On May 14th, SWE-MN welcomed over 150 girls, teachers, and parents to Wow! That’s Engineering! Event at Normandale Community College. They day started off high impact at 10:00am with a dry ice welcoming show. The girls rotated through five segments covering different aspects of engineering, completing four hands on experiments and getting to take home what they made.
Geodomes – Using 65 rolled up newspaper tubes and LOTS of tape, girls built a geodesic dome while learning about compression and tension. After their hard work they were able to test the strength of their dome and then destroy them.
Bouncy Balls – Multi color balls were molded by filling the mold with beads and soaking in water. Girls learned about polymer science and finished out the session by testing the bounce of the balls they made.
Steady Hands – A popular Agilent After School Kit, for the Steady Hands experiment, girls built a simple circuit and then played a game to pass an eyelet around the wire without triggering the foul light.
Brilliant Bracelets – Girls worked through two rounds of bracelet making in this IIE favorite, first in a free-form style, and then after brainstorming industrial engineering concepts, in a streamlined focused assembly line style.
Engineering Press Conference – SWE presented the wide world of engineering to the girls in a panel setting, opening up the floor to general discussion and allowing the girls to ask many questions about engineering as a profession.
A big Thank You! goes out to our event sponsors: Goodrich, Xcel Energy, and Normandale Community College for making this event possible. And, a very special Thank You! goes out to all of our volunteers for making the event such a success!
Check back later in the year for information on next year's event.
Questions about the event? Email volunteer@swe-mn.org.
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