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Requirements:

These are the requirements for another SWE IP, but should give you good guidelines for earning these.

Society of Women Engineers

An engineer is someone who uses scientifi c knowledge to solve problems. There

are many types of engineers: Civil Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Environmental

Engineers, and Mechanical Engineers are just a few. The different types of Engi-

neers do different things; here is a list of some of the things engineers do:

• Civil Engineers: design bridges, roads, water systems

• Electrical Engineers: design electrical power systems, parts of computers

• Environmental Engineers: solve water and air pollution problems

• Mechanical Engineers: design cars or other moving machines

• Electrical Engineers: design electrical power systems, parts of computers

To complete this Interest Project, complete SEVEN activities. Must include two

skill builders, four activities from any section and one SMART goal you develop

and complete.

Skill Builders

1. Brainstorm a list of ten engineering inventions that you think have changed the world (for better or

worse) and your reasons for listing them. Have a debate with your Girl Scout troop or parents to

select the invention with the greatest impact.

2. Think of an engineering or design problem at your home, your school, or your community that

needs to be solved. Look for problems found in your daily life such as kitchen tools or traffi c

patterns in your neighborhood. List possible solutions to the problem and the different fi elds of

engineering that would be needed to resolve the problem.

3. Design a roller coaster ride for a marble. The goal is to have your marble travel slowly, so it takes

as long as possible to go from the top to the bottom. Supplies: large piece or cardboard or foam

core board (20” x 30”), ruler, and masking tape. Building materials (things like construction paper,

paper towel tubes, sandpaper, yarn, styrofoam, cloth, cotton balls, sponges, or clay). Marble.

First, set up the marble ride board. Lean the board against a wall. Make sure the bottom is 8

inches from the wall. Plan your design. Think about what you can do to slow down the marble.

Start building. Each time you add a new part to your roller coaster, test it with your marble. When

you are ready time how long it takes your marble to complete the ride. Have a competition with

other girls. Whose ride takes the longest?

4. What engineering task would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail? Imagining your

“perfect world”, how would you do this task? Visit the Discovery Channel’s Extreme Engineering

site to learn what others are imagining and doing. http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/

engineering/archives/archives.html

5. Learn about the laws of motion by building a simple crankshaft device. Supply lists and

instructions can be found at http://www.intel.com/education/design/session05/ha...

Other Activities

1. Review the following four Building Big lab links and test each one.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/forces.htm...

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/materials....

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/loads.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/shapes.htm...

2. Review the following four links and learn about Ohm’s Law. Do the exercises found on the links.

Write a short report defi ning Ohm’s Law and explaining how changing one variable affects the

other variables.

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K- 12/Sample_Projects/Ohms_Law/ohmslaw.html

http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/Voltage/

http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/ohm/Q.ohm...

http://ohmslaw.com/ohmslaw.htm

3. What is Bernoulli’s Principle? Who was Bernoulli? Do the exercise outlined on the following link.

Write a report on what you learned. Were you able to obtain the results listed in the discussion

section? Research various engineering applications that use this principle.

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K- 12/TRC/Aeronautics/Ping_Pong_Curve.html

4. Newton’s Laws of Motion Study the following two links, do the exercises, and write a short report

on Newton’s three Laws of Motion.

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K- 12/WindTunnel/Activities/fi rst2nd_lawsf_motion.html

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K- 12/WindTunnel/Activities/third_law_motion.html

5. Arrange a hands-on engineering workshop for Brownie or Junior Girl Scouts in your

Neighborhood. Work with women engineers to select appropriate activities. Ideas for activities

can be found at http://www.societyofwomenengineers.org/careerguidance/activities/, http://www.

asme.org/education/precollege/gsusa/index.htm, http://www.asce.org/public/handson.cfm and

http://pbskids.org/zoom/too/engineering to name a few.

6. Contact a local manufacturing facility and arrange a tour for Brownie or Junior Girl Scouts in your

Neighborhood. Help the girls identify the following simple machines during the tour.

Pulley Inclined Plane Wheel

Lever Screw Wedge

7. Use your engineering skills as a volunteer. Potential sites include the Community Cycling Center,

Free Geek, and Habitat for Humanity.

GIRL SCOUT INTEREST PROJECT: Society of Women Engineers

8. Read the Women in Science article found at:

http://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen

Write a paragraph on the woman who impressed you the most and why.

9. Job shadow an engineer for a day. Give a presentation to your Girl Scout troop on what you

learned.

10. Visit the Engineering Your Future website and complete the self assessment: http://www.asee.org/

precollege/assess.cfm

11. From the site http://www.asee.org/precollege/, review the link for Engineering Disciplines and write

a paragraph on the fi eld of engineering interests you the most and why.

12. Contact a university engineering department and fi nd out the requirements for admission. Which

high school courses are recommended? What is the minimum GPA for admission? What is the

average SAT score for enrolled students?

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