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Engineering Fair at The Museum of Flight

SEATTLE – There will be geek family fanfare when the Puget Sound Engineering Council Fair and the Popsicle Stick Bridge Building Contest return to the Museum on March 11. The remarkably rambunctious Bridge Contest is a spectacle for families. The Engineering Fair is a surprising mix of hands-on robots, gizmos and science activities for junior engineers.

Puget Sound Engineering Council Engineering Fair
The universal span of engineering is demonstrated at The Puget Sound Engineering Council’s annual Engineering Fair at The Museum of Flight. Youths interested in engineering can learn all about exciting career opportunities by talking to professionals in the field including those from NASA, Boeing and universities. Student clubs will be in force, and there are plenty of hands-on activities for young children. The 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. event is free; general admission tickets are needed for the other Museum galleries.

Popsicle Stick Bridge Contest
Passions run high on Saturday morning, as teams of high school students from around Puget Sound compete to have their dreams shattered in front of a large audience of parents and peers in the Museum’s Great Gallery. It is all engineered for good fun at the annual Popsicle Stick Bridge Building Contest, sponsored by the Younger Member Forum of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Competitors must design and build small bridges that are strong and aesthetically pleasing while using only Popsicle sticks and white glue. The bridges are judged for creativity, and then subjected to the pressures of a hydraulic press until they snap. The longest-lasting and most original structures win. Event runs 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and is free with Museum admission.

For general Museum information, please call 206-764-5720 or visit www.museumofflight.org

A child learns about science with Legos at the Engineering Fair. Ted Huetter/The Museum of Flight.