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The Reuben H. Fleet Science Center Celebrates Engineers Week, February 22–28, and Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, Thursday, February 26
The Fleet sends educators to five different San Diego schools to facilitate student engineering projects. Students will work to create their own earthquake-safe structures as part of the Fleet’s SciTech Tech Challenge.
San Diego—Get ready to celebrate a week of engineering! The week of February 22–28 has been designated Engineers Week, with Thursday, February 26, specially designated as Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.
The Reuben H. Fleet Science Center will recognize Engineers Week by sending educators to five different San Diego schools. Fleet educators will work with elementary school students to design and construct large earthquake-safe structures, using power tools, building materials and the students’ own creative ingenuity and problem-solving skills.
The projects that students work on this week will eventually be their entries in the Fleet’s annual SciTech Tech Challenge. In the Tech Challenge, students must problem solve and design inventions to complete a specific task. This year’s challenge is Seismic Engineering in Action.
For Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, on Thursday, February 26, the Fleet will be at Encanto Elementary School assisting students with creating the SciTech Challenge structure. The media is welcome to come and cover the event. Representatives from the Fleet and Encanto Elementary will be available for interview. The event promises to be an exciting day of learning for young girls interested in engineering.
Visuals will include young people working with power tools, hammers, nails, screws, etc., involved in our engineering-themed programming.
Fleet representatives will also be able to talk about other Fleet science and engineering programs—such as Fleet STEAM Spring Camps and Computer Programming Spring Camps—for parents who are interested in getting their kids involved in further science learning.
SciTech is sponsored by Qualcomm, Motorola and TimeWarner Cable.
To schedule an interview or media appearance, please contact Reuben H. Fleet Science Center Public Relations Manager Nathan Young at 619-685-5743 or nyoung@rhfleet.org.
WHEN: Thursday, February 26, from 11:55 a.m. to 1:55 p.m.
WHERE: Encanto Elementary School
822 65th St.
San Diego, CA 92114
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MORE INFO:
The SciTech program by the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center:
http://www.rhfleet.org/scitech
A 30 second TimeWarner Cable promo video about the SciTech program:
Engineers Week by DiscoverE:
http://www.discovere.org/our-programs/engineers-week
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day by DiscoverE:
http://www.discovere.org/our-programs/girl-day
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About SciTech
SciTech is an after-school program developed by the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center for fourth through sixth grade girls at San Diego elementary schools. The girls meet two hours per week to engage in hands-on science investigations on everything from solar car design to the chemistry of cosmetics. Through project-based learning, the girls make concrete connections to everyday life while developing creative thinking and problem-solving skills that they will use throughout their lives.
http://www.rhfleet.org/scitech
About DiscoverE
DiscoverE is a non-profit volunteer organization that works to help unite, mobilize, and support the engineering and technology volunteer communities, increase the collaborative footprint of engineering volunteers in K-12 education and celebrate with the public as it discovers the value of engineering education and careers.