With Engineering week being a highlight of every February, Dallas SWE participated in Outreach opportunities throughout the month!
Dallas SWE would like to thank all of our dedicated volunteers for helping make these outreach events so successful!
February DISD STEM Expo Boat Challenge at Kay Bailey Hutchinson
On February 2nd, SWE Outreach joined the Dallas ISD sponsored STEM Community Expo at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center. This is the largest STEM event in North Texas and thousands of students, parents, and teachers attend. We brought the Foil Boat Challenge; more than 400 young girls and boys stepped up to create and test their own boat to find its sinking point. It was such a hit with the kids that we still had a line of boat testers as they turned the lights down on the Expo. We’d like to extend a warm thank you to the 13 volunteers who donated their time Saturday to encourage the young girls and boys to dream, explore, and create.
February Engineering Week and Launching Catapults at the Perot
Saturday February 23nd, SWE Outreach partnered with the Perot Museum celebrating Engineering Week. We’re grateful to our 18 volunteers who helped hundreds of aspiring young engineers aged 3 to 15 test their building and launching skills with Catapults. The Perot broadened the perspectives of 5266 visitors that Saturday. Alternating between curious, determined, and smiling, the faces of the girls and boys were a joy to watch as they tweaked their catapults with many determined to take their place on the winner board. The Perot coordinator thanked us for being such great partners in this year’s celebration.
