1. Engineering Family Day Questionnaire February 18, 2012 Data analysis for K-6 responses n=375

2. K – 6 th grade respondents (n=375) Row Labels Count of Was it exciting to build your structure? Definitely!225 Yes129 Sort of20 No1 Grand Total375 Row Labels Count of Did you have fun watching to see if your structure survived the wave? Definitely!264 Yes92 Sort of14 No5 Grand Total375 Row Labels Count of Did the wave activity help you understand how engineers work to keep people safe? Definitely!108 Yes172 Sort of75 No12 Grand Total367 Row Labels Count of Would you like to participate in other engineering activities like this one? Definitely!210 Yes126 Sort of31 No7 Grand Total374

3. K – 6 th grade respondents (n=375) Row Labels Count of Did this activity make you think about being an engineer when you're older? Definitely!106 Yes110 Sort of104 No53 Grand Total373

5. Row Labels Count of Was it exciting to build your structure? Definitely!248 Yes147 Sort of22 No3 Grand Total420 Row Labels Count of Did you have fun watching to see if your structure survived the wave? Definitely!291 Yes107 Sort of16 No5 Grand Total419 Row Labels Count of Did the wave activity help you understand how engineers work to keep people safe? Definitely!123 Yes194 Sort of82 No12 Grand Total411 All Respondents (n=420)

6. Row Labels Count of Would you like to participate in other engineering activities like this one? Definitely!229 Yes148 Sort of31 No11 Grand Total419 Row Labels Count of Did this activity make you think about being an engineer when you're older? Definitely!115 Yes127 Sort of115 No60 Grand Total417 Row Labels Count of Before participating in this event, did you know what engineers do? Definitely!92 Yes169 Sort of98 No60 Grand Total419 Row Labels Count of After participating in this event, do you understand what engineers do? Definitely!159 Yes187 Sort of56 No17 Grand Total419

7. What grade are you in?7th -8th Row LabelsCount of Was it exciting to build your structure? Definitely!9 Yes7 Sort of2 Grand Total18 What grade are you in?7th -8th Row Labels Count of Did you have fun watching to see if your structure survived the wave? Definitely!9 Yes7 Sort of2 Grand Total18 What grade are you in?7th -8th Row Labels Count of Did the wave activity help you understand how engineers work to keep people safe? Definitely!6 Yes8 Sort of4 Grand Total18 7 th -8 th grade (n=18)

8. What grade are you in?7th -8th Row Labels Count of Did this activity make you think about being an engineer when you're older? Definitely!3 Yes4 Sort of7 No4 Grand Total18 What grade are you in?7th -8th Row Labels Count of Before participating in this event, did you know what engineers do? Definitely!6 Yes7 Sort of3 No2 Grand Total18 What grade are you in?7th -8th Row Labels Count of After participating in this event, do you understand what engineers do? Definitely!7 Yes8 Sort of3 Grand Total18 What grade are you in?7th -8th Row Labels Count of Would you like to participate in other engineering activities like this one? Definitely!8 Yes9 No1 Grand Total18

9. What grade are you in?4th -6th Row LabelsCount of Was it exciting to build your structure? Definitely!90 Yes40 Sort of13 Grand Total143 What grade are you in?4th -6th Row Labels Count of Did you have fun watching to see if your structure survived the wave? Definitely!100 Yes35 Sort of6 No2 Grand Total143 What grade are you in?4th -6th Row Labels Count of Did the wave activity help you understand how engineers work to keep people safe? Definitely!47 Yes58 Sort of33 No2 Grand Total140 4 th - 6 th grade (n=143)

10. What grade are you in?4th -6th Row Labels Count of Did this activity make you think about being an engineer when you're older? Definitely!38 Yes46 Sort of43 No16 Grand Total143 What grade are you in?4th -6th Row Labels Count of Before participating in this event, did you know what engineers do? Definitely!45 Yes60 Sort of32 No6 Grand Total143 What grade are you in?4th -6th Row Labels Count of After participating in this event, do you understand what engineers do? Definitely!64 Yes64 Sort of12 No3 Grand Total143 What grade are you in?4th -6th Row Labels Count of Would you like to participate in other engineering activities like this one? Definitely!85 Yes44 Sort of12 No2 Grand Total143

11. What grade are you in?K-3 Row LabelsCount of Was it exciting to build your structure? Definitely!135 Yes89 Sort of7 No1 Grand Total232 What grade are you in?K-3 Row Labels Count of Did you have fun watching to see if your structure survived the wave? Definitely!164 Yes57 Sort of8 No3 Grand Total232 What grade are you in?K-3 Row Labels Count of Did the wave activity help you understand how engineers work to keep people safe? Definitely!61 Yes114 Sort of42 No10 Grand Total227 K – 3 rd grade (n=232)

12. What grade are you in?K-3 Row Labels Count of Did this activity make you think about being an engineer when you're older? Definitely!68 Yes64 Sort of61 No37 Grand Total230 What grade are you in?K-3 Row Labels Count of Before participating in this event, did you know what engineers do? Definitely!35 Yes93 Sort of62 No41 Grand Total231 What grade are you in?K-3 Row Labels Count of After participating in this event, do you understand what engineers do? Definitely!82 Yes104 Sort of34 No11 Grand Total231 What grade are you in?K-3 Row Labels Count of Would you like to participate in other engineering activities like this one? Definitely!125 Yes82 Sort of19 No5 Grand Total231

13. What grade are you in?Pre-K Row Labels Count of Did you have fun watching to see if your structure survived the wave? Definitely!9 Yes6 Grand Total15 What grade are you in?Pre-K Row LabelsCount of Was it exciting to build your structure? Definitely!7 Yes8 No1 Grand Total16 What grade are you in?Pre-K Row Labels Count of Did the wave activity help you understand how engineers work to keep people safe? Definitely!4 Yes9 Sort of2 Grand Total15 Pre-K (n=16)

14. What grade are you in?Pre-K Row Labels Count of Did this activity make you think about being an engineer when you're older? Definitely!4 Yes8 Sort of1 No2 Grand Total15 What grade are you in?Pre-K Row Labels Count of Before participating in this event, did you know what engineers do? Definitely!2 Yes4 Sort of1 No9 Grand Total16 What grade are you in?Pre-K Row Labels Count of After participating in this event, do you understand what engineers do? Definitely!2 Yes7 Sort of5 No2 Grand Total16 What grade are you in?Pre-K Row Labels Count of Would you like to participate in other engineering activities like this one? Definitely!4 Yes9 No3 Grand Total16