Student Activities
The day focuses on the four to five sessions the young women will attend throughout the day, chosen from a total of 11 workshops (listed below). Each student will attend at least one workshop of their choosing. Each workshop will be a hands-on activity with a “product” that the student can take home, whenever possible, that relates to an engineering or technology career. The workshop leader will be a woman engineer or engineering technologist. Students will be assigned points for 1st and 2nd place in each session and overall prizes based on points will be awarded at the end of the day.

6th & 7th Grade Workshops:
Big Bug Alarm (Elec)
Students will learn the concepts of an electrical circuit and if time permits, see a demonstration of a serial and parallel circuit..

Roller Coaster (Mechanical)
Students will learn the laws of motion and how engineers use the principles of potential and kinetic energy in designing. The concept of testing and troubleshooting designs will also be touched upon.

Water Quality (Chemical)
Students will be introduced to the concepts of how drinking water is made clean, particularly if it comes from surface water such as a reservoir or lake.

Bridge Design (Civil)
Students will construct a bridge composed of trusses and frames and learn how the basic principles of compression and tension (push and pull) that are used in combination to provide strength to a structure.

8th & 9th Grade Workshops:
Mother Boards (Computer)
Students will be introduced to the basic components of a PC and how to remove and install cards.

Disposable Camera Dissection (Electrical)
Students will learn that engineers sometimes have to find out how something was built before it can be fixed. Students will also learn some of the basic components of a disposable camera.

M&Ms (Gen Eng.)
Students will learn the concepts of quality control and quality engineering.

Float Boats (Gen Eng)
Students will be introduced to the concepts of risk management used in making decisions in personal life, as engineers and as managers.

Workshops for All Grades:
Web Pages (Computer)
Students will learn the basics of webpage design.

Asphalt (Civil)
Students will learn the procedures involved in asphalt pavement mixing and basic civil engineering principles.

Lemon Battery (Elec)
Students will learn how chemical reaction in batteries creates electricity to run electronic devices.

Straw Structures (Civil)
Students will learn the basics of building structures.

 

Adult Activities
More than 65% of high school students say they discuss their choice of career with their mother. This program provides an opportunity for interested mothers (or other responsible adult) to stay and learn how to help their daughter in areas such as: motivating, financing for college, and career opportunities. Guest speakers will be on hand to answer questions. Adults will also participate in selected experiements.

Essay Contest
Details about an essay contest open to individual girls who participate in the “Introduce a Girl to Engineering” workshop presented by York Technical College on February 16th, 2008. There are two age categories:
Ages 12-13 -- 6th grade and 7th grade
Ages 14-15 – 8th and 9th grade

How Do I Enter?
Write an essay of no more than 750 words describing how you believe engineers will provide energy for the future. Entries may be submitted as an email attachment to cstout@yorktech.com or mailed to York Technical College, Attn: Cree Stout, 452 S. Anderson Rd., Rock Hill, SC 29730.  Submitted entries should be in Rich Text Format (.rtf), but will be accepted in Word or WordPerfect format. All entries should include the following required information:
1. Your full name*
2. Your school's name, and your current grade*
3. Your mailing address*
4. Your email address*
5. Topic of your essay
6. Your essay
7. A signed statement that reads: "This submitted essay is the original work of entrant's full name. I, entrant's full name, grant York Technical College the right to publish the essay on the York Technical College Engineering Technology website if it is declared a winner."
8. A signed statement from a parent or guardian that reads: "I, parent or guardian's full name, am the parent or guardian of entrant's full name. I certify that the submitted essay is the original work of entrant's name, and I grant York Technical College the right to publish the essay on the York Technical College Engineering Technology website if it is declared a winner."

When Is the Deadline?
Entries must be received by January 15, 2008. The winners will be announced on February 16th at the “Introduce a Girl to Engineering” workshop and on the York Technical College website.

What are the Contest Guidelines?
Essays will be judged on the basis of organization, depth of detail, and use of language by the author. You may wish to preview the scorecard for the selection criteria.
1. Essays must be the original work of the author submitting the entry and must not have been published anywhere else. w A contestant may enter only one essay.
2. All entries will be read by a panel of judges, whose selections will be final. Entry in the contest grants York Technical College non-exclusive rights to publish winning essays in full or in part on the York Technical College Engineering Technology website. Prizes will be awarded to the first, second, and third place winners.

* Personal information is requested from students entering the contest, so that York Technical College can contact winners and recognize achievements. This information is not shared with other organizations.

Registration
Registration is first-come, first-served to the first 100 girls who sign up. Cost is $10 per person attending.

Registration for 9th graders only- Dec. 10 - Dec. 17
Open registration- Dec. 17 - Jan. 18

PLEASE NOTE: The college will be closed Dec. 20 to Jan. 6 and registration will be taken by mail or fax only during those dates. Online registration is not available at this time. Students will receive an email confirming their registration within three business days, except during the dates of Dec. 20 and Jan. 6.

Register using the printable form by the following methods:
Fax the form: (803) 981-7327
Mail the form and payment to: York Technical College Attn: Continuing Education, 452 S. Anderson Road, Rock Hill, SC 29730
Phone in your information and pay by credit card (803) 325-2888
Walk the form into the Continuing Education division in C-building Mon. to Thur. 8 am to 8 pm and Fri. from
8 am to 5 pm.

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