Showing posts with label science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label science. Show all posts

KIMSeattle After School Forensic Science workshops start next week

Sunday, February 26, 2023

KIMSeattle student
KIMSeattle (Kids in Medicine) is back on the Shoreline CC campus teaching after school forensics / biology intensives in March 2023. 

For middle and high school students.
 
This advanced lab program is taught by medical professionals from KIMSeattle on early-release Wednesdays. 

Each week involves 30 minutes of lecture followed by 90 minutes of extensive lab work. 





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Department of Health launches second annual science contest for high school students

Thursday, February 16, 2023

OLYMPIA – Following a successful inaugural event, the Washington State Department of Health’s (DOH) Washington Tracking Network (WTN) is excited to launch its second annual WTN Youth Science Contest

The contest provides a unique opportunity for high school students across Washington to develop their science and communication skills while working with health and environmental data from their own communities.

“It’s important for students to learn how to understand and use data because it plays a big role in their lives,” said Jennifer Sabel, WTN manager. 
“In this contest, students learn not only how to work with and study public health data, but also how data can be used to create positive change in their communities.”

Participants can choose from three tracks:
  1. Health Science – students will perform an analysis with WTN data to reveal correlations, impacts, and/or disparities.
  2. Community Engagement – students will use WTN tools and data to address health and equity concerns. They will develop either a public policy proposal or work with a local organization to create or improve a project or program.
  3. Science Communication – students will identify an issue that is important to them and develop a message to increase awareness or drive action related to the issue.

Public health is an interdisciplinary field. The tracks of this contest help students explore different facets of what working in public health is like.

Each track requires students to use WTN data and examine how their project addresses equity issues within their communities.

"The different tracks bring public health data to life. There are so many professional roles that go into supporting and improving health, all of which are important,” said Sabel. “Last year students came up with inspiring projects, and I look forward to seeing what students create this year.”

Registration is open through March 15. The official contest period is March 1 - April 30. Winners will be announced in early June.

WTN is a DOH program that makes public health data more accessible. The mission of WTN is to provide health and environmental data and tools, develop partnerships, and inform data-driven policy and programmatic decisions, with the goal of improving health and health equity in Washington. 

Winning projects from last year’s contest are available to view on DOH’s website.

The DOH website is your source for a healthy dose of information. Find us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Sign up for the DOH blog, Public Health Connection.



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Cosmic Queries with Troy Carpenter of the Goldendale WA Observatory - online Wednesday October 19, 2022

Wednesday, October 19, 2022


Join the Seattle Astronomical Society online as they welcome Goldendale Observatory's Troy Carpenter!

Troy has been running the Goldendale Observatory for nine years and has also spent seven years teaching and training in the energy sector. He also has five years of broadcasting experience.

The curious are welcome and questions are encouraged!


Request the meeting link at outreach@seattleastro.org



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Shorecrest and Shorewood students dominate awards in statewide science contest

Tuesday, June 14, 2022

OLYMPIA -- Washington State Department of Health (DOH) congratulates the winners of the first annual Washington Tracking Network (WTN) Youth Science Contest.

The WTN Youth Science Contest is an opportunity for high school students in Washington state to develop their science and communication skills by engaging with health and environmental data from their own communities.

Winning projects ranged from research papers to poems and were divided into three tracks: 
  1. Health Science, 
  2. Community Engagement, and 
  3. Science Communication. 
Winning projects were selected based on their content, health and equity impact, and presentation. Each track was judged separately by relevant experts within DOH.

Jennifer Sabel, WTN manager, said, “We designed the contest to have a broader appeal than traditional science contests, because we wanted all students to realize how science and equity can relate to their interests.”

Shoreline students dominated the competition, taking almost half of the top awards.

All winning projects can be viewed on the WTN website. Student and school information may be suppressed at student and/or parent request.

Health Science:

Individual Division
  • 1st Place - Relationship Between Hiking and Melanoma in Washington State, by Saisha Lakkoju, Bothell High School
  • 2nd Place (tie) - Mental Health of Washington State Youth, by Cherie Suzuki, Interlake High School
  • 2nd Place (tie) - The Association Between Air Stagnation and Melanoma Incidence in Washington and the Racial Disparity in Melanoma Care, by Jamie K.
  • 3rd Place - Connection Between ACEs and Addiction, by Xingjian Ma, Pullman High School

Group Division
  • 1st Place - Poverty and Disability in Washington State, by Ankhita Sathanur, Ikshita Sathanur, and Meha Shah, Eastlake High School
  • 2nd Place - Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Washington, by Connor Wakefield, Dacotah P., and a student that wishes to not be named, Shorecrest High School

Community Engagement:

Individual Division
  • 1st Place - Adolescent Mental Health in Washington, by Minseo Kim, Shorewood High School
  • 2nd Place - STIs in Young Adults, by Simon Feist, Saint George's School
  • 3rd Place - Get Tested Get Treated, by Rachel Kollarmalil, Liberty High School

Group Division
  • 1st Place - The English Support Network, by Ankhita Sathanur, Ikshita Sathanur, and Meha Shah, Eastlake High School
  • 2nd Place - A Washington that Works for Everyone: Transportation Reformed, by Christina Jones and Jonnika Kwon, Holy Names Academy
  • 3rd Place - Breast Cancer Screening, by Sarah Feng and Gretchen Forsythe, Shorewood High School

Science Communication:

Individual Division
  • 1st Place - Secondhand Smoke PSA, by Jonah Chesnut, Shorecrest High School
  • 2nd Place - Smoking Causes Lung Cancer PSA, by Jazmin Austria-Ball, Shorecrest High School

Group Division
  • 1st Place - Fentanyl Facts, by Ankhita Sathanur, Ikshita Sathanur, and Meha Shah, Eastlake High School
  • 2nd Place - Toxic Survival, by Flora Cummings and Lyla Higgins, Shorecrest High School
  • 3rd Place - Asthma Science Communication Project for Teens, by Sofia Vila Vignali, Mila, and Bryan C., Shorecrest High School

WTN is a DOH program that makes public health data more accessible. The mission of WTN is to provide health and environmental data and tools, develop partnerships, and inform data-driven policy and programmatic decisions, with the goal of improving health and health equity in Washington.

