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so Career Trek - EWB is over, TEAR, for this year at least. We had a really great last night, with presentations by the students about what they learned and interactive games for the students and thier families. Check out the pictures at the website below.

http://pictures.ewb.ca/v/chapters/west/umanitoba/2006/CareerTrek/Presentation+night/

See you next year.

SJ]]> Fri, 07 Apr 2006 21:29:00 EDT http://CareerTrek.tigblog.org/post/37393 49.8833333 -97.166666749.8833333-97.1666667 http://CareerTrek.tigblog.org/post/36767
So I missed a couple of weeks. Exams took me out back and gave me a couple beatings. Anyways, Career trek is going really well. We are finished the water filter, and now we are working on a three person sling shot, so that we can use it for the presentation to the parents. This presentation is on the 5th of April, and the students will be presenting what they did for the year. I will be posting more pics hopefully soon.

SJ]]> Sat, 18 Mar 2006 22:41:00 EST http://CareerTrek.tigblog.org/post/36767 49.8833333 -97.166666749.8833333-97.1666667 http://CareerTrek.tigblog.org/post/35988
So I couldn't figure out how to put pics on this site, but I did find a place to put them and it is

http://pictures.ewb.ca/v/chapters/umanitoba/2006/CareerTrek/

So if you would like to see pics related to Career Trek, check it out.

SJ]]> Mon, 27 Feb 2006 01:34:00 EST http://CareerTrek.tigblog.org/post/35988 49.8833333 -97.166666749.8833333-97.1666667 http://CareerTrek.tigblog.org/post/35844
We didn't get to the next project but we did make some very nice trinkets for practise.

See you next week!

SJ ]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:20:00 EST http://CareerTrek.tigblog.org/post/35844 49.8833333 -97.166666749.8833333-97.1666667 http://CareerTrek.tigblog.org/post/35822
So I was at home for reading week but I will give you the update that I got for last week.

The Clay pot was started, and it went well, but it went too long, so it has to be finished tonight. That means that we will be hopefully finishing the pot and then starting a new project tonight. Cross your fingers! I haven't even seen it yet, so I am really excited to see it. look for my next update to explain the clay pot in detail.


SJ]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2006 12:56:00 EST http://CareerTrek.tigblog.org/post/35822 49.8833333 -97.166666749.8833333-97.1666667 http://CareerTrek.tigblog.org/post/35197
However I got the wrong clay and two of the students were sick, so we went over our water testing information and ideas for our last project. We have decided that as our last day is the 22nd of March, we don't have much time left so it should be a smaller project. One of the better liked ideas was a catapult.

Now I understand this doesn't sound development related, but it could be used for things like outreach events, it is a smaller project and it is something engineering related and interesting. We haven't decided for sure though so it could be something else.

Next week, we are for sure doing the clay pot and finishing water testing methods, so that we can move onto our next project in two weeks.

Later!

SJ]]> Thu, 09 Feb 2006 17:46:00 EST http://CareerTrek.tigblog.org/post/35197 49.8833333 -97.166666749.8833333-97.1666667 http://CareerTrek.tigblog.org/post/34742
Still haven't figured out how to do pics on here, but as soon as I do, I will post pics of the filter as well.]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2006 17:08:00 EST http://CareerTrek.tigblog.org/post/34742 49.8833333 -97.166666749.8833333-97.1666667 http://CareerTrek.tigblog.org/post/34432
Little bit late but I would like to update one what happened at the Dec 7 meeting. We got our research together, and we did some designing. I have 6 designs that I will upload done by the students. The Students decided to Use a two part water filter, which uses a sand filter, and then a clay filter before being fully cleaned. The first step was to design and build the sand filter, and doing the clay part afterwards. Read on to the next post to find out what happened when we came back from holidays.

SJ ]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2006 13:20:00 EST http://CareerTrek.tigblog.org/post/34432 49.8833333 -97.166666749.8833333-97.1666667 http://CareerTrek.tigblog.org/post/34433
SJ]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2006 12:36:00 EST http://CareerTrek.tigblog.org/post/34433 49.8833333 -97.166666749.8833333-97.1666667 http://CareerTrek.tigblog.org/post/33078 So we researched away, and came up with some great ideas for water filters including clay water filters, charchoal water filters, gravel water filters, two pot sediment systems and UV cleaning systems. Tomorow, we will finalize the design and hopefully do drawings and bang out details.

SJ ]]> Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:31:00 EST http://CareerTrek.tigblog.org/post/33078 49.8833333 -97.166666749.8833333-97.1666667 http://CareerTrek.tigblog.org/post/32901
First I will explain what Career Trek is and what we have been doing. Career Trek Phase 2 is an 8 month program run for grade 9 students who are less likely to go on to post secondary education. The students are hand selected because their respective schools think they are something special.

There are around 9 projects being run this year, and this one in particular is run by Engineers Without Borders Manitoba. The idea is to get the students thinking about engineering and technology as it can help people in developing countries.

The first few weeks were spent on introducing the students to development, energy sector, water and sanitation sector, and agriculture and food processing sector. Then we moved onto our design component.

I am excited to say that last week we officially decided on our first project. The students will work on building a full scale water filter for a developing country. Tonight we will start research.

SJ Riley
Team Coach]]> Wed, 07 Dec 2005 18:06:00 EST http://CareerTrek.tigblog.org/post/32901 49.8833333 -97.166666749.8833333-97.1666667