2017.3.7 – lots of good ideas, partners, family k-5, educators get in free, 12-15 tables hands-on, treasure hunt in Root galley – machines, passport – questions > sign-off, take-home with links to resources, 12 staff/volunteers – moas ed, ge volunteers. ? erau, daytona state, high schools
Q: date, engineering design process, support, costs
activities – igew, quilt
handout / passport – simple machines, engineering design process
tinker – small appliances, electronic to disassemble, safety googles * http://savethesounds.info/ sounds to go with
blocks – multiple sets
rockets – auditorium
roller coaster

Community Engineering Day

• Engineering = Applied Arts & Science
• Engineering = Arts + Science, Technology, Math
• Engineering @ MOAS
• celebrate the big E in STEM
• awareness – engineering everywhere, benefiting humanity
• “What problem do you want to solve?”
• friend-raising for MOAS – kids, parents, teachers * kids summer program

themes

• Grand Challenges for Engineering in the 21st Century * hands-on activities related to each
• The Tech Awards – honors innovators from around the world who are applying technology to benefit humanity. The technology used can be either a new invention or an innovative use of an existing technology. * Environment * Education * Young Innovator * Health * Economic Development
• Simple Machines –
• there’s an app for that…
• The Way Things Work

partners

• local engineering business – VMA, NASA
• education – ERAU, LEGO League, FIRST Robotics / Spruce Creek HS, Aviation program at Atlantic
• MOAS newsletter, News-Journal, schools

hands-on activity stations – passport, stamp/stickers, take-home lunch bag

• simple machines
• spatial visualization
• treasure hunt – locate items in galleries, QR codes with engineering explanations
• apps

online resources

• kids
• parents
• educators

​logistics – planning, promotion, set-up, staffing<