Students Participating in Fluid Mechanics
The basic idea is to have a class-sized science and engineering fair centered around the principles of fluid mechanics. The project will be done in groups of 4 or 5 students. We will form groups in mid-October, and the BYU students will write a short proposal for their project idea (due Nov. 3rd). This is mostly so I can make sure the project is safe and feasible. They will then have about a month to complete the project. Final presentations will be given in poster form on the evening of December 8th in the Clyde building on campus.
I will need to know how many high school students will be participating by the time we form groups in October. In the past, we have found that having at least two Mountain View students in a group led to them feeling more comfortable. Typically, the projects take about 10 hours per person of outside class activities. This includes time to meet, run experiments and put together the presentation. The group decides on what organizational structure they would like and on the task distribution.
I have attached the description of the project that I am giving to my students and an old project liability waiver. Due to some policy changes, I need to check and make sure the liability waiver is still good, but I wanted to include it for your information. In the past I think we have had around a dozen MV students who have participated, and the experience has been overwhelmingly positive on both sides.
Finally, one of the changes this year is that we are moving the presentations to an evening. One reason I am doing this is based on a hope that the MV students, you and possibly even the parents of students would feel welcome to come to the poster session. I got a little bit of money from the university to provide refreshments, so I hope it will be a nice little event.
I will need to know how many high school students will be participating by the time we form groups in October. In the past, we have found that having at least two Mountain View students in a group led to them feeling more comfortable. Typically, the projects take about 10 hours per person of outside class activities. This includes time to meet, run experiments and put together the presentation. The group decides on what organizational structure they would like and on the task distribution.
I have attached the description of the project that I am giving to my students and an old project liability waiver. Due to some policy changes, I need to check and make sure the liability waiver is still good, but I wanted to include it for your information. In the past I think we have had around a dozen MV students who have participated, and the experience has been overwhelmingly positive on both sides.
Finally, one of the changes this year is that we are moving the presentations to an evening. One reason I am doing this is based on a hope that the MV students, you and possibly even the parents of students would feel welcome to come to the poster session. I got a little bit of money from the university to provide refreshments, so I hope it will be a nice little event.
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