JUNE 8-10, 2016 Northwest Career & Technical Academy (NWCTA) Estimate 50 girls

8200 W. Tropical Pkwy. Las Vegas, Nevada 89149

The Coordinator will direct the overall activity. All the volunteers will be working with the girls at the individual tables. The tables will be set for up to six girls per table. Some activities will be individually and others will be in teams or 2 or 3.

Wednesday

Est. Time / Activity / Activity Summary
Volunteer handout with specific instructions will be provided / Coordinator
7:30 - 7:45 / Registration Sign In / NWCTA
7:45 - 8:00 / Welcome / Program Overview
Introductions (Icebreaker) / Jean Hoppert
8:00 – 9:00 / Scientific/ Engineering Notebook
“In the Dog House” Design
Civil/Architectural / Coordinator introduces the uses and protocal for using scientific notebook. Then students work individually to build a model dog house from note card paper. Coordinator provides criteria for house to meet and some time to sketch in notebook. / Jean/Rose Coe
9:00 – 9:15 / Clean up & Break
9:15 – 10:45 / “Build a Truss Bridge”
Civil/Structural Engineering / NvSPE STEM has 2 truss “bridges”, each ~6’ft tall. Coordinator to discuss a little about trusses, then divide students into 2 teams that will read instructions and assemble bridges. NOTE: Activity may take longer than time allotted
10:45 – 11:00 / Clean up & Break
11:00 – 11:25 / “Pipeline” / Schedule permitting;
Adjust activity to fit time available. / Valerie Flock
11:25- 11:30 / Clean up/ Wrap up
Question


Thursday

Time / Activity / Coordinator
7:30-7:40 / Sign In / NWCTA / Evelyn Christian
7:40: - 10:00
Concurrent / “X” Marks the Spot
Surveying / “X” Marks the Spot
Surveying / NvSPE STEM Volunteers
The two activities will run concurrently;
Need additional volunteers with Survey or “X” marks spot experience
Concrete / Build a Compass / Jenery Guion / Evelyn Christian
10:00 - 10:15 / Clean up & Break & Set up / NvSPE STEM Volunteers
10:15 – 11:15 / “Rubber Band Car”
Mechanical / Physics / David E. James, PhD P.E. and
NvSPE STEM Volunteers
11:15- 11:30 / Clean up/ Wrap up
Question / David E. James, PhD P.E. and
NvSPE STEM Volunteers

Friday

Time / Activity / Activity Summary
Volunteer handout with specific instructions will be provided / Coordinator
7:30-7:40 / Sign In / NWCTA
7:40: - 8:50 / “Your Name in Lights”
Electrical Engineering / Students build a circuit on perf board with the goal of having 3 diodes light up. / Samia / Electrical
8:30 – 8:40 / Break & Resume
8:40 – 9:15 / “Your Name in Lights”
Electrifying / Same activity, take a couple of hours / Samia / Electrical
9:15: 9:30 / Clean up & Break & Set up
9:30 – 10:30 / Chemical Balloons / Coordinator discusses chemical reactions. Students use different mixes of vinegar and baking soda to blow up balloons. / Erica Marti
10:30 – 10:45 / Clean up/ Wrap up
Question
10:45 – 11:00 / Lip Gloss To Go
Survey / Activity needs about a ½ hour. If we are running early; we can do run activity; otherwise hand out baggies w/ instructions and ingredients
11:30 -11:30 / Pizza Party
Conclusions