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Hands-on engineering and science
Girl Scouts tackle “silly science”
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Scouts participating in “Introduce a Girl to
Engineering and Science Day” create “playful
putty” from borax, glue and talcum powder. |
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Nearly
40 Girl Scouts got handson experience with engineering and
science at Clemson University during Clemson’s observance
of National Engineers Week.
The
College of Engineering and Science’s third annual “Introduce
a Girl to Engineering and Science Day” was sponsored
by Clemson’s Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)
program, Clemson’s nationally-recognized Center for
Advanced Engineering Fibers and Films (CAEFF) and Girl Scouts
of the Old 96 Council. Sessions focused on computer engineering,
bioengineering and chemical engineering, and attendees completed
the day with a tour of the university’s virtualreality
lab.
“Less
than 10 percent of the engineers in the U.S. are women,” said
Serita Acker, the coordinator for Clemson’s WISE program. “Our ‘Introduce
a Girl to Engineering and Science Day’ aims to help
change that by introducing the girls to women engineers and
some of the things they do.”
Events
included taking apart computers to learn what the components
inside do, simulating softtissue replacement with “ bioengineered” patches
made from household products and making “ playful putty” from
borax, glue and talcum powder. The Girl Scouts also learned
how the different engineering disciplines play a role in
producing the items they use and consume every day.
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