Zukunftstag

Today Jasmine participated in the Swiss national Zukunftstag ("future day") in Bern University of Applied Sciences. She made a printed circuit board that functioned as a thermometer and was very excited about it!

On Zukunftstag, many Swiss companies and organizations open up their doors to 5-7th graders so the kids can get a glimpse of different career options. It's somewhat similar to the "Take Your Kids to Work Day" in the US, but the focus here is to get the kids exposed to fields that are not traditionally associated with their genders.  Initially it was only for girls but had since evolved to include both genders.

I wish there were similar programs in the US.  Maybe there would be more female engineers then!

Jasmine made this PCB board in Zukunftstag.