K-State's GROW program sponsoring 'Science and Engineering Jam with the Arts' Oct. 21

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Wednesday, October 18, 2006

K-STATE'S GROW PROGRAM SPONSORING 'SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING JAM WITH THE ARTS' OCT. 21

MANHATTAN -- Forty-eight middle school-age girls from across the state of Kansas will participate in "Science and Engineering Jam with the Arts" from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, on the main Kansas State University campus.

The event is sponsored by K-State's GROW, or Girls Researching Our World, project. GROW is offered through the Women in Engineering and Science Program and introduces middle-school girls to science, technology, engineering and mathematical fields.

K-State faculty and students from biochemistry, electrical and computer engineering, physics, dance, kinesiology and architecture and staff from K-State's Marianna Kistler Beach Art Museum will provide hands-on activities that demonstrate how products and applications from science and engineering can help the quality of the arts.

Activities will include "Fun with Food," an introduction to biochemistry in cooking; "Groove-ology," an opportunity to discover the science of movement; and "Do You See What I Hear?", an exploration of "seeing" music through the science of physics.

For additional information, contact Susan Arnold Christian, Women in Engineering and Science outreach program coordinator, at 785-532-6152 or visit the GROW Web site at http://www.k-state.edu/grow