A puzzle will be completed by middle school students to answer the 3 passport questions.
Learn more about
University of Pittsburgh Department of BioEngineering. |
| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
11/9/2010 9:00 AM
11/10/2010 9:00 AM
3/8/2011 9:00 AM
3/9/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing (high school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Nursing Careers Match Game: See if you can match the nurse in the picture with the appropriate work title. Match 7 correctly to receive a prize.
Learn more about
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
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| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
3/10/2011 9:00 AM
3/11/2011 9:00 AM
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| Organization: |
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing (middle school) |
| Description: |
Tech Zone Exhibits
Nursing Careers Match Game: See if you can match the nurse in the picture with the appropriate work title. Match 7 correctly to receive a prize.
Learn more about
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
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| Exhibit Start Date/Times: |
3/8/2011 9:00 AM
3/9/2011 9:00 AM
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