Competition at Fleet Science Center encourages elementary school girls to think 'I can do that' when it comes to science and technology
As any good structural engineer knows, materials matter. Saturday at the Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park, it was masking tape and hot glue.
“It needs more support here,” one member of the Bonita Building Bananas team said, pointing to the seam where a Dunkin’ Donuts coffee canister was attached to a box supported by paper towel rolls. Another team member moved in with a glue gun. Problem-solving is a big part of SciTech, according to Daniela Sanchez Cruz and Madeline McClanahan, the Fleet Science educators who run the program. “We want them to gain the confidence to be creative and to figure things out together,” Cruz said.
After the teams finished shoring up the towers Saturday, the buildings were put on carts and wheeled to the Heikoff Giant Dome Theater, where the four judges were waiting — all of them women with scientific backgrounds and jobs.
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