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Ms. Jeannine Finton

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Ms. Jeannine Finton


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RE: Accurate and Inaccurate Portrayals of Civil Engineers in Movies and TV Shows

Posted By Jeannine Finton 12-08-2020 09:53 AM
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I highly recommend the television series Numb3rs, currently available on Hulu. It features the premise of two brothers, one in the FBI and the other a math genius, who find ways to solve crimes together. The father, played by Judd Hirsch, is described as a city planner. His knowledge of infrastructure ...

RE: Working and Parenting full-time during the pandemic: how do you do it?

Posted By Jeannine Finton 07-27-2020 11:30 AM
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Hi everyone-- Please consider me a resource for you, not just in terms of how ASCE does outreach, but also for learning questions in general. I have over 30 years experience in a variety of educational settings. I worked from home as an educational writer/consultant with pre-schoolers, and when my ...

RE: Early STEM Memories

Posted By Jeannine Finton 07-17-2020 10:37 AM
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Hi Heidi-- I love the description of the core sampling activity! I don't think my elementary school had much in the way of hands-on science experiences, but we always had science related magazines such as National Geographic available at home. I didn't read the articles, but I loved looking at ...

RE: What is your favorite STEM outreach hands-on activity?

Posted By Jeannine Finton 05-14-2020 04:10 PM
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Thanks for sharing this Katie! We've just posted a similar activity, Water Pollution Clean Up, to the Everyday Engineering: STEM@Home materials. I'm going to share the link to the Orange County Branch video as part of the activity support. We've just posted a new video showing the activity with more ...

RE: What is your favorite STEM outreach hands-on activity?

Posted By Jeannine Finton 05-06-2020 10:06 AM
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Hi Dani--Do you think that you could do a short video of yourself, or someone from Philly, doing that activity so we could share it in the Everyday Engineering list? It has to be 2-minutes or less. Let me know and we can discuss what's needed. I definitely think that schools are going to be hypervigilant ...

RE: What are you doing for pre-college STEM outreach?

Posted By Jeannine Finton 04-22-2020 10:06 AM
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Hi Luis-- Please keep me posted if you create a structures experiment to do at home. The activities developed for Dream Big: Engineering Our World may give you a starting point. We just released home-based versions of Windy City Tower and Build an Earthquake Resistant Structure. You can find the collection ...

RE: Working from Home With Kids

Posted By Jeannine Finton 03-25-2020 04:09 PM
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Just wanted to let you know that ASCE has a wide variety of materials that can be used with kids. We're beefing this up even more by creating a series "Everyday Engineering: STEM@Home" where we share how to do some of our Dream Big activities in the home environment. Our first activity "Foil Boats" talks ...

RE: The Science of Effective Mentorship in STEMM

Posted By Jeannine Finton 01-06-2020 01:01 PM
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One of the ways that ASCE supports STEMM mentorship in the pre-college realm is through the Civil Engineering Club program. You can find out more at https://www.asce.org/civil_engineering_club/. Let me know if you have any questions! Jeannine Finton Sr. Manager, Pre-College Outreach ASCE ...

RE: Baseball Fever!

Posted By Jeannine Finton 10-28-2019 10:54 AM
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Hi Jameelah-- I'm going to follow this thread with interest. We're always looking for projects like this to highlight in pre-college outreach publications and videos ------------------------------ Jeannine Finton Aff.M.ASCE Senior Manager of Pre-College Outreach ASCE Reston VA [email protected] ...

RE: Activities for 10-year-olds for Girl Scouts

Posted By Jeannine Finton 10-22-2018 01:08 PM
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Hi--I'm the Senior Manager of Pre-College Outreach for ASCE. You've received several good ideas already and I'm going to share some additional ones based on the numerous pre-college materials we have available. You can reach me at 703-295-6310 or [email protected]. ASCE also has some fun give-aways ...

Developing a map for a Rain Garden Activity

Posted By Jeannine Finton 06-06-2018 10:31 AM
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We are finalizing a Sustainability module for the Civil Engineering Clubs. One of the activities has students evaluating where to locate a rain garden(s) on a simple map of a school property. The current map shows the outline of the school, location of parking lots, and where there are trees, but we ...

Green Stormwater Infrastructure – Rain Gardens

Posted By Jeannine Finton 06-23-2017 11:24 AM
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Hi All, We are planning to include an activity about rain gardens in the new Sustainability module for Civil Engineering Clubs. There's a great deal of information about how home owners can plan and locate rain gardens. Is there any specific information about how civil engineers would locate ...