Event Recap: Go ENG Girl

Saturday, October 13th, 2018.

WISE was able to be a part of Go Eng Girl 2018 hosted by the Faculty of Engineering & Design on the university's campus and ONWIE (Ontario Network of Women in Engineering).

Go Eng Girl is an initiative sprung all across Ontario, giving young girls the opportunity of hands-on activities in engineering & science. As the years go on, more and more girls and women are entering STEM based fields and Go Eng Girl could be a helping factor in this. The students are aged from grade 7 to 10, which are the years where deciding on future career options is a HUGE deal.

Below are some details on the workshops that the girls participated in:

1. Soldering: The girls learned about how the components of a circuit such as resistors and capacitors are joined in series/parallel to generate electricity. They put their knowledge to work by soldering a light-emitting circuit.

2. App Making: With a debrief on how loops, conditional statements and functions behave, the girls coded an app and designed an interactive game.

3. Biomedical: Using the Engineering Design Cycle, the girls used teamwork to build a prototype of a prosthetic leg only using a ruler, scissors, cardboard, rope, bubble wrap and sponges.

4. Civil: The girls designed then sketched a house maintaining these three important architectural principles: durability, utility and beauty.

WISE was present all day from 8am to 2pm and interacted with many of these bright students on why they should consider a future in STEM (we also gave out pretty awesome treats as well). We spoke with many parents who were interested in hearing what drove us to find a path in science and engineering as many of us (the volunteers) are female STEM students as well.

If you missed out on Go Eng Girl 2018, don't worry - keep an eye out on future newsletters for our next event.

Until next time,

Fatima

Biomedical Workshop

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