{"id":253,"date":"2018-04-17T09:27:33","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T08:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/women-in-engineering\/?p=253"},"modified":"2018-04-17T09:27:33","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T08:27:33","slug":"wesbath-visit-18th-bath-brownies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/women-in-engineering\/2018\/04\/17\/wesbath-visit-18th-bath-brownies\/","title":{"rendered":"WESBath visit 18th Bath Brownies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April is a busy month, but on Monday, 16 April we took a break to visit the 18th Bath Brownies in All Saints Centre. Four engineers went along;\u00a0 Anna Scott, Molly Mcmaster, Amy Wynn and myself.<\/p>\n<p>This brownies group was full of enthusiastic girls that were excited for the activity we planned - the straw tower challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the activity we ensured that the girls understood the engineering behind a strong structure. We explained how the triangle is the strongest shape and how a shorter straw is less likely to bend.\u00a0 \u00a0When everyone had finished building their towers, it was testing time!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/women-in-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2018\/04\/18th-Bath-Brownies-16.04.18-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-254\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/women-in-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2018\/04\/18th-Bath-Brownies-16.04.18-2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/women-in-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2018\/04\/18th-Bath-Brownies-16.04.18-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/women-in-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2018\/04\/18th-Bath-Brownies-16.04.18-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/women-in-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2018\/04\/18th-Bath-Brownies-16.04.18-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/women-in-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2018\/04\/18th-Bath-Brownies-16.04.18-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/women-in-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2018\/04\/18th-Bath-Brownies-16.04.18-2-215x215.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We had some really strong structures that could hold the beaker completely filled with water!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/women-in-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2018\/04\/18th-Bath-Brownies-16.04.18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-255\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/women-in-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2018\/04\/18th-Bath-Brownies-16.04.18-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/women-in-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2018\/04\/18th-Bath-Brownies-16.04.18-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/women-in-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2018\/04\/18th-Bath-Brownies-16.04.18-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/women-in-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2018\/04\/18th-Bath-Brownies-16.04.18-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/women-in-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2018\/04\/18th-Bath-Brownies-16.04.18-287x215.jpg 287w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/women-in-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2018\/04\/18th-Bath-Brownies-16.04.18.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We hope that some of those girls end up being engineers, because we\u2019re sure they\u2019ve got what it needs!<\/p>\n<p>Leen Jabban<\/p>\n<p>WESBath Co-Chair, 3rd year IMEE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April is a busy month, but on Monday, 16 April we took a break to visit the 18th Bath Brownies in All Saints Centre. 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