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Thank You! "Thank You!" to all of the staff, teachers, chaperones, speakers, interns, and of course the girls for making this a truly memorable and fun week! Pictures from the Closing Ceremonies can be found at the YWSI 2007 Gallery page! Friday Wrap Up Friday was the final day of project preparation and the girls worked very hard to complete their PowerPoint presentations. They spent most of the day putting the finishing touches on their projects and also practicing their public speaking skills. It was a long day, but by dinner time everyone was comfortable with their presentations for Saturday. They ended the day with dinner from Katzinger's and scrapbooking back at the dorms. Thursday Wrap Up Charades, work, and even a little fun were all on the agenda for Thursday! The girls started their morning off with a game of charades to help review what they've learned over the past several days, and then spent the majority of the day working on their projects and preparing them for Saturday's presentation. They also learned how to create a website for their projects using HTML and how to prepare models of their data for the final presentation. Click here to view the video highlights of the ABC News YWSI feature! Wednesday Wrap Up 
Wednesday the girls spent the day at OSC working on their group projects and learning new programs such as PowerPoint and a modeling suite. Later in the evening there was a career night event back on campus, where the girls were able to meet women from various science, engineering and technology based professions. Pictures from Wednesday's Career Night can be found at the YWSI 2007 Gallery page! Pictures from the Ohio Supercomputer Center can be found at the YWSI 2007 Gallery page. YWSI Travels to Battelle Darby Creek 
The girls enjoyed a day of fun in the sun as they explored the ecosystem of Battelle Darby Creek. Students were issued the task of performing various tests on the creek's water quality and ecosystem to determine the overall health of the stream and also to compare their data with former YWSI students' results to see how the creek has changed over time. Also, students performed the infamous 'Darby Shuffle', essentially a shuffle to disturb the rocks and riverbed to move the creatures out from hiding so that they can be captured and analyzed for healthiness and variety of species. Finally, there was a demonstration by the EPA of electro-fishing, a technique which stuns the fish momentarily and causes them to swim towards the source of the electricity. This allows for easy capture and analysis before the fish are returned back to the stream. Pictures from the trip to Battelle Darby Creek can be found at the YWSI 2007 Gallery page. Battelle Darby Creek Video
Over the next week we will be updating the site with information about the latest happenings at YWSI07, including pictures and video of the girl's activities and events. Please check back with us often as we update the site and keep you informed on the latest information from Young Women's Summer Institute 2007.
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Closing Ceremonies
