EVENT DETAILS

What it is:

A day of interactive activities to highlight the different facets of engineering, and how engineering affects our every day life, with prizes! The goal is to encourage students to consider a future in engineering by taking the focus off the math & science requirements and shifting it to what they can accomplish with the mind-set of an engineer (problem solving, thinking “outside the box”, looking at things from all angles, etc).

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Bridge Breaking:

In the months leading up to the event, participating children in groups of 3 or 4 will design and build a bridge from popsicle sticks and white glue based on given dimensions. At the event, they will be subjected to increasing load until failure. Prizes will be given out based on a ratio between weight of the bridge and the weight that it holds.

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What they will get out of it:

• The importance of planning before initiating a project

• Insight into the different ways STEM impacts our society

• The past, present and future of engineering

• Prizes

• Fun!

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When it is:

Date: March 30, 2019

Time: 10:00am-2:00pm

Location: St. Lawrence College, Kingston, ON