VIDEO: Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day - February 21, 2013

The fantastic video below, produced by Eweek.com, discusses the 12th Annual Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day event and why it is so important to empower female youth with knowledge about opportunities within the engineering profession. The piece features highlights of previous years and an inspiring overview of Girl Day activities.

This year's Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day is dedicated to the memory of the late Dr. Sally Ride, the first woman in space.  Dr. Ride was an early participant in Girl Day and an inspiration for girls and women around the world.  Her work continues through Sally Ride Science.

Although the national event takes place today in Washington, DC, Eweek.com wants you to know that there are ways you can start your own "Introduce a Girl to Engineering" movement within your community or company using these idea starters:

Idea Starters 
- Do hands-on activities with a Girl Scout troop.
- Talk to a class of high school girls about engineering careers.
- Invite a group of girls to your company or lab for a tour.
- Set up a job shadow programming for middle and high school girls.
- Host an engineering event at your office, local museum or school.
- Look at what other groups have done in the Girl Day archives.

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INFOGRAPHIC: Top 5 Most Amazing Feats of Ancient Engineering

Our "National Engineering Week"- focused content continues with this infographic from Engineering-Management.net. As you read about these 5 ancient engineering feats, keep in mind that structures like the Great Pyramid of Giza and The Great Wall of China took years to build and were constructed without today's advanced construction equipment!

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Source: Engineering Management

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National Engineers Week: Articles, Events & Activities (Links)

Image courtesy of National Engineers Week Foundation

Browse through the links below to learn more about events and activities going on right now in celebration of "E-Week", also known as "National Engineers Week":

Yale celebrates National Engineers Week - Connecticut

Engineers to gather for national week - Oregon

National Engineering Week: It's up to all of us to foster love of science, engineering (Op-ed)
- Alabama

Watertown Daily Times | Clarkson celebrates National Engineers Week  - New York

Four AECOM Young Professionals Honored in the “New Faces of Engineering” Competition by the U.S. National Engineers Week Foundation - California

Engineers Week under way - Pennsylvania

Event celebrates National Engineers Week | Penn State University  - Pennsylvania

Salute to Engineers During National Engineers Week  - Illinois

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