| PROFESSION(S) | PRESENTER(S) | TITLE OF WORKSHOP | DESCRIPTION |
| Police Detective | Jennifer Roberts | "What is a Detective" | You have seen crimes solved on CSI, is that what it is really all about??? Learn how to take fingerprints or how to dust a crime scene for fingerprints. As part of this workshop, officers from Operation Safe Child will photograph & fingerprint children and submit their relevant information to the New York State Dept. of Criminal Justice Services (Amber Alert). Parents will be issued ID cards to keep for their children.
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| Hairdresser - Cosmetologist | Mary Ellen Kipnes | Healthy Beautiful Skin!
| Learn about natural skin care and using natural skincare products.
Using natural facial techniques, you can learn how to take care of your skin for a healthy complexion and beautiful skin. Learn about proper cleansing and moisturizing as well as how to use facial scrubs, deep cleansing masks, and toners to maintain the proper ph level for healthy, glowing skin.
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| Physical Therapists, Physical Therapy/Rehabilitation | Frank McCoy, John Perkins | Physical Therapy | We will talk about possible injuries during sports, show you how to assess, diagnose and treat an injury. You will hear about some interesting diagnoses and how they are treated. We will have an interactive area to experience some exercises and treatment we do on a daily basis. |
| Horticulturist | Michael Axelrod | Creating an Eco-Friendly Garden/Landscape. | We will design a garden/landscape utilizing ecologically friendly methods/materials with the goal of learning the value and responsibility of becoming caretakers of the environment within our home surroundings. |
| Web Developer | May Bartens | Let the World Know What You're Thinking; Build Your Own Website. | What do the Jonas Brothers, Spiderman, the NY Yankees, and Sponge Bob all have in common? They all have their own webpages. You can share your favorite hobbies, your artwork or stories you've written. There are some basics you'll need to know and some planning is needed but it's not hard and can be a lot of fun. |
| Financial Consultant/ Stockbroker | Bruce Siegel | The Trading Pit | Markets are dynamic and exciting! Fortunes are made... and lost. The trading pit is the center of a global market with many different participants. Come learn about the roles of the different players in the trading pit. We'll put you in the middle of an active trading pit where it is sink... or swim. Can you handle it? |
| Orthopedist | David Wallach | When the Bone Broke | An athlete gets injured. We will talk about what the injury could be. Then, see how we put a cast on and take one off. We will also talk about how to protect yourself against sports injuries. |
| Chemist | Nancy Goroff and Elizabeth Boon | Chemistry: Make Your Own Modeling Clay | Do you like to make stuff out of clay or play dough? Would you like to make the clay or play dough yourself? In this workshop, you will learn about the chemistry behind clay, Model Magic, silly putty, and Play-Doh, and make your own modeling material. You will also learn about different jobs that involve chemistry.
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| High School Music(Choral) Director | Jeff Hoffman | "From StonyBrook to Broadway" | Ever wonder what it would be like to audition for a Broadway Musical? Come see what a Professional Director and Musical Director are looking for when you audition! Learn how to act out a monologue, and prepare a song for a musical audition. |
| Chef/Hospitality | Myra Naseem | Little Chefs | Have you ever wanted to be a chef like Remy in Ratatouille? Have you ever wanted to create your own delicious concoction? In this exciting workshop led by Elegant Eating Caterer Myra Naseem, you will whip up a delicious appetizer and snack, and learn how to cook from the pros. Ms. Naseem will also discuss careers in the hospitality (restaurant and hotel) industry. |
| Clinical Lab Scientists and Public Health Scientists | Dr. Lisa Benz Scott | Outbreak! Infection Control | Outbreak! In this workshop, solve a cafeteria mystery about kids who are sick with stomachaches, vomiting, and diarrhea. Could bacteria be the cause? Be a part of a team of epidemiologists and clinical laboratory scientists to help identify what bacteria are making kids sick. Look for clues through hands-on investigative work: interviewing kids; testing cafeteria food and utensil samples; using agar gel plates to grow bacteria, and identifying bacteria up close under a microscope! Become your own scientist and detective!
