The Silicon Valley Professional Chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) cordially invites all students (K-12) and parents to join us for an exciting technology and science awareness night at the 4th annual Noche de Ciencias/Family Science Night. Students will experience various hands-on activities about the different fields of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). Parents will participate in round-tables to learn about college admissions and programs available to finance higher education costs. Come enjoy this educational and fun event for the entire family.
This event is completely free to the public and will be conducted in English and Spanish. Food and refreshments will be provided.
To volunteer, please sign up at http://bit.ly/pBygWA.
Please help us promote the event by downloading a copy of the flyer below:
- NDC_2011_Flyer-English_Spanish.pdf (PDF Version)
Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Time: 6:00pm – 8:30pm
Location: Los Arboles Elementary School, 455 Los Arboles St, San Jose, CA 95111
Cost: FREE! (for students, parents, and community)
Agenda:
- 6:00pm – 6:15pm: Registration
- 6:15pm – 6:30pm: Introduction/Welcome
- 6:30pm – 8:00pm: Hands-On Activities (Students)
- 6:30pm – 8:00pm: College Choices/Scholarships (Parents)
- 8:00pm – 8:30pm: Raffle/Closing
Activities: Lego Robotics Activity, Balloon Rockets, Pipetting Colors, Strawberry DNA Extraction and more!
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Volunteer Section
To volunteer, please sign up at http://bit.ly/pBygWA.
Here is the list of student activities being presented at Noche de Ciencias and instructions on each activity.
1) Will It Sink or Float? – Sink_or_Float.doc
2) Lego Robotics Activity – Engineer A Robot_SJ Version_V3 with notes.ppt
3) Tower of Pasta – Tower_of_Pasta.doc
4) Brown Bag Catapult
Each group of 2-3 students receives a brown lunch bag containing 3 plastic spoons, 5 rubber bands, 15 craft sticks, 1 paper cup and 5 paper clips. Given a time limit of 40 minutes, teams will design a working catapult that will fling a large marshmallow at a set target. Masking tape is provided.
5) Brown Bag Junk Car
Each Group of 2-3 students receives a brown lunch bag containing – 4 Styrofoam cups (6-8oz), 4 paper clips, 1 flex straw and 1 balloon. They must design a car that will travel at least 1.5 meters across the floor (or a smooth surface) without being pushed or shoved by them. 1 meter of masking tape is provided for each group.
5) NASA Paper Rockets – NASA_Rockets_High_Power_Paper_Rocket.pdf
Parent Workshop – Noche de Ciencias Parent Workshop – English and Spanish.pdf
Photos of Past Noche de Ciencas:
– https://picasaweb.google.com/shpesiliconvalleyphotos/NocheDeCiencias2010DavisIntermediateSchool
– https://picasaweb.google.com/shpesiliconvalleyphotos/NocheDeCiencias2010
– https://picasaweb.google.com/shpesiliconvalleyphotos/NocheDeCiencias2009