This year's event was another great success! Twenty-nine Junior Girl Scouts in 4th and 5th grade attended "Step into STEM!" hosted by SWE-ECI on Oct. 21st, where they spent the day learning about engineering and participating in hands-on activities. A couple of the activities included creating a burglar alarm and working for NASA on a lunar lander! The day wrapped up with what turned out to be the girls' favorite event, which was an Egg Drop team activity. For this event, groups of two or three girls had a limited budget to 'purchase' supplies for their device which needed to protect an egg from cracking when dropped from an elevated height. We had many successful teams!
This event also included a Parent Educator Program (PEP) to advise parents and troop leaders on how to keep young girls involved in STEM. The seven attendees left with take-home activities and a list of website resources. Thank you to Clara and Victoria for leading this adult portion!
SWE-ECI would like to send a big thank you to the 14 volunteers that helped make this event possible! We had volunteers from SWE-ECI, The University of Iowa SWE collegiate section, and a new local chapter of SWENext for high school students. It's always wonderful to see multiple groups working together to get more girls interested in STEM!
This event also included a Parent Educator Program (PEP) to advise parents and troop leaders on how to keep young girls involved in STEM. The seven attendees left with take-home activities and a list of website resources. Thank you to Clara and Victoria for leading this adult portion!
SWE-ECI would like to send a big thank you to the 14 volunteers that helped make this event possible! We had volunteers from SWE-ECI, The University of Iowa SWE collegiate section, and a new local chapter of SWENext for high school students. It's always wonderful to see multiple groups working together to get more girls interested in STEM!
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