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By Jennifer Donovan, Director of News & Media Relations
University Marketing & Communications
Michigan Technological University
As environmental groups prepare to celebrate Earth Day, and others concerned with science and research funding plan Marches for Science, Michigan Technological University’s Mind Trekkers are doing what they always do: putting on flamboyant science and engineering shows to spark young people’s interest in science.
And major corporations whose names you know are asking them to do it.
Wednesday through Saturday, April 19-22, Mind Trekkers will be performing at the FIRST Robotics World Championships in Houston, Texas, in partnership with 3M. Thursday through Saturday, April 20-22, another Mind Trekkers team composed of Michigan Tech alumni will be making liquid nitrogen ice cream and skewering balloons without popping them at Lockheed Martin’s Family Day at their world headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland.
On Saturday, April 22, a third Mind Trekkers team will be partnering with the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts in STEAM Punk. STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics.
The following week, sponsored by Dow Chemical Company, Mind Trekkers travels to thePhiladelphia Science Festival.
For the full story, see http://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2017/april/sparking-kids-interest-science-engineering.html.
