Girls dig science and engineering

Sophomore girls work to create a race car using a mousetrap, CD's, and other supplies at the hands-on Women in Science and Engineering event on Wednesday sponsored by the University of Idaho. Handling the tape is Iliana Lewis. HANNAH NEFF/Pres

Sophomore girls from North Idaho schools participated in the hands-on Women in Science and Engineering event sponsored by the University of Idaho on Wednesday. Pictured here from left, Maddison White (in plaid), Iliana Lewis, Sally Gatten and Carli Reeves. HANNAH NEFF/Press

Sophomore Gabriella Inlow of St. Maries High School sketches down what she sees in through the microscope at the hands-on Women in Science and Engineering event sponsored by the University of Idaho on Wednesday. HANNAH NEFF/Press

From left, Jaelyn Barden and Kara Sexton, sophomores at St. Maries High School, collect water from Lake Coeur d'Alene to view under microscope at the hands-on Women in Science and Engineering event sponsored by the University of Idaho on Wednesday. HANNAH NEFF/Press

From left, Jaelyn Barden and Kara Sexton, sophomores at St. Maries High School, collect water from Lake Coeur d'Alene to view under microscope at the hands-on Women in Science and Engineering event sponsored by the University of Idaho on Wednesday. HANNAH NEFF/Press

Kara Sexton, a sophomore at St. Maries High School, collects water from Lake Coeur d'Alene to view under a microscope at the hands-on Women in Science and Engineering event sponsored by the University of Idaho on Wednesday. HANNAH NEFF/Press