By Alyssa Zimmerman
On Friday, November 11, the Society of Women Engineers hosted the first annual Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day Jr. (IGED Jr.) at University of Missouri-Kansas City's Pierson Auditorium. IGED Jr. is an all-day event for 6th through 8th grade girls to receive an introduction to engineering through hands-on activities, a keynote speaker and industry professionals. Once the students arrived at UMKC, they participated in "Minute to Win It" icebreaker activities and paired up with their assigned industry professional and a student from another district. The students were given an overview of different types of engineering before diving into the first hands on activity, Slime! While making Slime, the students learned about the properties of Non-Newtonian fluids. Valerie McCaw, President of VSM Engineering, presented the students with her story of becoming an engineer and the challenges she met along the way. The afternoon was filled with a bridge building competition. The students were challenged with building a bridge with a limited amount of supplies that could hold 4 engineering textbooks. The winners built a bridge that could hold 11 engineering textbooks!! We had 79 students, 41 mentors and 12 volunteers present for the event.
On Friday, November 11, the Society of Women Engineers hosted the first annual Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day Jr. (IGED Jr.) at University of Missouri-Kansas City's Pierson Auditorium. IGED Jr. is an all-day event for 6th through 8th grade girls to receive an introduction to engineering through hands-on activities, a keynote speaker and industry professionals. Once the students arrived at UMKC, they participated in "Minute to Win It" icebreaker activities and paired up with their assigned industry professional and a student from another district. The students were given an overview of different types of engineering before diving into the first hands on activity, Slime! While making Slime, the students learned about the properties of Non-Newtonian fluids. Valerie McCaw, President of VSM Engineering, presented the students with her story of becoming an engineer and the challenges she met along the way. The afternoon was filled with a bridge building competition. The students were challenged with building a bridge with a limited amount of supplies that could hold 4 engineering textbooks. The winners built a bridge that could hold 11 engineering textbooks!! We had 79 students, 41 mentors and 12 volunteers present for the event.
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