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The 2005 TechFest will offer Special Features designed to enhance the experience of ALL who attend. Please select a link from the right to read more! |
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
CONSTANT WONDER - SPECIAL KIDS PERFORMANCE
NY KNICKS GROOVE TRUCK
DINOSAURS ROCK
SICO THE ROBOT
LI WORKS COALITION - INTERNSHIP DATABASE
LISTNET AWARDS FOR FORWARD-THINKERS
SCIENCE SERVICE PRESENTS: THE INTEL SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH SEMIFINALISTS
WIN A GRAND PRIZE
GOODIE BAGS
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS - MORE INFO
FRIDAY, 7PM
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
COUNTY EXECUTIVE THOMAS J. SUOZZI
FRIDAY 7:30PM
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
PROFESSOR W. RICHARD MCCOMBIE
FRIDAY, 8:00PM
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
DAVID BAUER |
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 CONSTANT WONDOR - Saturday Afternoon Kids' Special
An extra special feature for young children (3 to 8) on Saturday afternoon at 2PM. This musical duo - both moms - have played to great acclaim at the Long Island Children's Museum and the Westbury Music Fair. Their first CD - Walk with Wonder - is to be released shortly. As for the name Constant Wonder - that comes from Connie's real name of Constance, and Alice's famous journeys into Wonderland. If you've got young children, don't miss this show - Saturday at 2PM. www.constantwonder.com |
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 NY KNICKS GROOVE TRUCK - Noon to 6pm Sunday!
The Groove Truck creates an opportunity for basketball fans to enjoy the excitement of the Knicks, even if they are not able to attend a game our visit the arena. The truck's new features make it possible for fans to participate in basketball clinics, skill competitions, Playstation tournaments and free throw shooting contests. The Groove Truck appears at community events, schools, playgrounds, basketball tournaments and local functions throughout the New York Metropolitan area by itself and in conjunction with Knicks players and alumni. |
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| DINOSAURS ROCK
TechFest brings you ... a museum. This one looks away from the future and back into the past. It is an educational, entertaining and totally hands-on adventure which includes life-size and genuine fossil & mineral specimens, real dinosaur eggs, real meteorites, and - our favorite - real dinosaur poop. Expert instructors will be on hand to guide kids (of all ages) through the exhibit. This is a rare opportunity to see and touch -- up-close -- genuine and life-size, museum-quality specimens that are 65 - 300+ million years old (and not behind museum glass!). |
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 Imagine . dozens of fascinating specimens -- a life-size, 3-dimensional T-Rex skull and foot, real dinosaur eggs, footprints & teeth, trilobites, meteorites, ammonites, 5 ½ foot apatosaurus femur, 9ft Ice Age Mastadon leg, genuine sparkling minerals, giant glittering geodes, Coelophysis skeleton, Edmontosaurus skull, life-size Triceratops skull and - ahem - coprolite (that's the proper name for fossilized poop).
The exhibit is free with entry to TechFest. For a nominal additional charge, kids can partake in a genuine Fossil Dig, a Gemstone Mining adventure with a 20-ft rushing water sluice and crystal-filled volcanic Geode Opening. Kids (plus kids at heart) will discover and take-home real Dinosaur Bone, Fossil Shark Teeth, Petrified Wood, Amethyst, Citrine.even Real Rough Rubies, Emeralds and much more.
  Accompanying this prehistoric experience will be a Dinosaurs Rock fossil & mineral boutique, with unique gifts and collectibles for the enthusiast to serious collector, plus a host of educational items and related toys for the young paleontologist and/or mineralogist. This exhibit is courtesy of DINOSAURS ROCK®, which conducts educational programs at schools, camps, parties and special events.
Visit www.DinosaursRock.com to learn more. |
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 SICO the Robot He may be the most popular robot in history. He was born in 2045 and transported himself back in time for TechFest. He's done that sort of thing before, having appeared in the movie Rocky IV, having
co-starred in Days of Our Lives (he played a robot), and then there was
the time he joined James Brown for a concert tour (yes, it's true). Sico
has his own American Express Card and he is a member of the Screen Actors
Guild. He is very much looking forward to TechFest, because - in his own
words: "I happen to know that at this very time, Long Island is home to many future scientists of import and repute and I have much to discuss with them. Also, I find Long Island women to be very attractive."
 
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 LI WORKS COALITION - INTERNSHIP DATABASE
Come visit the Long Island Works Coalition. They will be running their Internship Connection website with live access to the Internet. You can bring your resume and input it into the database. You can also search for an internship by a key word. If you are a company seeking an intern, you can search the posted resumes and post an internship live online. This is a serious database with over 12,500 students and 1,200 companies registered. You will also learn about programs that foster school-business partnerships right in your own backyard. Do your part to guarantee a strong workforce and economy here on Long Island. www.liworks.org |
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 LISTNET AWARDS FOR FORWARD-THINKERS
- more info to come soon! |
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 2005 Intel International Science
and Engineering Fair (ISEF), held in Phoenix , Arizona , represented over 1400 students in the world's largest pre-college science exposition for grades 9-12, now in its 56 th year. Long Island finalists are well represented each year. Indianapolis will host the next Intel ISEF in May 2006. |
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Thirteen of the 40 Intel Science Talent Search finalists in 2005 hailed from New York , the historical frontrunner in producing finalists in the nation's oldest science and math competition for high school seniors. |
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David L.V. Bauer of Bronx , NY , beams after winning first place in the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search in Washington , DC this past March.
Speaking:
Friday evening, 7 pm
Saturday afternoon, 1:30 pm
with meet/greet at Science Service booth after speaking
Sagar Mehta, of Roslyn Heights , was a finalist in the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search, securing one of the 40 berths with his research on the use of hyaluronic acid hydrogels to promote wound healing and aid tissue engineering. His work would ultimately aid burn victims, diabetics and surgery patients. finalists for 2005,
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 Karen Geringer, of Massapequa , describes her research on public attitudes towards terrorism and their reaction to efforts to preventive measures after September 11 th for her entry in the Intel Science Talent Search.
Karen Geringer will be at TechFest
An award-winning researcher puts the final touches on his display for the 2005 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, where over 1400 international students, grades 9-12, gathered in Phoenix , Arizona , to vie for scholarships and prizes in the world's largest pre-college science competition.
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Long Island Finalists from Intel ISEF will attend
TechFest
and display their projects from the ISEF in Phoenix. |
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| FREE GOODIE BAGS - to fill with lots of cool stuff! |
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