1. © 2011 SHPE Silicon Valley Noche de Ciencias / Family Science Night April 2012 Sponsored by

2. © 2011 SHPE Silicon Valley2 Background  It’s a grass-roots, Spanish-English, national campaign by the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) to create mass awareness of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and higher education opportunities for Hispanics.  SHPE Noche de Ciencias (Family Science Night) is a bilingual program for Hispanic parents and pre-college youth targeting Hispanic communities across the United Status.  Goal to reach 100 communities and touch 10,000 Latino minds annually.  In the Silicon Valley, this will be our 7 th Noche de Ciencias since 2008.  Davis Intermediate School hosting 2 nd Noche de Ciencias (2010, 2012)

3. © 2011 SHPE Silicon Valley3 Location & Time  Davis Intermediate School 5035 Edenview Drive San Jose, CA 95111 (408) 227-0616  Wednesday, April 4, 2012  6:00 pm – 8:30 pm  Setup begins at 4:30pm  Volunteers arrive at 5:00pm  Expecting over 100 students and parents  Please wear t-shirts with company or college logo

4. © 2011 SHPE Silicon Valley4 School Information Davis Intermediate School 5035 Edenview Drive San Jose, CA 95111 (408) 227-0616 Principal: Derek Grasty http://davis.schoolloop.com/

5. © 2011 SHPE Silicon Valley5 Agenda  4:30pm – 6:00pm: Setup  6:00pm – 6:15pm: Registration/Food  6:15pm – 6:30pm: Introduction/Welcome (Bilingual)  6:30pm – 8:00pm: Hands-On Activities (Students)  6:30pm – 8:00pm: College Choices / Financial Aid (Parents, Bilingual)  8:00pm – 8:15pm: Closing Remarks  8:15pm – 9:00pm: Clean-up

6. © 2011 SHPE Silicon Valley6 Volunteer Roles  Student Activity Volunteers  Parent Workshop Volunteers  Registration Booth Volunteers  Gift Bag Volunteers  Food Volunteers  General Volunteers (Setup, Support)  Video & Picture Taking Volunteers

7. © 2011 SHPE Silicon Valley7 Student Activities Descriptions/Handouts - http://bit.ly/nochedeciencias2012 Activity Name# of Volunteers NASA Space ExplorationTBD MESA Brown Bag Junk Car4 MESA Brown Bag Catapult4 MESA Brown Bag Bridge4 Thermo Fisher Monster Toothpaste5 Thermo Fisher Slime5 IBM Lego Robotics Activity5

8. © 2011 SHPE Silicon Valley8 Dual Parent Workshops  1 st Half (45 mins) – Presentation about college preparation and financial aid for their children (lead by Moderator) – 2 volunteers answer any questions the parents may have about preparing their son and/or daughter for college  2 nd Half (45mins) – TBA

9. © 2011 SHPE Silicon Valley9 Other Volunteer Roles  Help register all students and parents including volunteers  Help distribute gift bags to every student  Taking pictures during the event  Help serve prepared food from Mexico Lindo to everyone (students, parents, and volunteers)  Help direct traffic and assist any students or parents with questions  Help with setup and clean-up

10. © 2011 SHPE Silicon Valley10 Davis Intermediate School

11. © 2011 SHPE Silicon Valley11 Event Layout Diagram CodeName Workshops W1College WorkshopW2 TBD Booths B1Lego RoboticsB5Monster Toothpaste B2Junk CarB6Secret Fingerprint B3BridgeB7Space Exploration B4Catapult

12. © 2011 SHPE Silicon Valley12 Photos of Past Noche de Ciencias https://picasaweb.google.com/shpesiliconvalleyphotos/NocheDeCiencias2009 https://picasaweb.google.com/shpesiliconvalleyphotos/NocheDeCiencias2010 https://picasaweb.google.com/shpesiliconvalleyphotos/NocheDeCiencias2010DavisIntermediateSchool https://picasaweb.google.com/shpesiliconvalleyphotos/NocheDeCiencias2011LosArbolesElementary

13. © 2011 SHPE Silicon Valley13 Contact Details & More Information  David Silva – E-mail: david@shpe-sv.org, dksilva@us.ibm.comdavid@shpe-sv.orgdksilva@us.ibm.com – Work: (408) 463-5248  Rosalinda Zepeda – E-mail: rosie@shpe-sv.orgrosie@shpe-sv.org  Visit: – http://bit.ly/nochedeciencias2012http://bit.ly/nochedeciencias2012 – http://www.shpe-sv.org/http://www.shpe-sv.org/