Seminole Ridge SECME inspired an interest in the areas of science,
engineering and math during the fifth annual Engineering Family Fun Day was held
Saturday, November 3rd in Dreher Park , in West
Palm Beach
Last year, Seminole Ridge SECME students challenged children
to learn the physics of projectiles by making a popfly launcher with paint
stirrers, a PVC pipe coupler and a ping pong ball. The mini-catapults were
sponsored in part by Lowe's Home Improvement of Royal Palm Beach, store #0654.
This year, SECME students senior Sam Smith and his brother freshmen Nick Smith, and coach Erich
Landstrom invited event attendees to learn a little more about maps, math, magnets and Mars, by becoming “Inspector Detectors”.
Families had to make a magnetic field detector from simple
objects like steel wool, scissors, and scraps of cardboard. They used their
magnetometers to map for the magnetic anomalies, like the upcoming MAVEN mission to the planet Mars. People who correctly predicted
the locations of magnets hidden beneath a model of Mars received a
passport stamp and a piece of candy. The "Inspector Detector" activity
was adapted from the upcoming “Beyond the Moon” guide written for NASA by the PBS show Design Squad.
The Society of Women Engineers Southeast Florida Section and
the Palm Beach Alumni Extension of the National Society of Black Engineers are
co-hosts. The goal is to inspire an
interest in the areas of STEAM (science, technical, engineering, artistry and math)
fields in students in grades four through 12.
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(Click on the first picture to flip through a photostream of Seminole SECME at Engineering Family Fun Day 2012)
