Presented by: Allison Wright and Barb Davis

1. 45 Minutes, 45 Girls... What Do I Do???
WE14: K-12 Outreach
Thursday, October 23, 2014
4:00-5:00 pm

2. About Allison
Iowa State UniversityB.S. Aerospace EngineeringMay 2008
Friends University
M.S. Operations ManagementAugust 2012
Spirit AeroSystemsResearch & Development EngineerMay 2008 -Present
FY14 Section Representative of Wichita SWE
Loves Girl Scouting, volunteering, baking, volunteering, hiking, volunteering
Married to Alex, an Electrical Engineer and we have two cats!

3. About Barb
West Virginia UniversityB.S. Aerospace EngineeringMay 1968
RETIRED!!!
Cessna Aircraft CompanyAeroelasticAnalysis & FAA Certification
July 1968 –Jan 2009
13 year maternity leave (Jan 1977 –Dec 1989)
FY15 Wichita SWE & Region I Outreach Chair
National SWE Outreach Committee Member
Invent It Build It Materials Chair
Board of Directors for GSKH and MakeICT
Three grandkids, two kids, one goofy dog

4. Questions for you!
What kind of outreach have you done?
Sizes of groups?
Ages?
Location?
What kind of information do you need?

5. Event Experiences
Small Event (less than 30)
School Activities (hour-ish, classroom)
Girl Scouts (variety)
Medium Event (30-150)
STEM night (2 hours, school library –McLean/Chanute)
EYH (hour-ish, classrooms)
Block Kids (2 hours, gym)
Large Event (150+)
Expo (all day, BIG event)
Riverfest(multi day, BIG event)
McLean Flight Day (all day, workshops)
Islamic School Science afternoon (2 hours, school gym)

6. 45 Elementary School Girls…
Hands on, instant gratification
Give them all materials, tell them what to do
Take something home
Send home instruction sheet
http://www.brainpopjr.com/
Higher volunteer to girl ratio, for 45 girls:
K-1st= 12 adults, 2nd-3rd= 8 adults, 4th-5th= 6 adults
Examples of activities
Classroom -Bubbles
Gym –Straw Rockets/Helicopters, Slime!
Outside –Stomp Rockets, Diet Coke/Mentos
Auditorium –Solar System Bracelet
DEMO

7. 45 Middle School Girls…
Hands on, but more complex activity
Give all materials, show the first step, challenge them
Don’t always have to take something home
Send home instruction sheet
Tie into careers: http://www.engineergirl.org/
Lower volunteer to girl ratio:
45 girls = 5 adults
Examples of activities
Classroom –Squishy Circuits, Coding
Gym –S’more Packaging
Outside –Air Rockets, Diet Coke/Mentos
Auditorium –Brush Bots
DEMO

8. 45 High School Girls…
Hands on or Demonstrations of complex activities
Give materials, and give end goal, leave it up to them
Make it a competition, limit supplies/resources
Brainstorming, their creativity needs to be used, dump materials and have them build something
Send home sheet of website links
Tie into specific careers and colleges
http://engineeryourlife.org/
Lower volunteer to girl ratio:
45 girls = 4adults
Examples of activities
Classroom –Pneumatic actuator, website design
Gym –Robotics
Outside –Model Rockets
Auditorium -Electromagnets
DEMO

9. Places to go for more information…
Professional Societies
Companies
Museums
Magnet Schools
Universities
Libraries
Maker Spaces/Maker Faires
Can advertise at these places also!

10. Example Activity Links
Wichita SWE Outreach Links Sheet
http://wichitaswe.org/news/?p=6228
Science Demos –Girl Scout Gold Award 
http://sciencedemos.weebly.com/
Try Engineering
http://www.tryengineering.org
IEEE Lesson Plans
http://www.ieee.org/education_careers/education/preuniversity/tispt/tispt_lesson.html
SciGirls
http://pbskids.org/scigirls/

11. Questions???
Contact us if you have any questions:
wichitaoutreach@gmail.com