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
March 3, 2022
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U of I helps spark interest that might have been waning
It was an all hands on deck competition. Sophomore girls gathered items from a table of supplies and grouped up in small teams to create race cars, powered from the spring mechanism of a mouse trap.