Engineering

Students are challenged to build the longest paper chain possible!

Build a tower only out of straws!

Explore the strength of triangles!

Learn how to cut a hole in a sheet of paper, big enough to walk through!

Take on the role of Urban planner to design a system and resources to increase local access to food.

Experiment with different pulleys to lift a water bottle.

Participants examine current and potential energy sources used for transportation.

Participants learn about the history of flight, the basics of force, the four forces of flight and the application of Newton's Laws of Motion to flight.

Participants gain an understanding of how simple machines make it easier to move heavy loads.

Participants explore the current topic of self-driving cars and use it as a platform to learn about the big ideas behind computational thinking.

Participants learn about the economics of science by forming a company to design a self-propelled object.

Participants explore the challenges of space exploration by designing, building and testing a space probe to land on Mars.

Participants work in teams to design, create and test a variety of items to solve challenging science and engineering problems.

Students explore various aspects of flight and apply their knowledge by designing and testing paper planes.

Students participate in a series of exciting virtual quizzes.