NIMBioS Expanding Your Horizons
STEM Activity Day for Middle School Girls
The National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) hosted a STEM Activity Day in conjunction with the Expanding Your Horizons Network (EYH) on November 9, 2019, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. The Activity Day at NIMBioS engaged middle-school girls (grades 5-8) in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) activities. This event was organized by Suzanne Lenhart and Greg Wiggins at NIMBioS, in consultation with Judith Iriate-Gross, Middle Tennessee State University and EYH Southeast Coordinator. The EYH Network promotes the continuing development in mathematics and science of all people, with particular emphasis on the needs of women and girls.
The Activity Day at NIMBios consisted of STEM hands-on activities led by women faculty and staff from the University of Tennessee, including Virginia Dale from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Jessica Budke and Liz Derryberry from Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Anne Skutnik from Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Audra Hinson from Microbiology, and Suzanne Lenhart, Joan Lind, and Marie Jameson from Mathematics. Activities included Building with Triangles, Powering VOLt City, Beating the Heat, and Squishing Specimens for Science.
Date: November 9, 2019 (9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.)
Location: Hallam Auditorium, Room 206, Claxton Building, 1122 Volunteer Blvd. (Campus map).
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Co-sponsored in cooperation with the Knoxville Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW).
NIMBioS Education and Outreach Contacts:
Suzanne Lenhart
Associate Director for Education and Outreach, NIMBioS
Email: slenhart@tennessee.edu
Phone: (865) 974-4270 (Math) (865) 974-9349 (NIMBioS) Fax: (865) 974-9300
NIMBioS
1122 Volunteer Blvd., Suite 106
University of Tennessee
Knoxville,
TN 37996-3410
PH: (865) 974-9334
FAX: (865) 974-9461
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