Department/
Program

Location

Time

Description

Balloon Twisting

163 Campus Center

10:00-11:00

Learn how to make balloon animals from a professional.  Everything you make will be yours to take home.  For ages 8 and above.  Participants need to sign up at Registration Table. Limit of 50.

Career Services

511 Goodell Bldg

1:30-2:30

“Career Choices” Have you ever thought about what kind of job you might have one day?  This session will show you how to identify jobs that might be right for you. For ages 11-18.

Chemistry Department

1510 & 1512 Lederle Graduate Research Tower

2 sessions

1) 2:00

2) 2:30

Experiments will include: Making "Silver" and "Gold" Pennies, A Chemical Volcano, Fun with Liquid Nitrogen, Make a Shake, & Exciting Molecules. Each experiment lasts about 15 min.   (Parents can observe from another part of the lab room.) Participants need to sign up at information table. Limit of 25. Sign-up is for all activities as one.  (Can't sign up for just one part.) Closed toe shoes required.

Communication Disorders

Meet in Arnold House main lobby

2 sessions

1) 12:30

2) 1:30

Learn how your ears and hearing work and how they even look inside. You’ll even conduct hearing tests on each other and use a visi pitch to see what the pitch of your voice looks like on a screen.

Computer Science

Computer Science Bldg

Room 144 – robot lab

Room 224 – ITS lab

Continuous

1:00-2:00

Tour and demonstration of Robotics Lab. Visit Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) Lab and demonstration of animated videos and interactive games.

Dining Services

Hampden Bake Shop

3 sessions

1)10:00

2)10:30

3)11:00

Decorate your own cupcake. Participants need to sign up at information table. Limit of 20 per session.

Engineering

Marston 34

2 sessions

1) 11:00

2) 11:30

Engineering

Human Performance Trailer (outside of Marston Hall)

2 Sessions:

1) 1:30

2) 2:00

This driving simulator is one of the most advanced in the world today.  It helps determine why crash rates among young drivers are high.  Participants will sit in an actual car and travel through a virtual world displayed on 3 screens in front of the car. Participants need to sign up at information table. Limit of 10 per session.

Exercise Science

Totman Gym, Room 3

12:00-1:00

Tour of Exercise Physiology lab. Walk and run on a treadmill and ride a stationary bicycle to see how many calories are used in these different kinds of activities.

Mail & Distribution Services

1) & 2) 306 Goodell Bldg

3) Meet at Registration table at 9:45

3 sessions

1) 11:00

2) 2:00

3) 10:00

1) & 2) The University is a city of 25,000 residents. Come see how millions of pieces of mail are processed; 3) See how packages from all over the world are received and processed at UMass. Participants need to sign up at registration table. Limit of 12 per session.

Microbiology

301 Morrill IV North

10:00

It’s the Little Things that Count! Come see your world from a new perspective - under a microscope. Look at tiny creatures living in your home, your work, and even in you. Participants need to sign up at Registration table in Student Union Ballroom. Limit of 15.

Mullins Center Ice Rink

Mullins Center Ice Rink

12:00-12:50

Skating.  Participants can bring their own skates or rent them from the Mullins Center at no charge. 

Nutrition

210A Chenoweth

11:00-12:00

Growing Good Nutrition – a workshop on plants, vegetables and good health.

Office 2 Office/ Print Services

139 Whitmore

11:00

Make personalized take home booklets using a digital picture and current technology available through Print Services.  Participants must sign up at information table.

Plant, Soil, & Insect Science

Meet at the west end entrance of Durfee Conservatory

3 Tours

1) 10:00-10:30

2) 1:00-2:00

3) 2:00-3:00

Workshop
4) 10:30-12:30 continuous

1) Tour of Durfee Conservatory; 2) Tour of five greenhouses and history; 3) Tour of five green-houses & plant sale to support Durfee; 4) Potting workshop for adults & children. Plant seeds for your own garden at home.

Plant, Soil, & Insect Sciences

Fernald Hall, Room H-2

2 sessions

1) 10:00

2) 11:00

This is your chance to handle live insects, view pinned insects from around the world, and ask our students questions about insects.

Psychology

1) 306 Tobin

2) 521B Tobin Hall

2 workshops

1) 11:00-12:00

2) 2:00-3:00

1) Sniffy: Teach a simulated rat to press a lever. Have you ever taught a pet a trick? You’ll teach a computer simulated white rat to press a lever for a food reward. 2) Monkey Behavior:  Understanding how monkeys see the world. Session will include videotapes, slides and talking about monkeys and their interesting behavior. Participants must sign up for workshops at information table. Limit of 15 per workshop.

School of Management

SOM 124

2:00-3:00

Attend an exciting hands on activity and learn why leadership is important in not only business, but in life, and how to be a good leader.

School of Nursing

Nursing Clinical Simulation Lab (NCSL)

Morrill 2, room 220

12:00-1:00

Tour of NCSL. Learn about and practice basic nursing skills and meet our talking and breathing manikins.

Student Union Craft Center

Student Union Craft Center

Drop-in hours 12:00- 4:00

Free craft activities:  button making, paper marbling, and mask making.

Theater

Meet at the Fine Arts Center lobby.

12:00 –1:00

Tour of backstage areas where sets & costumes are made.  Also peak at the stage and under the stage. Participate in workshop where you’ll play theater games and try acting exercises. Participants need to sign up at information table. Limit of 25.

UMass Extension – CFY

227 Draper Hall

2 workshops

1) 12:00 & 1:00

2) 2:00

1) Going Places – learn about and have fun with old and new geospatial tools from compasses and maps to GPS and GIS.

2) Alphabet Traits – explore genetics and heredity while learning about DNA fingerprints.

University Library

Meet at Information Desk at Library

10:00-11:00

Scavenger/activity hunt in the Library. 

UVC-TV 19

Student Union, Room 216

Continuous

10:00–3:00

On the hour tours of station.

Veterinary & Animal Sciences

Meet at the Hadley Farm parking lot

Two tours:

1) 11:00

2) 1:00

Tour Hadley Farm (horse and livestock barns).

WFCR

Hampshire House, 3^rd Floor

Continuous

11:00–3:00

On the hour tours of the WFCR studios.

WMUA

105 Campus Center

basement

2 sessions

1) 11:30

2) 1:30

Tour of WMUA studios and see how radio spots are made. Participants need to sign up at information table – limit of 10 per session.