Following the morning Information Fair and Breakfast Reception we invite
you to participate in these activities. Also please refer to the following
for lunch information. Click here.
Department/
Program |
Location |
Time |
Description |
Aerospace Studies/Air Force ROTC |
208 Dickinson Hall |
2:00-3:00 p.m. |
Build and design your own paper airplane and test it for distance and accuracy. |
Career Services |
512 Goodell |
2 sessions
1) 10:00
2) 1:00
|
Have you ever thought about what kind of job you might have one day? Use an on-line program called FOCUS to see what career choices might be best for you and how to pursue them. For ages 11-18. |
Chemistry Department |
1512 Lederle Graduate Research Tower |
2 sessions:
1) 2:00 p.m.
2) 2:30 p.m.
|
Experiments will include: Making "Silver" and "Gold" Pennies, A Chemical Volcano, Fun with Liquid Nitrogen & Dry Ice, Make a Shake, Exciting Molecules & Fighting Fire with Fire. Each experiment lasts about 15 min. (parents observe from another part of the lab room.). Participants need to sign up at information table. Limit of 30 per session. Sign-up is for all activities as one. (Can't sign up for just one part.) Closed toe shoes required.
|
Communication Disorders |
18 Arnold House
|
2 sessions
1) 1:00-2:00
2) 2:00-3:00
|
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 151 – demos |
Continuous
1:00-3:00
|
Tour and demonstration of Robotics Lab. Demonstrations of 3D animations, interactive computer games, and intelligent tutoring systems for geometry.
|
Dining Services |
2nd floor Worcester DC
Hillside Room |
2 sessions:
1) 11:00 a.m.
2) 12:00 p.m.
|
Make your own individual pizza. Participants need to sign up at information table. Limit of 12 per session. |
Engineering |
Gunness Student Center
Marcus Hall |
11:00-11:30
|
Come see our ice cream making demo. You might expect big tanks and coolers, but ours will be made with safe nitrogen gas. You’ll even get a sample! Participants need to sign up at information table. Limit of 30. |
Housing Services – Special Projects |
Northeast Corner of Melville Dorm (Mass Ave.) |
10:00-11:00
|
Learn the proper planting of shade trees and perennials in the Southwest North courtyards. |
Mullins Center Ice Rink |
Mullins Center Ice Rink |
12:00-12:50 pm
|
Skating. Participants can bring their own skates or rent them from the Mullins Center at no charge. |
Nutrition |
Nutrition Library
210A Chenoweth Lab |
Continuous
10:00-3:00
|
"Create Your Own Trail-Mix" |
Plant, Soil, & Insect Science |
Meet at the west end entrance of Durfee Conservatory |
2 sessions:
1) 11:00-11:45
2) 1:00-1:30
|
1) Tour of Durfee Conservatory; 2) Potting plants and seeds workshop (hands-on workshop for children & adults). |
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) Tobin 521A
2) Tobin 422
3) Tobin 301C
|
3 workshops
1) 10:00 Juggling and Storytelling
(ages 6-8)
2) 2:30
Puzzle Adventures
(ages 9-12)
3) 1:00
Physical Activity and Intelligence
|
1) Come see an interactive juggling and storytelling show where many things are tossed in the air and many young volunteers are needed to help out.
2) There is a new book series and TV show in the works called "Fractalia." In the adventure, kids have to save the land from the evil Kayoz and his kreatures. The kids must outwit Kayoz by solving his unique brand of puzzles called outties (they open outward to an unlimited number of answers). Come play along with the puzzles and learn about the new adventure series and TV show.
3) Does physical activity make you smarter? Come participate in an experiment to test your mind and body.
|
School of Management |
Meet in SOM main atrium |
10:00-11:00 am |
Can you build the tallest house of cards? Come learn how this friendly competition relates to business and life. |
School of Nursing |
Nursing Clinical Simulation Lab (NCSL)
Morrill 2, room 220 |
12:00-1:00 pm |
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- 3:30 pm |
Free craft activities: button making, mask casting and painting. All materials are non-toxic. |
Theater |
Meet at the Fine Arts Center lobby. |
12:00 –1:00 pm |
Tour of backstage areas where sets & costumes are made. Also peak at the stage and under the stage. Play theater games and try acting exercises. Participants need to sign up at information table. Limit of 25. |
University Library |
Meet at Information Desk at Library |
Continuous
10:00-12:00
|
Scavenger/activity hunt in the Library. |
University Police |
Meet at the lobby of the Police Station (Dickinson Hall). |
Two tours:
1) 11:00
2) 1:00
|
Tours will be offered of station and include bikes, horses, motor cycle, and RAD (Rape, Aggression, Defense) kids. |
Vet & Animal Science |
Meet at the Hadley Farm parking lot
|
Two tours:
1) 11:00
2) 1:00
|
Tour Hadley Farm equine and livestock barns. |
WFCR |
Hampshire House, 3rd Floor |
Continuous
10:00–3:00
|
On the hour tours of the WFCR studios. |
WMUA |
105 Campus Center - basement
|
Continuous 11:30-3:00
|
Tour of WMUA studios. Children will record their voices, making station ID’s (“This is WMUA in Amherst”). |
the day of the event.