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Girls in 7th to 10th grades
· Experience the creativity and innovation of engineering and technology. · Meet women engineers and technologists and hear first-hand about these exciting careers. · Participate in 5 hands on projects listed below. |
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Location: Bayside High School, 1901 DeGroodt Road SW, Palm Bay Date: Saturday, October 3, 2009 Time: 9:30am – 3:30pm Cost: $25.00 includes lunch, drinks, snack, shirt and all supplies
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Registration is closed, Please mail in your registration form if you registered earlier online with your $25 registration fee. Applications will not be accepted if you have not already registered online. Payments postmarked after Saturday, Sept 26 will be returned. (Can't afford the $25, see how to request a fee waiver here.)
Lost your registration form
after registering online? Fill out our Lost Form
and return with your registration fee.
Day of the event information: Walk-ins will not be accepted.
Registration checkin opens at 9:00am
Lunch and snack are provided.
Check in at the cafeteria. Pick girls back up promptly at 3:30pm at the
cafeteria.
If you will need to pick up your daughter before 3:30pm, please coordinate with
us in advance.
Note that parents are not permitted to follow their daughters to the workshops.
Directions:
I-95 -- exit at Malabar Rd, Exit 73
Turn west on Malabar Rd for 2.5 miles
Turn left of Minton Rd for .8 miles
Turn right on Jupiter Rd for .1 mile
Turn Left on Degroodt Rd SW for 2.6 miles.
The School is on your left
The Cafeteria is on the north end of the building.
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Title |
Description |
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Design
a Dessert |
Find
out what a design engineer does as you design and construct a dessert. |
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Tool
Time |
Hands-on
learning about the use of different tools and what’s inside small
electrical appliances. |
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Bottle
Rockets |
Learn
about Rocketry, Aerospace, and Newton’s Second Law while making and
launching bottle rockets. |
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Making
Cosmetics |
Become
a chemical or manufacturing engineer while you make cosmetics or other
body products. |
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Magnetic
Nanotechnology |
Experiment
with a new field of science – nanotechnology.
Use nano-particles to make fluid behave like a magnet. |
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Cryogenic
Magic |
Learn
about the magical properties of cryogenic fluids. |
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Small
Spaces |
Learn
to apply mechanical and industrial engineering practices while you learn
how to get the most into your locker. |
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CSI |
Become
a Crime Scene Investigator. Learn how to lift and save a finger print with
special finger print powder and match it to find the “culprit.” Then
create dental or shoe prints for your group and learn how to identify the
suspect. |
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Programming
Robots |
Learn
about robots and try your hand at programming a robot to complete an
obstacle course. |
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Body
Building: A Look at BioMedical Engineering |
Learn
how engineering is used to build new organs, improve physical skills, and
save lives through this exciting workshop. |
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Thermopolymers
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Learn
the unique properties of polymers and see what happens when you heat
different kinds of polymers. |
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Tasty
Towers |
Come
explore a day in the life of structural engineers, as you recreate the
world’s tallest radio towers, strongest bridges, and sturdiest
skyscrapers. Learn about static design work as you build prototypes out of
fun, tasty “construction” materials |
