Recent K-12 Outreach Events

John H Taggart School (August 2023)

On August 1, 2023 ASCE Philadelphia YMF visited Taggart School in South Philadelphia. Volunteers John Healy and Kerianne Chen gave a presentation and ran a water pollution activity for approximately 40 students, in 2nd to 5th grade. The students, participating in Pennsylvania’s Migrant Education program, had been learning about water over the past month. Following the civil engineering overview presentation, students designed their own filtration system to aid in removing particulates from the “polluted” water. Students used coffee filters, cotton balls, marbles, spoons, cups, and a recycled soda bottle to filter out the dirt and trash in the dirty water. Volunteers and students enjoyed experimenting with the materials to determine how best to filter the water.