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Nampa schools and Idaho Transportation Department encourage middle-school girls to consider entering engineering

February 26, 2011 /

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About 30 girls from Nampa’s four middle schools spent most of Friday at ITD headquarters in Boise, hearing from many of the department’s female engineers and touring the labs where technicians scrutinize the materials for Idaho road projects to make sure they will stand the tests of time and 18-wheelers.

After a break for pizza, the girls got to do some experiments of their own.

"It was fun," a contingent from Lone Star Middle School declared in unison.

BY KRISTIN RODINE – [email protected]

Full Story: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/02/26/1542695/engineering-is-for-girls-too.html

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