EOS 1st General Meeting
Transcript of EOS 1st General Meeting
Engineering Outreach Society
Our Website:http://publish.illinois.edu/engineeringoutreachsociety/On Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/groups/UIUC.EOS/
What Do We Do?
• Go to 6 Classrooms at Leal School in Urbana– 1 2nd Grade Room
– 2 3rd Grade Rooms
– 3 4th Grade Rooms
• Teach fun and interesting projects– Get kids excited about Science and Engineering
– First Semester: 1-2 Week Projects
– Second Semester: Larger EOH Project followed by 1-2 Week Projects
Projects
Project Chairs:
Michael Schmitt
Hannah Friedman
• Choose and Create Projects
• Organize Supplies to Take to Classes
• Provide Understandable Directions
What We Do
• Kites• Newspaper Towers• Candy DNA• Homemade Ice Cream• Circuits• Boats• Stroboscope • Finger Printing• Balloon Rocket
Example Projects
Engineering Open House
EOH Chair:
Stu Almeleh
Engineering Open House
• Showcase College of Engineering
• Demos, experiments, projects, etc.
• Run by various organizations, students & faculty
• Over two days in March
Concrete crusher Rube Goldberg machine
EOS @ EOH
• Leal students work on project 4-6 weeks
• Field trip to UIUC
• UIUC students run project, give tours
Egg Drop – EOS 2012
Team EOH
• EOS needs:– A committee to plan &
organize the project
– Volunteers on EOH
• Will start organizing before winter break
Help EOS gain greater visibility throughout the college, university & community
Aftermath of EOH 2011
Interested? Please talk to me after the meeting or email: [email protected]
Football Games
Treasurer:
Mark Kamuda
Football Game Volunteering
• What?
• Where?
• When?
• Why?
• How?
• Gate-keepers & Bag-checkers at home football games
• Memorial Stadium– Meet: Southeast corner
– Work: Usually Portal 2 on West side
• Saturdays: meet 3 hours prior to kick-off
• We need money!– So that we can provide supplies for more
interesting projects for the kids
• Wait for my emails one week prior to each game and reply ASAP!
Football Game Times• Saturday, Sept. 15th vs. Charleston Southern – Game time 11am
• Saturday, Sept. 22nd vs. Louisiana Tech – Game time 7pm
• Saturday, Sept. 29th vs. Penn State – Game time TBA
• Saturday, Oct. 27th vs. Indiana – Game time 11am
• Saturday, Nov. 10th vs. Minnesota – Game time TBA
• Saturday, Nov. 17th vs. Purdue – Game time TBA
Social Events
Vice President:
Sebastian Bibat
We’re social too
• Back-to-school BBQ
–Sunday September 16th
–1 pm @ Illini Grove
• Happy Hours
• Barcrawls
How to get involved?
• Write down which days of the week you would be able to visit Leal
– 2nd Grade: Day TBD, 2-3pm
– 3rd Grade: Monday and Wednesday, 10am-11am
– 4th Grade: Tuesday and Thursday, 9am-10am
Wednesday, 1-2pm
• Come to meeting next week (same time and place) to go through volunteer training!
Why should you get involved?
• If you have an interest in science and/or engineering
• If you like working with kids
• If you enjoy being involved in the community
• If you would like to make a difference in children's education
• If you have creative ideas for hands-on projects and demonstrations
• If you like being social and having fun
Questions for any of us?