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| Physicist | George Redlinger | A Career in Physics: Not Just for Geeks! | Are you fascinated by time travel, teleportation, or black holes? Do you like to understand how things work? Are you interested in working on hard problems for the benefit of society? Or perhaps do you secretly dream of having a Nobel Prize on your desk and being named the "Person of the Century"? If so, a career in Physics may be just the thing for you. In this session, we will try to build a cloud chamber which will let us see the tracks left behind by subatomic particles from outer space that are speeding through the classroom at close to the speed of light. |
| Attorneys | Heath Berger, Francis Fineo | People of the State of New York vs. John Doe | A mock trial involving a Mount student! |
| Cardiologist | Lloyd Lense | "Get to the 'Heart' of the Matter" | Learn about the heart and how to keep it healthy. Understand what makes a good heart and a sick heart. Use the tools of diagnosis; measure blood pressure, use an EKG machine, and use a stethoscope to hear the heart and measure its performance. Learn the science behind one of the leading health problems in America-heart disease! |
| Ophthalmologist | Dr. Pam Weber | What's Inside the Eye? | I will share with you the secrets of the eye! We will dissect a cow's eye together. If you want, you can just watch. We will learn how the eyes work, how to keep your eyes healthy, what to do if a friend injures an eye, and a little about the different diseases of the eye. |
| Politician | Vivian Viloria-Fisher | "The Legislative Horseshoe" | Suffolk County Legislator Vivian Viloria-Fisher invites you to be an active participant in the legislative process! Join her at Mount's mock version of the Legislatures's meeting table, nicknamed the "Horseshoe", to think about a problem that faces the community, then introduce and debate a bill to solve the problem. |
| Businessman | Ashish Trivedi | "The Art of Business" | In this workshop you will learn how to take your idea and make it into a product that is sold on the store shelf. You will experience how to turn this idea into a solid business plan, what experiences you will go through to aquire the money to design and manufacture your own product, and learn how to get people to want to buy your product. You play the role of business owner, banker, accountant, and advertiser. |
| Architect | John Grillo | "Extreme Makeover: Mount Elementary"
| We will work together to design a new elementary school building using Architectural computer software to create a 2D plan and a 3D rendering of the building. Each group of students will be asked to design a portion of the new building and all sessions will be merged together to create a new school building. |
| Sign Language Interpreter | Kathleen Taylor | American Sign Language: Come Talk With Your Hands | Come learn the basics of American Sign Language, and let's have fun talking with our hands! |
| Veterinarian | Carlo Cintron | Dog Examination | We will perform a complete examination of a dog from his tongue to his tail. If you've ever wondered what a dog's heartbeat sounds like, or how to care for your dog, this workshop is for you! |
| Journalist/Public Relations | Jennifer Kuefner | "What's the Scoop" | The ability to interview people effectively plays a very important part in becoming a first rate reporter. In this workshop, learn how to interview to get the story behind the story!! Students will have the chance to take a look at sample media 'hits' and publications as well as work with their peers to write their own stories. |
| Men's Basketball Coach | Daniel Rickard | Hoop Dreams | Have you ever dreamed about playing basketball like Lebron James or Kobe Bryant? Have you ever wondered what it's like to coach them? In this clinic, you will experience what it is like to become a well rounded basketball player, including passing, dribbling, shooting and defense. You will also get a chance to see how it feels on the other side of the bench through coaching eyes! This workshop will be presented by the Stonybrook Seawolves coach and two of his players. |
| Senior Software Development Engineer | Rob Herbst | Learn How To Write Your First Computer Software! | Have you ever wanted to learn how to write a computer program? Come to this workshop and learn the basics of how a computer really works. You will learn about a computer language called SmallBasic and by the end of the workshop you will learn tho write a program that will control a little graphical turtle and make him fly all over the screen! |
| Hobby-Photography | Lorna Welde | Photography | Be an official photographer for career lab! First, we will learn photo composition, lighting considerations and technique. Second, we will visit each career lab and take pictures of the participants in action. Third, we will upload the pictures to a laptop and learn how to crop the shots that will be used in the final slideshow for the day. No experience necessary-we will go over everything!! |
| Astronomer | Colin Masson | Astronomy: More than Meets the Eye | Our solar system now has hundreds of newly discovered planets around other stars! We will look at where planets come from and how we can learn about them. In Astronomy, the Universe is your laboratory;but since everything is so far away, we must figure out ways to study things without ever touching them. We will take a closer look at some of the ways astonomers use light to unlock the secrets of the Universe, and will discover that there is really more than meets the eye! |