Students learn from dropping eggs
Event coordinator Henry Fowler (left) drops a box with an egg in it as part of Diné College’s Engineering Day egg competition. (Courtesy photo)
Diné College hosts science, technology, engineering and mathematics event
Event coordinator Henry Fowler (left) drops a box with an egg in it as part of Diné College’s Engineering Day egg competition. (Courtesy photo)
WINDOW ROCK
One wouldn’t think chucking a box with an egg inside from 30 feet educational, but for students at Diné College’s first Engineering Day it was all in the name of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).
Event coordinator and math faculty member Henry Fowler said the purpose of the day was to promote STEM classes by having young students come to Diné College and experience what engineering is.
Students came from various places on the Navajo Nation, Fowler added, saying that 11 schools participated in the event.
The egg-drop competition on Nov. 6 drew over 120 students.
There were three categories – elementary, middle and high school.
Students were allowed to use a box eight inches in diameter as the shell of their experiment.
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