2025 Workshops
A Full Circle Story with Sustainable Soils
Learn how we recycle food and yard waste from all over the Puget Sound area, and turn into nutrient-rich soil that goes back into the community in so many ways. We will review what is compostable, our specific process, why it matters, and the amazing benefits of composting! Learn how YOU can bring your food waste to full circle.
Athletes and Injuries: how to keep playing.
The importance of rehabilitation, exercise, taping, and pain control when managing
an injury.
Hands on session will be an anatomy lesson for a specific body area, mini evaluation and treatment for that body area and a taping technique for that body part.
Building a Home for Alex
Join the Nuevo Foundation team to learn the basics of Python and explore your creativity by building shapes to create a home for Alex. Think of it as learning blocks to kickstart your coding journey. We can’t wait to see what you’ll create!
Build a Mini Trebuchet: An Exercise to Learn About the Engineering Process
Build your own mini trebuchet! You will learn about the engineering process as you design, test, and evaluate your trebuchet.
Building a Better Tomorrow: The Stormwater Park Design Challenge
Let’s explore how landscape architects and civil engineers collaborate to design community spaces that provide multiple benefits for our environment and our neighbors. The job of landscape architects and civil engineers is to design outdoor community spaces that make our towns more sustainable, safe, and vibrant. Join landscape architects and civil engineers from Osborn Consulting in designing your own stormwater park based on the unique needs of the community members and the environment. Consider what makes a community space special, how it can improve our environment, and how a future career in landscape architecture or civil engineering can help create healthy and happy spaces in your own neighborhood.
Chocolate Welding???
Chocolate welding--Learn about how materials engineers design a weld joint and inspect welds for defects, then build your own welded assembly with chocolate. Along the way learn about careers in nuclear energy.
Cracking the Code of Interfaces: How the World (and Your Apps!) Connect
Have you ever wondered how things "talk" to each other? From the way a drop of water slides down a window to how you control your favorite video game, there’s a hidden language that makes it all work. This language—whether it’s code, design, or even physics—builds something amazing: an interface! In this hands-on, interactive class, we’ll explore the magic of interfaces in the real world and how they shape the technology you use every day. You’ll discover:
- How a bike’s handlebars are like the buttons on your favorite app.
- Why a remote control is the ultimate middleman between you and your TV.
- How even a door handle can teach us about making technology easy to use.
We’ll also uncover the hidden language behind interfaces—the rules, designs, and ideas that make them work. By the end of the class, you’ll see the world (And your apps!) in a whole new way.
Creating Retro Games with MakeCode Arcade
In this workshop, we’ll code a basic Arcade style video game together and play each others’ games. Attendees will use Microsoft MakeCode Arcade to code the games and create their own artwork and music. No prior coding experience required!
DNA as Computers
Every organism runs its own DNA program. At the University of Washington Molecular Information Systems Lab (MISL), we create our own programs with DNA. Explore how DNA is being used to store information and build computers that interface with the biological world. Learn about how we conduct this research and perform your own experiment with DNA.
Emergency…Emergency: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Do you know what to do? Learn the latest advancements in science and technology in CPR. Advancements in CPR include: wearable devices that monitor real-time CPR performance, automated external defibrillators (AEDs) that provide critical feedback, and CPR techniques and technologies. Get hands on and save a life!
Finding Your Own Path from Biology to Engineering
Students will learn about different paths they can take to STEM-related careers that support their local communities through public service. Then they can choose their own path! Construct a bridge and test its load-bearing capacity using pennies, or test stream water quality and learn about factors impacting stream health.
From Data to Decisions: Train Machines to Think Like Humans!
Learn about the concept of machine learning (ML) to understand how various technologies can be used to optimize everyday tasks in our lives. Make your own machine learning model to bring intelligence to life!
Lost in Space: Can Your Edison Robot Escape the Cosmic Maze?
In this exciting hands-on workshop, you will guide your Edison Robot to navigate through a challenging cosmic maze. Come and learn with us the fundamentals of robotics and how automation can help solve real-world problems.
Meals with the Microbes: Discover the Hidden World of Microbial Cuisine!
