Three Girl Scout Councils in New Jersey and
the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE)
are joining together to host 100 Years of Science, a one-day conference
for girls in grades six through eight on Saturday, Sept. 29. The keynote
address, "Becoming Explorers On Earth and in Space," will be given by
Dr. Pamela Conrad, astrobiologist and mineralogist with the Planetary
Environments Laboratory at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in
Greenbelt, Md.
Dr. Pamela Conrad with the Girl Scout flag.
Conrad has worked for the past several years on the
development of approaches and measurements for assessment of
habitability in planetary surface environments.
The conference will take on Saturday, Sept. 29 from 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m. at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken. The event is
open to Girl Scouts in grades six through eight. Interested girls who
are not currently Girl Scouts can register for Girl Scout membership
before the event. The cost is $25 per Girl Scout and $15 per adult
chaperone.
In addition to hearing the keynote address, participants at
the conference will conduct experiments centered on renewable energy.
They will examine a wind turbine, test turbine blades, design, construct
and test photovoltaic systems and solar water heaters, and much more.
For more information, contact Lorena Kirschner at 973-248-8200 or lkirschner@gsnnj.org.
Conrad has studied the comparative early evolution of Earth
and Mars and the measurement of habitability potential on rocky bodies
in the solar system. She is deputy principal investigator and
investigation scientist for the Sample Analysis at Mars instrument
suite, which landed at Gale Crater on Mars as part of the Mars Science
Laboratory mission in August. Her extensive field experience revolves
around characterizing the edges of the habitable zones in deserts and
testing rock targeting tools. She has participated in seven arctic
expeditions as well as two Antarctic expeditions, and explored deep-sea
hydrothermal vents on the floor of the Pacific Ocean from a submersible.
Girl Scouts is the premier leadership development program
for girls. In Girl Scouts, girls discover themselves, connect with
others, and take action to create positive change in their own
communities. For more information about Girl Scouts, call Girl Scouts of
Northern New Jersey at 973-248-8200 or visit www.gsnnj.org.
Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey serves 20.5 percent of
girls ages 5-17 in 160 municipalities including all of Bergen, Morris, Passaic, and Sussex counties and the northern half of Warren County. There are currently 34,399 girl members and 17,745 adult members.
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