Engineering for Your Environment

Mini Week - July 5-7

Instructor – Erin Salter

Campers will design housing, transportation, and more to fit various environments.  Campers will need to think about environmental demands and ways to meet those challenges in a fun and artistically creative way.

Week Schedule

Wednesday:

• What does engineering for you environment mean? Talk about different environmental challenges
• Design and craft a rover for an alien planet
• (camp day photos) (additional photos)

Thursday:

• Discuss earthquake forces and safety: videos and discussion - what does it take for a building to be stable in an earthquake?
• Create models of earthquake safe towns/buildings
• Test your buildings on an earthquake table, revise your buildings to be safer or take on more advanced challenges
• (camp day photos) (additional photos)

Friday:

•  Harnessing the wind: talk about wind power and build pinwheels as an example
• Build boats that move using wind but no sails
• A floating pirate city: put together a city that can stand the wind and the waves
• Student Showcase
• (camp day photos) (additional photos) (Floating Pirate City)