What a wonderful Wednesday! We started off the morning with ATKINS and EGS and we delved into engineering. We were treated to three fabulous female engineer guest speakers. In addition, we competed in an engineering challenge; the girls had a build the strongest tower they could using a role of masking tape and no more than 30 paper towel tubes. There were a tremendous amounts of problem solving skills being used. Each group came out with a phenomenal final tower, and the winning tower could hold over 100 pounds. Woaaaaaahhh! Having three engineer role models come in was a real treat for us, and then we were given 'swag bags' with a bunch of cool goodies insides including a color changing cup.
After a lunch to refuel, we built chaos towers...kind of like a little roller coaster for a marble. Again, the girls had to put to use their critical thinking and problem solving skills. The towers came out amazing! The teachers loved seeing girls work through frustrations they encountered.
I say this everyday, but here it goes anyway...today was another great day! Tomorrow we go to the Gulf Specimen Lab, so make sure to dress cool, bring a hat, and an extra change of shoes! See you tomorrow!
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