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YouthCaN NYC 2007 Workshop list
For sets of students larger than 12 please register for workshops in the larger spaces as indicated by the **...**.
If you have a large group and can break them up into groups of 12 or less, you can sign up for some of the workshops in smaller spaces.
Return to the New York City Conference Page for links to the schedule and the registration form.
Session 1
ecoMedia
The Bronx River Art Center, New York, USA
Become educated about the Bronx River environment through several student multimedia approaches with different tools involving ecoTV, ecoGames, ecoWeb, ecoSound, and ecoPhoto. See an amazing project unravel before your eyes as students in this ecological workshop, translate ideas like invasive species or watershed physics.
Hall of Human Origins Classroom – 1st floor
Ages – 9-21
**Take a Dip**
Queens High School for the Sciences at York College, New York, USA
Learn about the awesome observations that students attending QHSSYC as well as YouthCaN members have been collecting as they monitor and test water at the Alley Pond Nature Center. Watch closely as changes in the environment quickly take a sudden turn over a course of only a few months.
Linder Theater – 1st floor
Ages – Any
**The North Pole was here, with Andrew Revkin**
New York Times, New York, USA
Andrew C. Revkin, author and New York Times Environment Journalist, will share his exhilarating adventure to the North Pole - where he was the first New York Times reporter to file stories from the top of the world. He story of the once and future North Pole - from the first explorers who sailed north never to return to today's scientists, in urgent pursuit of the answers to the puzzle of climate change.
Kaufmann Theater - 1st floor
Ages - Any
How much does that Burger Really Cost: Fast Food Environmental Impact
High School for Law & Public Service, New York, USA
You’ve obviously heard tons on the topic of fast food industries, so why not join us as we explore the environmental destruction behind it all? You’ll be astounded at the massive long term effects that small seemingly harmless everyday tasks or actions may have.
Rose Center Classroom – 2nd floor
Ages – 10-18
Solar Solutions
Miami Country Day School, Florida, USA
From melting crayons in a classroom to saving lives and the environment in war ravaged Sudan, come and explore the wonders of solar cooking. Join the fun and learn to catch those dun rays in recycled lamp shades, binders, and shoeboxes. Watch successful solar cooking programs throughout the world and be a part of the effort to save the environment and fight world hunger in developing countries.
Calder Lab – 2nd floor
Ages – 9-15
**Action Actors Take on Environment!**
Miami Country Day School, Florida, USA
Spend an inspirational day with the Action Actors who will amaze you with a script that’s filled with costumes and spectacular scenery that’ll teach you a thing or two about fighting evil and leaping over obstacles to overcome vile enemies of our environment.
People Center Theater – 2nd floor
Ages – Any
YouthCaN – Mediterranean, Video Conference
YouthCaN – Lebanon w/ YouthCaN, New York, USA
Share in a live video conference filled with explorations of life, jam packed with environmental issues that face students in Lebanon! Ask them questions about their studies and share some of your experiences as well.
People Center (back room) – 2nd floor
Ages – Any
The plan of the city and daily activities
Martin Luther King Secondary Girl School, Senegal
Be enlightened and exposed to the world full of solutions to save the environment around us. Student drawings and photos will be displayed which aim to address certain aspects of daily activities and our health in Senegal.
People Center (Front Terrace) – 2nd floor
Ages – 12-17
The Triumph and Tragedy of Ore Mining in Boulder, Colorado
Casey Middle School, Boulder, Colorado
Mining was a primary reason for growth and development in Boulder County. There are more mines in Boulder then in any other county in the U.S. and the legacy of mining both good and bad everywhere we look. It has made a critical contribution to our prosperity and high standard of living, and thousands of old mines discharge highly toxic water pollution.
Room 319 Classroom – 3rd floor
Ages – 10-16
**Making a difference in NYC!**
Birch Wathen Lenox, New York City
Engage in a conversation about Climate change all around the world as well as the impact of cigarette litter in NYC. Learn about individual efforts to stop these overwhelming issues that impact our community by viewing a presentation of power points and films.
Orientation Center Theater – 4th floor
Ages –10-18
Session 2
Paper Making!
YouthCaN, NYC, New York, USA
learn how to make hand made recycled paper from the scraps you have at home. We will teach you the paper making process and the tools needed so that you can make your own paper at home, or use this environmental project to educate others about resources and recycling!
Hall of Human Origins Classroom – 1st floor
Ages – Any
**You can call me: “AL”, Algae**
Tottenville High School/ Dept. of Science & Health Careers, New York, USA
Cancelled due to scheduling difficulties. Sorry.
**Man and Music**
School 216, Moscow, Russia
Students will share their investigation of the influence of music on people. Their presentation will include student drawings, text, and music to explain the facts about this phenomenon.
Kaufmann Theater – 1st floor
Ages – Any
Vermi Composting in the Classroom
High School of Environmental Studies, New York, USA
You’ll be carefully taught how to care for delicate creatures known as worms and taught exactly how to set up and maintain vermi composting in the classroom.
