Carrie Grant is a chemical engineer, wife, mom, and breast cancer survivor. Her curiosity about engineering began at an early age when she would bake with her mom and grandma. Carrie enjoyed the process of putting things together to create something different. Math and science were her favorite subjects in school, and she was encouraged …
Sophie Harker is an award-winning aerodynamics and performance engineer for BAE Systems, but she had no idea what job she wanted when she was growing up! However, after a visit to the Kennedy Space Center, Harker decided that she wanted to be an astronaut. Shortly after, Dr. Helen Sharman, the first British person in space, …
Jessica Esquivel is a particle physicist and the second-ever Black woman to receive her physics Ph.D. from Syracuse University. She works at Fermilab, America’s particle physics and accelerator lab, on something called the Muon g-2 experiment. As part of this project, Esquivel works with the largest detectors in the country to search for new physics. …
Design your own game! What is a game? How is it different from a puzzle, a toy, or any other fun activity? People don’t universally agree on what makes a game, but generally accepted components include: rules, decision making, goals, interaction, and potential for change each time the game is played. People play games all …
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