Implementing a program to motivate math and science grade school classrooms

Mechanical engineering students from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology have been visiting elementary school classes, grades 4-6, to expose the children to engineering as a career option, to motivate the use of math and science, and to emphasize the importance of a good education. The 1993-94 school year will be the third year for this program. In the program´s first two years, mechanical engineering students made presentations to approximately 80 elementary school classes each year, reaching several thousand students. The presentations consist of demonstrations and hands-on activities. The first two years of the program were administered by the faculty advisor to the Rose-Hulman student section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, but the administration of the program is to be turned over to the students for the 1993-94 school year