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SUMMARY:NLR Mobile Makerspace @ Juneteenth in Da Rock
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DESCRIPTION:Participate in a Boat Engineering-Design Challenge inspired by
  trailblazing Naval Engineer and local "Hidden Figure\," Raye Montague.   
 Can you make a clay object that can float the most weight?   .\nhttps://la
 manlibrary.libnet.info/event/16655314
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 Rock Mobile Makerspace is excited to participate in the Kids Zone for the 
 Mosaic Templars Cultural Center's<strong> Juneteenth in Da Rock</strong> c
 elebration.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>We will have a hands-on <span style="text-decor
 ation: underline\;">engineering/design activity</span>\, challenging parti
 cipants to create an object out of clay that can carry the most weight.</p
 >\n<p>This fun STEM challenge was inspired by the life and contributions o
 f U.S. Naval Engineer and Arkansas native\, <span style="text-decoration: 
 underline\;"><a href="https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/raye-jean
 -jordan-montague-5565/">Raye Jean Jordan Montague</a></span>.</p>\n<table 
 border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse\; width: 100%\;">\n<tbody>\n<t
 r>\n<td style="width: 59.9419%\;">\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.inf
 o/frontend-images/editor/lamanlibrary/Raye_Montague_Banner.jpg" width="537
 " height="302" alt="" /></p>\n</td>\n<td style="width: 40.0581%\;">\n<p>Bo
 rn in Little Rock during Jim Crow\, Raye was told she could never be an en
 gineer because she had three strikes against her\, being a black woman fro
 m the south.&nbsp\; Extraordinarily\, she overcame all of the odds and bar
 riers erected in her way to become the Navy's first female Program Manager
  of Ships\, a civilian rank equivalent to Captain.&nbsp\; &nbsp\;Raye is c
 redited with being the first person to draft a ship using Computer code\, 
 transforming the fields of Computer Science and Engineering\, while saving
  the Navy months in production and hundreds of manhours.&nbsp\; Montague w
 ould go on to&nbsp\;become division head of Computer Aided Design for the 
 Navy and designed Frigates\, the USS Eisenhower aircraft carrier\, and Sea
 -wolf class submarines.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table
 >\n<p></p>\n<p>With many opportunities to test\, fail\, and revise designs
 \, this activity emphasizes:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>the iterative nature of the en
 gineering design process\,</li>\n<li>explores the physics of buoyancy\, an
 d</li>\n<li>highlights the contributions of a local &ldquo\;Hidden Figure.
 &rdquo\;</li>\n</ul>\n<h4>Juneteenth in Da Rock\, Kidzone<br />Mosaic Temp
 lars Cultural Center<br />501 W. Ninth Street\, Little Rock\, AR 72201<br 
 /><br />Saturday\, June 20 | 11:00am to 5:00pm</h4>\n<p>Find out more abou
 t this event and other Juneteenth celebrations on the <a href="https://www
 .arkansasheritage.com/mosaic-templars-cultural-center/news-events/annual-e
 vents/juneteenth">Mosaic Templars Cultural Center's Juneteenth Website</a>
 .&nbsp\; &nbsp\;</p>\n<p>This program is supported in part by:</p>\n<ul>\n
 <li>the Simmons First Foundation&nbsp\;</li>\n<li>the Science Across Ameri
 ca Campaign\, a collaborative initiative from HHMI Tangled Bank Studios an
 d STAR Net.</li>\n</ul>\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-
 images/editor/lamanlibrary/Simmons_First_Foundation_raster.jpg" width="145
 " height="145" alt="" />&nbsp\;<img src="https://static.libnet.info/fronte
 nd-images/editor/lamanlibrary/Logo_Science-Across-America_Color.png" width
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 eight="51" alt="" /></p>\n<hr />\n<h4>🡺 Did you know that NLR Mobil
 e Makerspace programs can be booked by any Arkansas organization?</h4>\n<h
 5 style="text-align: left\; padding-left: 60px\;"><strong>&bull\;&nbsp\; A
 ll visits and activities are *free* within North Little Rock!</strong><br 
 /><br /><strong>&bull\; Financial Aid is now available for schools outside
  North Little Rock.</strong></h5>\n<h5 style="text-align: left\;"><br />To
  book hands-on STEAM education activities from our Mobile MakerSpace team\
 ,&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.cognitoforms.com/NLRlibrary1/NLRMobileMakerSp
 ace2026RequestForm">CLICK HERE</a>&nbsp\;and fill out our request form.&nb
 sp\; &nbsp\;</h5>\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images
 /editor/lamanlibrary/MMS_request_banner_new_branding.jpg" width="943" heig
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