LEARNING AT ITS BEST FUN FILLED+THOUGHT PROVOKING+RESULTS ORIENTED = ASME INTERNATIONALÃS MIDDLE SCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
Contact: Anne Buckley 212-705-8157 [email protected] Press Room: Opal Room On site: 214-748-1200
WHO: 125 Dallas middle school students, 10 teachers and engineers WHAT: Devote a day to hands-on learning experience, including egg drop contest WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 20, 10:00 a.m. to 1:50 p.m. WHERE: Wyndam Anatole Hotel, 2201 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Khmer Pavilion WHY: Photo opportunity/interview opportunity/background information
Members of the press may call Anne Buckley on site at 214-748-1200 or visit the ASME press room, stationed in the Opal Room of the Wyndam Anatole Hotel.
ROBOT DEMONSTRATION (10:15 a.m.) Greenville High School and Raytheon E-Systems demonstrate their robot, which is on exhibit at the FIRST (For the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) booth #101.
DEMONSTRATION OF HOW ELECTRICITY IS MADE (10:45 a.m.) TU Electric employee Daniel Berhe and ASME North Dallas section volunteer David Ringhausen use steam kettles and a peddle-powered generator to illustrate how electricity is made.
PANEL OF STUDENT ENGINEERS (11:30 a.m.) An Southern Methodist University (SMU) student and a recent graduate will speak with middle school students about the career paths and choices they made to study engineering in college
THE EGG DROP CONTEST (noon) Conest to build a device that will protect an egg from a 12 foot fall.... you know the rest.
The ASME Middle School Enrichment Program, sponsored by the Board on Pre-College Education, is designed to inspire math/science interest in minority school students from the Dallas area by introducing them to engineering, engineering activities and practicing engineers.
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