“Be Creative, Be an Engineer” Family Event (Science Museum of Minnesota)
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$373
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient Type
Libraries
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2015
End Date
July 2015
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Counties Affected
Nicollet
Project Overview
Sue Miller, from the Science Museum of Minnesota, inspired families to be engineers. She explained what being an engineer meant, and encouraged the children to look at learning as an experiment. Success usually comes through many errors.
Project Details
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Competitive Grant Making Body
Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota for 2013 Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 4
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$373
Other Funds Leveraged
$125
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
Children will learn how to be creative in experiments
Children will learn to try over and over and never give up
Measurable Outcome(s)
. The families that attended this program can make positive changes in their Minnesota communities because of the creative thinking abilities through the experiments Sue provided for them. Children also learned that because something doesn’t work the first time doesn’t make one a failure.
Source of Additional Funds
North Mankato Taylor Library, The City of North Mankato
Project Manager
First Name
Dayle
Last Name
Zelenka
Organization Name
Traverse des Sioux Library Cooperative
Street Address
1400 Madison Avenue, Suite 622
City
Mankato
State
MN
Zip Code
56002-5488
Phone
507-625-6169
Email
dzelen@tds.lib.mn.us
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