Did you know that microbes play a starring role in some of your favorite foods? From the tangy flavor of yogurt to the bubbly fizz in kombucha, microbes work behind the scenes to create delicious, nutritious, and sustainable meals. In this fun and interactive workshop, students will dive into the fascinating world of microbes and their role in transforming ordinary ingredients into extraordinary foods. This workshop connects students with the science that underpins food production, the importance of microbes in human health, and the role of sustainability in our diets.
Nautical Knot-tying
Maritime knots are essential skills used throughout history for safety and functionality of a vessel. Different knots secure ropes and equipment on boats, with each type serving a specific purpose in, on, and around the water. Learning nautical knots is a versatile skill - suddenly you can tie anything, rescue people, or create useful tools with just a piece of rope.
Oh My Cod, My Filet-o-Fish Comes from Where?
Did you know that your California sushi roll and fish sticks come from one of the most sustainable fisheries in the world? What is sustainability you ask? Great question! Dive in and learn what it’s like to be a fisheries biologist at-sea in Alaska. Come get fishy with us; learn about safety gear and how to identify fish.
The Puget Sound Watershed: A Look into Pollution and Human Impact in our Community Watershed
Join us in exploring the topography of the Puget Sound watershed with its varying landscape types and drainage. Using our watershed model, we will observe a simulated water cycle, demonstrating how water flows downhill, collecting in low areas and following the natural contours of the model, illustrating the concept of how a natural watershed funnels rainwater into a single body of water. We will discover the impact of land use changes on water flow and pollution within a watershed and learn best management practices (BMPs) for stormwater management techniques that reduce pollutants, control flooding, and protect water resources.
Rapid Assessment in Nursing Using Critical Thinking
Learning assessment skills that enhance critical thinking is essential in nursing practice to ensure the safety and well-being of patients. Learn some key skills that can help foster critical thinking and contribute to safe nursing care.
Record Electricity from Your Muscles! Learn How Your Brain and Muscles Communicate and Listen to Them Talk
Learn about muscle physiology by using electromyograms (EMGs), the electrical activity you can record in a muscle. When we decide to move a muscle, neurons in the brain will send an electrical signal to neurons in your spinal cord which then sends this signal to your muscles causing them to contract. In this activity, we'll be listening to that electrical signal in your bicep. Using electrodes and our smart phones or laptops, we can both see and hear this electrical activity while our muscle is at rest or while we're using it.
Running with Scissors and other Athletic Trainer Skills
The roadmap, the reality, the pros, and the cons of being an Athletic Trainer and a Strength and Conditioning Specialist. Working in Sports Medicine is exciting, difficult, chaotic, challenging, and satisfying. Learn how athletic trainer skills help athletes stay healthy and competition ready. Let's talk about this career pathway, similar alternatives, its various trajectories, and what I've learned along the way.
The Science of Water: Supply, Treatment, and Equity
Ever wondered how dirty water becomes clean and drinkable? In this workshop, you’ll explore the process of treating water, build your own filtration system, and learn how we can ensure everyone has access to clean water. Together, we’ll learn how to build a fairer and cleaner water future for all!
Should We Use a Plate or a Screw?
Life as a physician assistant working in orthopedic surgery. Come learn about the daily life of a surgical physician assistant, what’s it really like to operate on the human body, and test your skills using real surgical instruments, fastest time wins!
What’s That Smell? The nose knows – and so does AI!
How well can you smell? We will explore the journey of odors from nose to brain and the connection to memories, mood and taste. You will learn about the chemical molecules behind smells and how small changes can have big effects. You will test your ability to identify fragrances and learn how AI is being used in the fragrance industry. Not appropriate for fragrance sensitive individuals.
Where the Sky Meets the Sea: Drones Unlocking Whale Mysteries
Discover how students at the Ocean Research College Academy (ORCA) are using drone technology to map the feeding patterns of a local gray whale community. Explore flight data, analyze feeding pit maps, and witness a live drone mapping demonstration. Join Hannah Toutonghi, ORCA drone pilot and data scientist, and ORCA founder and captain Ardi Kveven, to see how cutting-edge technology is being used by students at ORCA!