Happy STEM!

Hello World!

Are you happy? What is happiness, exactly? A great deal had been studied about what contributes to unhappiness, but the science of being happy is more recent and just as important! Here is a fun info graphic I found to share a little happy STEM 

http://living.msn.com/life-inspired/the-science-of-happiness-2#16

Have a happy day!

:)

Happy Pi Day!

Hello World!

Happy Pi Day! 

Here are some great websites to help you celebrate 3.14, this "celebrity among mathematical constants" and all it's uses and implications

http://www.piday.org

http://www.exploratorium.edu/pi/

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/03/pi_day_history_perfect_symmetry_a_mathematical_constant_wave_formulas_and.html

Time to go enjoy some Pi! 

:)

Photo STEM

Hello World!

I am much busier than usual this month and recovering from a very bad flu case, but I saw this article and had to share! It is about the female programmer of the nifty app Instagram (for photo filtering and more). She has a neat story to share about how she got there and what makes STEM so fun:

https://shine.yahoo.com/work-money/meet-woman-spends-her-entire-day-instagram-214300014.html

I leave you with my latest Instagram and look forward to blogging more next month

 :)

Rosie the Riveter

Hello World!

The other day (okay months ago) I got to meet Rosie the Riveter!

She spoke about riveting of course. In all honesty, I never knew much about this activity but it turns out it was crucial to the building of various aircraft. Each little dot you see on an aircraft is where the skin (the sheet metal) gets attached to the frame. Thousands and thousands of these rivets had to be completed by hand with special tools. It was pretty neat to see the demonstration.

Rosie also spoke about the impact on society that women had as well as the impact that riveting had on women.

Here are some great articles that introduce different aspects of Rosie, from the fact that many ethnicities were Rosie to the Rosie that still rivets today. The social impact of empowerment that occurred is pretty neat to learn about, and from. Enjoy!

:)

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/women-races-created-wwii-iconic-rosie-riveter-article-1.1256754

http://www.nps.gov/pwro/collection/website/home.htm

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/93-year-old-rosie-riveter-working-california-assembly-line-article-1.1470166