TAME Trailer Encourages Science

Hundreds of San Angelo kids had fun learning science yesterday at the Trailblazers science on wheels exhibit outside of Stephens Central Library. The Trailblazer trailer had about 20 engineering exhibits people of all ages can interact with. The 40-foot traveling trailer is the idea of the Austin-based Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering. TAME encourages students to have a STEM — science, technology, engineering, math — career because few college students pursue those fields. The organization encourages minorities to pursue a STEM career. Currently, women only make up 22 percent in those careers. Members of the San Angelo Colts and a few players from the Wall High School football team volunteered, showed the participants how to interact with the exhibits and explained the science behind it.