Welcome to Engineering Week at
Dumbarton Middle School!
February 20-26, 2005

Trivia Links-

Go to these sites to find the WDMS trivia answers-

Question 1: http://www.eweek.org/2002/News/Features/gw.shtml
Which U.S. president was sometimes described as the "the first US engineer"?
This leader directed a growing nation toward technical advancements, invention, and education. He promoted construction of roads, canals, the Capitol, docks and ports, water works, and new efforts to extract coal and ores and develop manufacturing resources.

Question 2: http://www.eweek.org/site/News/Features/women.shtml
This woman invented the distress signal flare in 1871. What was the woman's name?

Question 3: http://www.emeagwali.com/african-american/upscale/african-american-inventors.html
#3 - What did Kedrich Jackson, an african american
Hardware Design Engineer, help to recently invent?