Engineers Week 2009 will be celebrated February 15 – 21.  Co-chairs are Intel Corporation and the National Society of Professional Engineers.  Feel free to forward this letter or contents to other interested parties.

Contents:
1.  Help Kids Share Their Dreams! 
2.  Keep the Conversation Going
3.  Designed to Inspire: Free Activity Guides

1.  Help Kids Share Their Dreams! 
As part of the 2009 Global Marathon For, By, and About Women in Engineering led by Motorola, students can win  a cool MotoZINE, Motorola's new camera phone.  

In 40 words or less they describe the 'Dream You'd Do' in innovation, science, technology, engineering, or mathematics and text to giving@motorola.com by 1:00 pm (EDT), Wednesday, March 18. The contest is open to young students around the world. See more HERE.  

2.  Keep the Conversation Going

The 24-hour Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering was a catalyst for discussion around issues for pre-college, college and career women. You can still join the discussion. Post your video views on the Global Marathon YouTube network at www.youtube.com/eweekglobalmarathon.

3.  Designed to Inspire: Free Activity Guides

NASA, Design Squad, and Lemelson-MIT InventTeams have teamed up to create two new resources that will inspire a new generation of engineers and inventors! First there is the new On The Moon guide. This guide contains six open-ended challenges with multiple solutions that will develop kids' creative-thinking and problem-solving skills. Along the way, kids will learn about and consider key issues related to living and working on the moon, while gaining insight into NASA's history and future plans for lunar exploration. The activities are appropriate for kids in grades 3-12 in classrooms, after-schools, and at events.

Next there is Invent It, Build It. This guide (with limited printed copies available in English or Spanish) delivers five hands-on challenges designed to spark the inventive spirit of kids aged 9–12. These challenges bring invention to life for kids, inspire them to think like engineers and inventors, and illuminate how invention improves people's lives. The challenges in both guides take about an hour, use readily available materials, give kids many ways to succeed, and are aligned with national science and technology standards.

To request a printed copy of On The Moon and Invent It, Build It, send an e-mail to designsquad_feedback@wgbh.org. Be sure to indicate if you would like copies in Spanish, where available. Please include your name, organization, mailing address (indicate work or home address), email, and phone number. Or you can access the guides online in pdf format at nasa.gov or pbskids.org/designsquad/parentseducators.

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The National Engineers Week Foundation coalition comprises more than 75 engineering, professional, and technical societies and more than 50 corporations and government agencies. The coalition is dedicated to sustaining and growing a dynamic engineering profession by ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce, increasing understanding of and interest in engineering and technology careers among young students, and promoting pre-college literacy in math and science.  Among the oldest of America's professional outreach efforts, the coalition also raises public understanding and appreciation of engineering contributions to society through year-round innovative programming and celebration. 

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