Women's History Month STEM Stations

At our March meeting, Women's History Month, the Making Engineers group learned about four females in history, with each female in STEM history corresponding with each letter in the word "STEM." After playing a women in STEM history trivia game, we rotated around to four different stations with STEM activities. We had two guests join us, Ms. Wendy Kramer and Wassim Khabou. Ms. Kramer is a chemical engineer who helped with the "Science" station. She explained neutralization reactions that produce carbon dioxide. Wassim is a computer engineering student who helped with the "Technology" station as he compared a modern air pollution detector that he built to the one that the historical female engineer, Mary Walton, invented. Wassim also helped at the "Math" station where he explained Caesar Ciphers and how similar methods allowed historical female mathematician, Ada Lovelace, to create the first computer program.

Where:

500 West Maxwell Street

Pensacola, FL

Time: 9am to 12pm

Purpose: In 2019 the U.S. census database recorded engineers comprising 80% of STEM workers. However, only 15% percent of that amount were female engineers. With the slow upward trend, we want to continue to spread resources for young girls to continue their interest in STEM and engineering fields into higher education paths as well as introduce more girls to engineering who may have not previously realized its uses and benefits.

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