Just like last year, the Society for Women Engineers put together a wonderful afternoon of learning and fun for the Vicksburg Girl Scout Troops! They made lip gloss as an ice breaker exercise (as you can imagine, this was a favorite of many of the girls - I know for sure Vaseline and KoolAid went into the mix, but I didn't catch the rest of it), played games, made slime (learning about polymers), designed bridges out of construction paper (and competed against each other to see whose bridge could hold the most dominoes), built earthquake-proof structures out of marshmallows and toothpicks, and raced in teams to determine what the fastest way to move a giant pile of "cotton" is (by barge, by train, or by truck). Cora had a great time and I'm really thankful she gets opportunities like this to see how useful and rewarding a career in science and engineering can be!
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| In this game, they tossed the ball to each other, then read the question under their right thumb and answered it |
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| Cora teamed up with her buddy Baylie (pink bow) for every activity today |
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| Cara Beth's face cracks me up! Her bridge won, Baylie and Cora's clearly did not. |
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| She was so excited that her marshmallow house didn't fall apart! |
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| Sprinting with her truck full of packing peanuts |
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