(Photo: Anita Sampath)
How can polarized glass in cinema display things in 3D? How do different parts of an image attract our attention? How do autonomous cars work? These are just a few questions that 120 rising 6th and 7th graders at Waverly Elementary/Middle School explored thanks to a recent visit from Johns Hopkins electrical engineering and robotics students. The visit to Waverly was part of So You Want to be an Engineer?, a free summer program sponsored by Baltimore City Public Schools.
“Observing physical phenomenon around our daily life is exciting, but being able to explain them would encourage kids to innovate their ideas and have more fun with their school science subjects,” said Hanh Le, a graduate student in Electrical and Computer Engineering. “Some of the kids had very great questions and ideas about the topics. We were very happy with the experience and glad to attend the event.”
Special thanks to Wenxuan Liang, Subhransu Mishra, Jamal Molin, Jie Zhang, Kayode Sanni, John Rattray, Adebayo Eisape, Hanh Le, and Jasper Stroud for volunteering for this outreach.