Small Group Kit

20 youth, 3 activities, 1.5 hours minimum

On this page you will find instructions and information on how to run a 1.5 hour event with approximately 25 youth.

Agenda for the Event:

	Topic	Time	Description
1	Introduction	5 min	Guest bios – Introduce yourself during the intro, include what you studied, an interesting part of your work, why you enjoy engineering and why you would encourage students to consider it. You can also highlight interesting facts that are not related to engineering. Review the agenda for evening
2	What is Engineering?	10 min	Informal Discussion (See below)
3	Engineering Disciplines Discovery	10 min	Instructions HERE
4	Safe Stopping Robot	20 min	Instructions HERE
5	Tin Foil Boats	10 min	Instructions HERE
6	Build Your Own Wind Turbine	30 min	Instructions HERE
7	Event Closure	5 min	Thank participants Highlight activity learning

During a discussion about engineering, convey the following messages:

Engineering is about problem solving at its core.
Engineers are focused on helping make the world a better place by keeping people and the environment safe.
Engineering is very broad (many different careers, industries); this can be achieved by telling stories about where and how engineers work (hospitals, arctic, offices, in the field, with robots, with plants and water, etc.)

One implicit message we would like you to convey is that engineers are both men and women. This can be done by saying “she” during the stories of engineers, it does not need to be an explicit statement.