This guide to engineering aims to encourage high school girls to enter the field.

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Liberty Science Center is a New Jersey nonprofit corporation dedicated to offering science learning experiences onsite, offsite, and online. Located in Liberty State Park, Jersey City, NJ, the center aims to engages learners of all ages in science excitement, provide professional development for teachers, and actively connect people of all backgrounds to pivotal science and society issues.

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This site offers ways students can learn about biomimicry in the classroom and outdoors; through lectures, classroom discussions, inquiries, or self-study.

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In this activity, students examine how different balls react when colliding with different surfaces. Also, they will have plenty of opportunity to learn how to calculate momentum and understand the principle of conservation of momentum.

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In this activity for grades 9-11, students investigate circuits and their components by building a basic thermostat. They learn why key parts are necessary for the circuit to function, and alter the circuit to optimize the thermostat temperature range. They also gain an awareness of how electrical engineers design circuits for the countless electronic products in our world.

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Students use modeling clay to make a boat that will float in a tub of water. The object is to build a boat that will hold as much weight as possible without sinking. In the process of designing and testing their boats, students discover some of the basic principles of boat design and gain first-hand experience with concepts such as buoyancy and density.

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