Splash Fall 2024
Course Catalog

Looking to sharpen your wit and embrace the spotlight? Join our Stand-Up Comedy Class, where you'll learn the art of crafting jokes, mastering timing, and captivating an audience with confidence. Whether you're a beginner or looking to refine your comedic chops, this class will guide you through writing, performance techniques, and stage presence. Get ready to laugh, learn, and maybe even become the next big thing!


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So many games sound fun, but end up being total snoozefests. Why are games so hard to make? In this class we'll make our own games while talking about what makes a game good, bad, or downright ugly.


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Workshop

Come learn how to cross stitch with us! You will get your own starter kit and end class with your first creation. Cross stitching uses X shaped stitches in a pattern to make a design. Basically: pixel art irl. Its fun, relaxing, and can be quite addicting.


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Trying to build new playlists? Looking to discover your next repeat favorite? From hidden classics to chart-topping hits, we'll cover the tools to expand your music taste.

Also... where do streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music get their recommendations? We'll talk about why streaming service recommendations can sometimes be lackluster.


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Teaching aerospace engineering concepts culminating in constructing and launching stomp rockets.


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Learn about how to use the Engineering Design Process to solve problems, just how NASA saved the astronauts of Apollo 13!

Brought by NU Lunabotics.


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Workshop

Like Robots? The Northeastern Mars Rover Team presents an introduction to robotics with examples for how to build, control, and program our rover’s robotic arm!

We’ll provide an introduction into a variety of different topics including motors, encoders, Motor Control algorithms, and more!

We’ll try out a few different control methods, and see live how they perform on the rover!


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Demonstration

Prerequisites
For one section of the class basic trigonometry knowledge is helpful but not required.

I'm sorry, you don't exist. Unfortunate that you had to find out this way. Are you sure you do? Well, come by and prove me wrong. In this class we'll discuss the philosophy of you, me, and the self. Who are you, what are you made of. Are you sure you're not a particularly clever robot? I'd tell you to sign up, but of course, you don't exist.


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Discussion

Ever wanted to learn about how emoji work behind the scenes? This class might be for you.

Come learn about Unicode, an international standard for text that includes thousands of characters including the simple letter "a", the large and mysterious "𒈙" and even "👍".

We'll also learn about why emoji and Unicode tend to break everything, from invisible usernames to text messages that crash your phone.


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Come learn about what makes the internet tick, from websites, to apps, to games! We'll learn about how computers talk to each other, how websites work, and to be honest probably far too many acronyms* – a cheat sheet will be included :).

We'll also learn about some of the cybersecurity side. What does it actually mean for someone to know your IP address? How do people "hack" websites? Come and find out!

*Including but not limited to: IP, HTML/CSS/JS, HTTP/HTTPS, DNS, BGP, URLs, DDoS, XSRF, and XSS.


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Have you ever wanted to experience the virtual world? This interactive session will introduce you to the concepts of Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR). After that, we’ll explore the exciting world of virtual reality by trying out various VR headsets.


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Congratulations, you discovered a drug! Now what?

It's time for the drug development process! We'll take a deep dive into the process, and then into the drugs that succeeded and failed along their path to being publicly released.

Act as an FDA regulator as we work through cases for clinical trials and commercial manufacturing. Ask yourself: do you feel comfortable letting this drug be released for public consumption? The choice is yours.


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Discussion

Have you ever seen a taxidermy and wondered if it really used to be an animal? Or seen a brain in a glass jar and wondered why it's in all that liquid? In this class you will be learning about the wonderful world of biological collections, aka, how to preserve dead things. We will learn about taxidermies, fluid preserved specimens, dried specimens, and more, as well as all the work that is needed to maintain them.

Then- you will get a chance to make your own preserved egg! At the end of class you will take home your own quail egg, that should be well preserved for you to keep for many years to come!


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Imagine a constant, microscopic battle waged between your cells and a host of microbial invaders—this is the daily reality your immune system faces!
In this class, we will learn about the roles of leukocytes, key organs, and the innate and adaptive immune responses. You will learn about antibodies: what they are, how your body produces them, and their role in the immune response. We will also cover vaccine mechanisms and common autoimmune diseases, as well as practical applications for these concepts in medicine.


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A quick lesson on IPA (international phonetic alphabet) transcription; how to read and write using alternative symbols to represent the sounds of oral language.


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Learn about different parts of a recurve barebow and different types of bows out there. A splash of history (what type of bow comes from where and why).


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Explore the evolution of films through history!


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Discussion