Emily's Musings

Tech Board Meeting

I'm filling in as the Volunteer Representative to the Tech Museum's Board of Directors and attended the fall meeting this morning. (I sat on the Board this past year and am filling in since Asfia took a job in San Diego and had to resign her position).

Here's Rick showing off the All Energy Vehicle Design Challenge where you have to build a vehicle (which will carry a "passenger") to be propelled by wind and water power (as well as gravity). Design Challenges are a key model that the Tech uses -- "The Tech's signature pedagogical approach to learning Science and Technology" -- and over 24,000 Design Challenge curriculum pieces have been downloaded from their web site. I'm hoping to convince BobbiLynn to co-coach a Design Challenge Competition team with me next Spring.