Rose Center classroom – 2nd floor
Ages –14-18
Growing Solutions to World Hunger Problems
Miami Country Day School, Florida, USA
How much land is actually useful for agricultural purposes? Find out and learn about a more effective way to grow crops in many of the poor regions of the world. Be ready to take home all you need to make your own container garden. Make up a recipe with organic herbs flown fresh from our school garden for your enjoyment! This workshop is hands-on, nose-on, and mouth-on.
Calder Lab, 2nd floor
Ages – 8-15
**Wave Hills Forest Project Summer Collaborative 2006**
Wave Hill, New York, USA
Wave Hill and Trees New York provide a summer job opportunity in street tree care. Street Trees interns earn a license from NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, and Trees New York t care for new York City trees. Indoor and outdoor sessions promote stewardship knowledge of tree biology, classification, pruning, and pests, including the Asian longheaded beetle; and how to have a tree planted on your block
People Center Theater – 2nd floor
Ages –13-21
YouthCaN Egypt – Video Conference
YouthCaN – Egypt w/ YouthCaN, NYC
Come share in the exploration of environmental issues that face students in Egypt! Ask them questions about their studies and share some of your experiences.
People Center (back classroom) – 2nd floor
Ages – Any
From a state of grief to the passion of healing & reconciliation, peace & confidence building
– Mano River Union Parliament, Sierra Leone
Cancelled due to travel difficulties, sorry.
“Fuel” for thought
Academy of Mount St. Ursula, new York, USA
Can renewable energy sources really reduce CO2 emissions and possibly save our planet? Come take a closer look at alternative energy resources. The earth needs you, Get Informed!
Room 319 Classroom – 3rd floor
Ages – 15-18
**Invasive Species in your Backyard**
New York Botanical Garden, New York, USA
What is an invasive species is? Do you know how they affect YOUR surroundings? How did they arrive here and where did they come from? Join us as we answer these questions and show you the effects of invasive and how close they are to YOU!
Orientation Center Theater – 4th floor
Ages – 15-18
Session 3
Restoring the Appalachian Trail on Bear Mountain
I.S. 174, Bronx, New York, USA
Learn about how this environmentally involved school helped to reduce the trail’s impact on the environment and how they restored the nearby forest with plantings and other projects. Watch a photo presentation and then, get your hands “dirty” as your discover the important creatures that live in the leaf litter under your feet through a hands-on microscopy activity!
Hall of Human Origins classroom – 1st floor
Ages – Any
**Suffering in Silence**
Prospect Park Youth Council, New York, USA
Can negative relationships between people turn into negative relationships with the environment? We are focusing on hw people who don’t have respect for themselves or others often don’t have respect for the environment. The far reaching effects that poor attitudes can have is what are group would like to investigate now.
Linder Theater – 1st floor
Ages – 12-18
**Rewarding Recycling**
L.E.A.P. Ecology Club, New York, USA
Watch a presentation about “Rewarding Recycling” with interactive games and learning by the Bronx Science L.E.A.P. Ecology Club. Become a part of the recycling experience, where helping the environment and having fun are united. A good time filled with prizes await you!
Kaufmann Theater – 1st floor
Ages – 7-17
Guerilla Gardening
The Salk of Science, New York, USA
Save the plants and save the world1 Learn how you and/or your school can create amazing indoor gardens while recycling and reusing your kitchen refuse. Plant beans, corn, potatoes, ginger, and much more. Leave with a head start on your own garden!
Rose Center Classroom – 2nd floor
Ages – 9-14
Environmental Voices from Pudget Sound, Washington:
Sustaining Our life Support Systems Wherever We Are!
First Place School, Washington, USA
Urban Seattle students at First Place School in Seattle will present their field study experiences at Islandwood Environmental Center In Pudget Sound. Learn how their lives as scientists at Islandwood provide a model for sustaining clean air, water, land, and living species wherever we are!
Calder Lab – 2nd floor
Ages – 8-18
**Get the message out: Producing Public Service Announcements**
John J. Pershing I.S. 220 – urban Oasis, New York, USA
Urban Oasis, students, recognizing the need to Get the Word Out about pollution, decided to make PSA’s – Public Service Announcements. The students chose the issues, wrote the scripts, built the sets, and filmed the PSA’s. The messages are simple and direct offering solutions that ordinary people could do to reduce our Eco Foot Print.
People Center Theater – 2nd floor
Ages – Any
Green Ribbon School- Video Conference
St. John’s Episcopal School, Texas, USA
This project is a collaborative global effort to develop for a “Green Ribbon School” (GRS) program (the purpose is to acknowledge schools which meet these environmental standards.) Participants completed indoor and outdoor surveys, researched and developed criteria, and presented via video conferences, skype and moodle web interactions.
People Center, Back Classroom, 2nd Floor
Ages: 12-18
Global Warming-What is to be done?
Council of the Environment, New York, USA
We will explore ways of solving the climate change problem. Participants will make solar ovens, solar houses and learn how to purchase and distribute efficient light bulbs.
Room 319 Classroom, 3rd floor
Ages: 10-17
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