We started off our day by finishing up our songs about equality and our discovery term that we started working on, on Tuesday. After we each presented our songs to the class, we had a brief lesson of the infamous 3D glasses and the technology behind them. Kenneth J. Dunkley, the president of Holospace Laboratories Inc. With our little history lesson under wraps, we packed our bags and headed down to Marbles Kids Museum to see this technology in action. We got our popcorn, settled into our seats, and most importantly, put on our 3D glasses and watched the film “Dream Big: Engineering Our World”. An inspiring film focused towards the importance of getting young kids interested in engineering, along with some beautiful stories from engineers making an impact all over the world. One specific case was a woman who traveled to Haiti where there was a river that the children had to cross to get to school every day, and adults would have to cross to go get utilities such as medicine. Due to the varying rapidness and inconsistent rise or decrease of water levels, many people have been swept away and have died because of this river. The young engineer who came to Haiti began planning simple bridges so the natives she was working with could replicate the bridge easily enough. She began by placing pillars at either end of the river with a rope attached to both sides so people could hold on to something while crossing the river, with the help of some natives who were enthusiastic about learning and helping in her project, this woman was able to build a structurally sound and safe bridge for all people to use. In the afternoon, we watched the movie Get Out which amplified the underlying racism and mistreatment of African-Americans. In our discussion afterward, we went through some subtle, and not so subtle references in the movie such as symbols placed around the house or names that the house owners used for specific things or locations.
Written by: Christina
