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> We also developed a fast-paced 7 minute video"Ask An Engineer" as part 
> of a traveling exhibition, Tech City. The exhibition and video were 
> developed particularly to encourage middle-school girls and minorities 
> to become familiar with engineering as a career (with a lot of 
> interactive exhibits on topics from Earthquakes to "Dam the Creek"). 
>  The video is narrated by a young girl (about 13) who meets and 
> interviews 1/2 dozen diverse engineers everywhere from a large 
> Aquarium to a major power utility.


> The video has been made available by WGBH on their website "Teacher's 
> Domain" featuring multimedia resources for teachers and professional 
> development (you may need to do their temporary registration).


http://www.teachersdomain.org/resources/eng06/sci/engin/design/askengineer/index.html

We also gave distribution rights to National Engineers Week last year; 
 they made and distributed 3,000 copies for engineers to use in their 
community and school classroom presentations on careers in engineering.

You can get more information and see a quicktime video of the components 
in the Tech City exhibition at

http://www.sciencenter.org/exhibits/exhibitionsforrent.asp

Kathy Krafft
Exhibit Projects Director
Sciencenter
Ithaca, NY

PS sorry I"m late with replying-- I've been out of town.

>
>> We just finished our second annual day-long program that introduces 
>> middle school girls to engineering careers. I'm curious how many 
>> other museums are doing programming similar to this? If you offer 
>> this type of program, how many girls do you serve each year/program? 
>> Brief details of the program would be appreciated!  Thanks!
>>
>> Joan Harless
>> COSI Columbus
>> Project Manager
>>
>

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