Calendar of Events
Monthly SWE NESS Planning Meeting:
Thursday, November 20, 2018 from 6:30 to 8:00pm at URI Women's Center. Join the Executive Council for the monthly planning meeting to learn more about upcoming events and provide input on event details and new ideas. Contact Yadira for more info.
Upcoming Events:
Saturday, October 27, 2018, 9 to 12 SWE Girl Scout Workshop at the University of Rhode Island. Girl Scouts will be earning a SWE Badge. Contact Sue for more info.
Saturday, November 3, 2018, 12:15 to 4:30 Junior Engineering workshop for Girl Scouts
at Connecticut College.
Volunteers needed to help with the following activities (at least 2 people per station):
Saturday, January 25, 2019, 9am to 4pm Engineers to the Rescue with Girl Scout Cadettes at Pattagansett in East Lyme, CT. Join us for a camping trip to Yellowstone where an earthquake hits! Our tents are ruined, the water in the campground broke and our food is at the bottom of the ravine! Work with Girl Scouts in grades 4-6 as they use engineering to solve these problems by building scale models. No advanced prep needed and all materials and instruction provided.
Email Kim if you are available to help.
Friday, March 8, 2019, 6 to 9pm Design, Discover, Build, Teach! with high school Girl Scouts at
Pattagansett in East Lyme, CT. Join us for a relaxing evening working with High School age girls, encouraging them to pursue a STEM education while we do hands-on on STEM activities. Due to the small group size, we really get to interact and get to know these girls over the course of the evening. Activities usually draw from Design Squad Activities guides. No advanced prep and all materials and instruction provided.
Email Kim if you are available to help.
Saturday, March 9, 2019, 1 to 3pm Design – Leap Bots with the Brownies at
Pattagansett in East Lyme, CT. Help Design, Discover, Build, Teach! and lead a Brownie Badge workshop. Groups of 2 or 3 third graders will be building leap bots to earn one of the mechanical design badges. This is a new program so come learn with us about Leap Bots! What's a Leap Bot? Leap Bots are built from thread spools and use springs to "leap" up a dowel.
Email Kim if you are available to help.
Saturday, November 3, 2018, 12:15 to 4:30 Junior Engineering workshop for Girl Scouts
at Connecticut College.
Volunteers needed to help with the following activities (at least 2 people per station):
- Electrical Circuits
- Mechanical Engineering - Rolling Toy
- Civil Engineering - Newspaper Towers
- Materials Engineering - Egg Bungee Jump
- Simple Machines - Rube Goldberg Designs
- Chemical Engineering - Testing pH
Saturday, January 25, 2019, 9am to 4pm Engineers to the Rescue with Girl Scout Cadettes at Pattagansett in East Lyme, CT. Join us for a camping trip to Yellowstone where an earthquake hits! Our tents are ruined, the water in the campground broke and our food is at the bottom of the ravine! Work with Girl Scouts in grades 4-6 as they use engineering to solve these problems by building scale models. No advanced prep needed and all materials and instruction provided.
Email Kim if you are available to help.
Friday, March 8, 2019, 6 to 9pm Design, Discover, Build, Teach! with high school Girl Scouts at
Pattagansett in East Lyme, CT. Join us for a relaxing evening working with High School age girls, encouraging them to pursue a STEM education while we do hands-on on STEM activities. Due to the small group size, we really get to interact and get to know these girls over the course of the evening. Activities usually draw from Design Squad Activities guides. No advanced prep and all materials and instruction provided.
Email Kim if you are available to help.
Saturday, March 9, 2019, 1 to 3pm Design – Leap Bots with the Brownies at
Pattagansett in East Lyme, CT. Help Design, Discover, Build, Teach! and lead a Brownie Badge workshop. Groups of 2 or 3 third graders will be building leap bots to earn one of the mechanical design badges. This is a new program so come learn with us about Leap Bots! What's a Leap Bot? Leap Bots are built from thread spools and use springs to "leap" up a dowel.
Email Kim if you are available to help.
Past Events
September 26, 2018 - 5:30 to 7:30 Newport Vineyards' Fireside Music Series. SWE members and non-members visited the vineyard together for wine tasting and live music.
June 21, 2018 from 6:00 to 8:00 - Financial Seminar with Guest Speaker Athol Cochrane of Wealth Solutions, and Annual NESS Membership Yearly Overview Meeting.
Mar 18, 2017 from 8:30 to 5 - Girl Scouts Senior Leadership Conference Science & Technology Sessions at Salve Regina University.
Feb 18, 2017 from 11 to 2 - Be an Engineer Workshop at Providence Children's Museum.
Feb 14, 2017 from 9 to 12 - Engineering Your Tomorrow, Rhode Island Girl Scout Engineering Badge Workshop run and sponsored by SWE NESS at RWU Engineering Building, Bristol, RI.
Feb 4 - 9, 2017 from 9 to 12 - SWE Girl Scout Jr workshop at the RWU Engineering Bldg
Nov 19, 2016 from 9:30 to 12:30 - SWE Girl Scout Jr Workshop at URI Memorial Union
Nov 19, 2016 from 1 to 4 - SWE Girl Scout Jr Workshop at Conn College Olin Science Bldg
Nov 19, 2016 from 9:30 to 12:30 - Engineering Your Tomorrow, Rhode Island Girl Scout Engineering Badge Workshop run and sponsored by SWE NESS at URI Memorial Union, Kingston, RI.
Sept 10, 2016 from 12 to 6 - Connecticut Family and Music Festival in New Haven, CT, with STEM events.
June 21, 2018 from 6:00 to 8:00 - Financial Seminar with Guest Speaker Athol Cochrane of Wealth Solutions, and Annual NESS Membership Yearly Overview Meeting.
Mar 18, 2017 from 8:30 to 5 - Girl Scouts Senior Leadership Conference Science & Technology Sessions at Salve Regina University.
Feb 18, 2017 from 11 to 2 - Be an Engineer Workshop at Providence Children's Museum.
Feb 14, 2017 from 9 to 12 - Engineering Your Tomorrow, Rhode Island Girl Scout Engineering Badge Workshop run and sponsored by SWE NESS at RWU Engineering Building, Bristol, RI.
Feb 4 - 9, 2017 from 9 to 12 - SWE Girl Scout Jr workshop at the RWU Engineering Bldg
Nov 19, 2016 from 9:30 to 12:30 - SWE Girl Scout Jr Workshop at URI Memorial Union
Nov 19, 2016 from 1 to 4 - SWE Girl Scout Jr Workshop at Conn College Olin Science Bldg
Nov 19, 2016 from 9:30 to 12:30 - Engineering Your Tomorrow, Rhode Island Girl Scout Engineering Badge Workshop run and sponsored by SWE NESS at URI Memorial Union, Kingston, RI.
Sept 10, 2016 from 12 to 6 - Connecticut Family and Music Festival in New Haven, CT, with STEM events.
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