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February 21, 2013 – Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day

February 21, 2013

Notnonly are engineers still sought after in a world with too manynlawyers and teachers, but engineering is an exciting and rewardingnfield that involves creativity and teamwork (rather than the conceptnof an engineer who spends most of his or her time in solitaryntinkering and number-crunching).
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nButnmost kids in the U.S., especially most girls, say that they’re notninterested in going into engineering. It’s boring, or it’s hard, theynexplain.

nDonthey even know what engineering is?

nDo they know what engineers do?

Therenare so many different types of engineering! Some engineers buildnbridges and work to protect the environment. Some are astronauts andnothers build things that astronauts use, such as zero-gravity toiletsnand rocket engines and spacecraft. Some engineers create new computernhardware and applications, some develop new materials to use innmakeup or medicines, and some create robots or roller coasters.

nOr hownwould you like to work in biosystems engineering, creating newnsources of bioenergy or inventing ways to prevent the spread ofninfectious diseases?

nEngineeringnis many, many different things…but it’s not boring.

nIsnit hard? Well, becoming an engineer will certainly take some effort,nbut almost everybody is smart enough to learn the necessary stuff tonhave an exciting engineering career!

nLet’sndo this!

nHeren is a motivating video about Introduce a Girl to Engineeringn Day.

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nHeren is a website with resources and experiments to help kids exploren engineering.

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nScience Kids hasn a page called Engineering for Kids.

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nBynthe way…

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nThisnyear’s Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day is dedicated to the memorynof Dr. Sally Ride, America’s first female astronaut in space.n After her career at NASA, Ride worked on programs to introducenkids—with a special focus on girls—to science.