Please help Wichita SWE by signing up for SWEeter Futures and by attending this webinar!
Earn SWEeter Futures credit for participating in this webinar!!
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SWEeter Futures Webinar From Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
SWEeter Futures? What is it? Why do I care? What can it do for me and my section/MALs/region? Learn more about the tool everyone is taking about! Register herefor either the link to the webinar or the replay if you miss it. Signup here and log your time to get credit for taking this important outreach training!
In this short webinar you will how to get the most out of your time on the site, along with covering all the basics of using SWEeter Futures. See this article for instructions on signing up for SWEeter Futures.
The annual Engineering Expo outreach event is coming up on Feb 23. Two notable changes are a new location at WATC NCAT (4004 N. Webb Road, Student Center entrance) and 2 extra hours of operation. There should be enough time to see all the new booths and all your old favorites.
New this year the EAA Young Eagles will be at Expo! Weather permitting, they will be giving discovery flights to kids age 8 and up.
Join the event on Facebook and invite your friends.
1 35 mm empty film canister or empty pill container
Ingredients for Eruptions
Baking Soda (Sodium Bicarbonate)
Vinegar (Acetic Acid)
Food Coloring Optional
Instructions
Instructions for forming Volcano
Form a conical shape from the clay around the film canister, without filling the film canister. Then, make lava runs down the sides of the structure using a table knife.
Allow to volcano to dry overnight.
Instructions for Eruptions:
1.  Add food coloring to vinegar until desired color is achieved.
2.   Place 1 tsp of baking soda in film canister and then add vinegar solution until baking soda is dissolved.
Tip: This is messy – perform experiment in a container or sink.
Engineering Principles:
Explanation:
Vinegar (HC2H3O2 aq) is an acid (pH 2.5).
Baking Soda (2NaHCO3 s) is a base (pH 8).
When they combine, a reaction occurs.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is released (which causes the foaming).
The pH scale:
The pH scale ranges from 0 (extremely acidic) to 14 (extremely alkaline or basic). The pH scale measures how many hydrogen ions are in an aqueous solution. Acids have higher levels of hydrogen ions.  Each change in pH number represents a tenfold change in acidity. Distilled water has a neutral pH of 7.0.
The annual Engineering Expo outreach event is coming up on Feb 23. Two notable changes are a new location at WATC NCAT (4004 N. Webb Road) and 2 extra hours of operation. There should be enough time to see all the new booths and all your old favorites.
Join the event on Facebook and invite your friends.
The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) is putting on the annual Block Kids event on February 9 from 9:00 am to noon. Kids in Grades 1-6 will vie to build the best creation using a limited amount of materials. We always have fun helping with this event.
SWE has volunteered to provide an activity for the kids during the judging period. Please contact Barb at barbara.davis@swe.org if you want to help with the activity.
They also need volunteers for judges and for setup and teardown. If you want to help in these areas, please contact Edi (pronounced Eddie) Clark.
Please help Wichita SWE earn 50 FREE Agilent kits by registering for Expo on SWEeter Futures! SWEeter Futures is a program that tracks the impact SWE members nationally are having as we strive to bring more women into the field of engineering. Wichita SWE has the opportunity to earn 50 FREE Agilent kits if we can get 10 people to sign up to volunteer for the 2013 Engineering Expo. Please visit this article to see how to sign up. You can also track your other outreach volunteer hours. Thanks for your help.
Have you been asked to speak to a classroom full of students about science? Have you wondered what you would talk about? Well the Wichita section has some activities that we have developed and we would like to make them more accessible on our website. You can help. On Jan 6 at 2 pm, we will have a work day recreating these experiments and activities, and documenting them. We will meet at Angela’s house. Let her know if you can help and to get directions.
Congratulations to Wichita SWE and all those who helped make Expo 2012 a success! Wichita SWE was presented with the Outreach Award for a medium section at the National SWE conference last week in Houston, TX! See you at Expo 2013!
