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National Engineers'
Children's Day
at The Children's
Museum of Indianapolis
Saturday, February 15, 2025
10:00 - 3:00
National Engineers Week will be celebrated from February 16-22, 2025.
This year's theme - Design Your Future - is about celebrating engineers and engaging students!
The IEEE Central Indiana Section will be teaming up with
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis,
other local professional societies, Universities and Businesses
to increase public awareness about Engineering and to help young students
consider Engineering as a career option.
The event will be held at The Children's Museum on Saturday, February 15th, 2025,
from 10:00 - 3:00. The program consists of engineers
being stationed throughout the museum with
an activity that ties in with an engineering
discipline. Please note that The Museum conducts limited criminal history background
checks on all volunteers. You must register by February 9 to be able to volunteer.
Please click here to fill
out a volunteer form to participate for the morning and/or afternoon shift. Please contact
Bob Evanich (b.evanich@ieee.org,
317-614-5744) with any questions you may have.
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Engineers Day
Saturday, February 15, 2025 | 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Thank you for participating in the Engineer's Day at the Children's
Museum of Indianapolis!
You are helping to bring our museum visitors an extraordinary experience.
Group Leaders
Activity Guidlines
- Tabletop activities expose visitors to skills needed in
Engineering careers through hands-on activities and scientific
demonstrations. Successful activities have an inviting and
exciting introduction, clear steps, and a conclusion that allows
for further learning.
- Families typically spend 2-5 minutes at an activity table.
We recommend following our "30 second, 2 minute, and 10 minute" format.
The activity content/objective should be able to be facilitated
in 30 seconds, 2 minutes, and 10 minutes depending on
the family engagement.
- Activities should be able to be facilitated for a variety of ages
ranging from 6-12 years old. Activities may need to be modified for
older and younger visitors.
- Activity tables will likely interact with between 300-500
visitors throughout the day. We recommend preparing for 600 visitors,
adult and youth mix, to not run out of materials.
Example Activities from Previous Public Events
- May the Force Be with You:
Explore the power of magnetic forces
large and small and create your own magnetic force.
- Principles of Flight: Explore
model wings and create your own paper helicopters to discover the
science behind flight.
- Be the Inventor: Construct
a gamepad and control a game using Makey Makey software.
- Exploring Elements: All
matter is made of atoms, but what do they look like? Create your
own atomic model of this scientific discovery.
- Chemistry is Colorful:
Create a colorful chromatogram using a few household items as you
discover the blending properties of pigments.
- Powerful Polymers:
Discover the power of polymers found in baby diapers and observe
chemical reactions that look like magic.
- NISENET is a fantastic resource
for short, hands-on activity ideas.
Volunteers
- All organizations and first-shift volunteers must
arrive between 9 – 9:30 a.m.
- Second-shift volunteers must arrive between Noon – 12:30 p.m.
- Please park in our free parking garage and enter the
museum via the skywalk.
- A minimum of 1 volunteer is required with a maximum
of no more than 6 volunteers per organization.
- Volunteers are responsible for covering their
own breaks and lunches.
- Volunteers are to wear appropriate clothing.
- Volunteers are encourages to bring a reusable
water bottle to the event.
Organization Tables
- Unless otherwise requested, each organization will be provided
1 6ft table, 2 chairs, and a table cover.
- All extra materials must be stored under the table.
- Tables must be clean and ready for visitors at all time.
- Use the provided clicker counter to record the number of
visitors who come to the table.
- No food is permitted at the tables. All food must be
consumed in the Food Court.
- Organizations are welcome to distribute any promotional
materials at their table including flyers, brochures,
branded giveaways, etc. Materials beyond this must be submitted
and approved.
- The following items/activities are prohibited at all times.
- Distributing food of any kind
- Latex
- Helium
- Fire/open flame
- Face Paint
- Stickers
- Certain chemicals and substances including dry ice. If chemical substances are needed for your
activity please discuss with us for approval.
Adult Volunteers
All individuals 18 years of age and older must complete
an HR Disclaimer Form OR a limited criminal history check prior to
their volunteer opportunity at the Museum.
- HR Disclaimer Form: If your current employer has conducted a
pre-employment criminal history screening, we will honor your company's successful results. Your employer
must complete the disclaimer form before your event date. Deadline to submit information to volunteer:
by February 1.
- Background Check: The
Children's Museum's provider for this is Sterling Volunteers. After
you complete the registration process, you will receive an email
from Sterling Volunteers requesting information necessary to
complete the background check. Please check your email,
SPAM folders and deleted files for this important request
from Sterling Volunteers. It is important that we complete
this action 72 hours before your event date. Deadline to submit
information to volunteer: by February 1.
Youth Volunteers
All volunteers that are under the age of 18 and groups
with youth volunteers must abide by the guidelines listed below.
- Youth Volunteers must fill out a Youth Volunteer Release Form signed by their parent or guardian by February 1.
- The youth to adult ratio in groups should not exceed 6:1.
- Youth Volunteers are to stay with their group or chaperone at all times.
