The Ellis School receives a visit from the Engineering Ambassadors

Today the Engineering Ambassadors made their first visit to the Ellis School. We saw students from 5th to 12th grade, and despite the age difference one thing all the students had in common was their enthusiasm for learning, their inquisitive minds, and ample creativity. We kicked the day off with a large assembly to all the students, 5th-12th grade. Its not typical to give a middle and high school presentation at the same time, but our EAs took on the challenge and were greeted by great interest and an overflow of questions from students from every grade. It was such a welcoming start to our day at the Ellis School.

Throughout the day, we had three teams of EAs presenting various hands-on activities to science and math classes. Terri Creech and Dana Goldblum ran the Oil spill activity in 6th and 8th grade science classes, showing students environmental impact is an important consideration in engineering.

Kacie Long and Hannah Seeger showed off lasers to AP Physics and AP Chemistry classes then took a break to help the 5th graders design roller coasters. The fifth graders won the day for enthusiasm, energy, and a will to make it work!

Sarah Krisher and Kathleen Prilutski focused on the biology classes creating a new presentation on Biomimicry and enhancing it with clips from popular TED talks. The students were awed by the ways in which nature inspires design.

It was a day full of curiosity, learning, and inspiration for the future generation of engineers at The Ellis School!