The DOH website is your source for a healthy dose of information. Find us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Sign up for the DOH blog, Public Health Connection.



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Week-long science camps for elementary to high school students at Shoreline Community College

Monday, March 28, 2022

Lab camps at Shoreline Community College this summer
Summer Camps

Shoreline offers several summer camps for kids and teens! 

Topic areas include computer programming / coding, video game design, forensic science, biotechnology, environmental awareness, art, wellness/athletics and more!

Information on all camps here

Project Biotech summer camp 

Open to high school students and fills up fast! Registration opens Friday April 1st 

Shoreline Community College's Biotechnology Lab opens its doors to high school students for week-long explorations of biotechnology and DNA sequencing!

Black Rocket STEAM Camps

Black Rocket’s distinct programs in Creative Sciences and Digital Arts focus on the intersection of creativity and technology. Each course emphasizes self-empowerment, cognitive reasoning, and divergent thinking through hands-on learning. Whether in the classroom or the cloud, we believe every human being is unique in their ability and talents. Black Rocket's mission is to help ignite, unleash, and enhance these distinct talents.

KIMSeattle Forensic Science Summer Camps

KIMSeattle (Kids in Medicine and Science) is a nonprofit organization that provides K-12 informal science education through authentic laboratory experiences. Camp participants will immerse themselves in a fictitious, yet realistic, simulated crime and spend the week solving the case. Collected evidence from the recreated scene is analyzed using eight different fields of forensic science. More details can be found at kimseattle.org or you can email info@kimseattle.org

Here's an article from 2017 about a 5th grade class at KIMSeattle: Where 5th graders can dissect pig hearts

Advanced Coding with Java and C# and Game Design Camps

Margaret Royzen is a professional software developer with more than 30 years of experience, holds an MS in Computer Science and is certified as a C# Programmer and a C# Web Developer. All of the camp and coding/game design teaching material has been developed or customized to cover specific language syntax and best design and programming techniques.

Information on all the camps:

https://www.shoreline.edu/summer-camps/default.aspx?fbclid=IwAR0Aczna6Hl6lloL3uSuZAsZkbt_xIqP5wjAwEPkucj9hUCk8nrJ_KZR0Xs



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Shoreline Schools requesting feedback from families about elementary science education

Tuesday, March 22, 2022


The Shoreline K-5 Science Curriculum Adoption Committee is in the process of selecting a new Science curriculum for all elementary students in the 2022-2023 school year.

As part of the process, the committee would appreciate feedback from all families regarding their children's elementary science education. 

Families can share their hopes, what's most important, and any other suggestions about their child's elementary science education.

Attend either Zoom session:
Interpreters will be available for Spanish and Amharic

Find more info and Zoom links here: https://www.shorelineschools.org/Page/8260



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UW Medicine joins new National Institutes of Health effort on rare genetic conditions

Saturday, July 17, 2021

Mendelian genomics at UW - photo by Chris Frazar

UW Medicine has been selected as one of five leading genome sciences centers nationwide that will collaborate in a Mendelian Genomics Research Consortium. 

The National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health announced the formation and funding for the consortium today.

The researchers will deploy innovative methods to try to find the genetic causes of unsolved Mendelian conditions. These conditions are suspected as being the result of as yet undiscovered changes to or mutations in genes, or perhaps other alterations in the genome.

More than 400 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with one of more than 7,000 Mendelian conditions. A few examples of Mendelian conditions in which the genetic basis has already been determined are cystic fibrosis, hemophilia, sickle cell anemia, muscular dystrophy, color blindness and Tay Sachs disease.
But there are many more disorders --at least 3,000-- for which answering questions for patients, families and their clinicians still requires discovery of the underlying gene.


“Millions of people are born with rare diseases with unknown causes. Rare diseases are impactful in terms of the overall health of an individual,” said Deborah A. Nickerson, professor of medicine, who will head the newly funded Mendelian genomics research program at the University of Washington School of Medicine. 

 Co-principal investigators are Evan Eichler, professor of genome sciences at the UW medical school, and Dr. Michael Bamshad, professor of pediatrics who practices at Seattle Children’s Hospital.

Their team has already made many contributions to Mendelian genomics over the past several years by advancing sequencing technology and data interpretation methods to examine the whole or parts of the human genome. Their previous discoveries have provided immediate, substantial benefits for diagnostics and patient care.



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20 years since the Nisqually earthquake hit Puget Sound

Monday, March 1, 2021

USGS

20 years ago Sunday (Feb 28, 2001) the Puget Sound region was abruptly struck by the M6.8 Nisqually earthquake that emanated from the subducting Juan de Fuca tectonic plate deep beneath the land surface.
 --USGS

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