1:30-2pm choose day
Mon, Jun 15
|week for 10 weeks
Choose day of week for the 10-week series. $160 for the series.
Time & Location
Jun 15, 2020, 1:30 PM PDT – Aug 22, 2020, 2:00 PM PDT
week for 10 weeks
About the Event
Using only a handful of materials (common household items such as paper, straw, toothpicks, tape, etc.) for each lesson, children will engage in simple activities that expose them to basic concepts in structural engineering, force and motion, aerodynamics, energy conversion, buoyancy, and many other topics. Some examples of what will be done this summer:
Start with small, fun, and seemingly weak materials to build structures tall and strong. What shape is the strongest in structural engineering? What shape is the strongest under compression?
Take just two small household items, and make a rocket! What shapes enable the rocket to fly steadier?
How can you play opposing forces against each other so as to keep slippery objects in place?
What designs of boats make for better buoyancy?
How far can you make sound travel, and what materials best transmit sound?