ESF Take our Kids to Work Day 2021, with asynchronous and synchronous options

ESF extended family and friends are invited to view recordings created by ESFers at the Take our Kids to Work Day playlist.  Current offerings include a Kitchen Crafting Polymer lesson (Maura Stefl, OELO); The Science of Chromatography (Sarita Perez, 2nd yr Biotechnology major); Wetlands, Closer than You Think (Dr. Sharon Moran, Environmental Studies), an Introduction to Landscape Architecture (3 part series, by Ashley Crespo, Mary Martin, Hannah Noll, Matthew Romano, Elena Juodisius); and DIY Deodorants and DIY Body Butter (Sue Fassler, Sustainable Facilities Manager).  As additional videos are added, we will share to our Facebook page. If you have content to share, please contact Heather Engelman, engelman@esf.edu.

In addition, on April 22, we are pleased to be #BoldlyMovingForward2021, at family’s choice of  9-11:30 EDT or noon-2:30 EDT, at https://www.daughtersandsonstowork.org. The morning session will begin with a live introduction by Ellen Langas and conversation with Ms. Founder Gloria Steinem. The afternoon session will be introduced live by television host Courtney Cason and feature a keynote address by teen inventor Gitanjali Rao.  Each session will then feature live overviews and closings around a cluster of recordings on “15 up-and-coming careers across STEM, Arts, Health Science, Marketing and Business...designed to help students of all ages explore careers and the pathways to achieve them.”  The full schedule and activity downloads can be accessed at daughtersandsons.org; children (through their adult) are encouraged to submit questions in advance at that site to be answered live by Steinem or Rao.

To interact in other ways, including survey responses, contest entries, and receive updates and other information, the child’s ADULT can register at no cost.   Recognizing that some may not be able to take advantage of the program in real time, selected TODASTWD content is anticipated to be available for a week following the event.

While ESF Kids Day organizers hope to resume in-person programming next year, we also anticipate continuing to partner with the TODASTW foundation so that Our Kids can explore more career opportunities, and that Kids elsewhere in the community and world can picture themselves at ESF learning to Improve our World.