Middle School Programs Key Information
Grades: 6–8 Length: 1 hour Fee: $5.00 per student Limit: 30 students
Key Information
Grades: 6-8 Length: 1 hour Fee: $5.00 per student Limit: 30 students
Key Information
Grades: 6–8 Length: 1 hour Fee: $5.00 per student Limit: 30 students
Bill of Material Zipline Challenge Students will design and build their own ziplines to safely carry a passenger (ping pong ball) down a zipline in less than four seconds. Followed by slowing their zipline down to take longer than eight seconds. Students will be given “money” and material constraints. They will fill out a Bill of Materials to purchase the items they’d like after they’ve designed their zipline as a group.
Industrial Engineering Students will spend an hour working in groups of four to learn about industrial engineering. They will work to streamline their own assembly process of LEGO airplanes. Students will compete against each other to build the most efficient assembly line, meaning they have assembled the most planes per minute with the lowest defect rate.
Crash Test Cars Students explore and experience the open-ended engineering design process as if they are the next-generation engineers working on the next big safety feature for passenger vehicles. They are challenged to design or improve an existing passenger compartment design/feature so that it better withstands front-end collisions, protecting riders from injury and resulting in minimal vehicle structural damage. With a raw egg as the test passenger, teams use provided building materials to add their own safety features onto a small-size wooden car kit. They run the prototypes down ramps into walls. MS-PS2-1
Key Information
Grades: 6–8 Length: 1.25 hours Fee: $5.00 per student Limit: 30 students Key Information
Grades: 6–8 Length: 1–1.5 hours Fee: $5.00 per student Limit: 30 students
Unplugged Artificial Intelligence Students will learn how AI can identify images and how deep fakes are created through acting as neural networks. These activities simulate deep learning where nodes pass information to one another. This activity works best with a minimum of 18 students.
The Catapult Students will use their knowledge of simple machines to build a compound machine. They will design their catapult to consist of a lever and wheel-and-axel. Given building materials, students will design and build their catapult to launch a mini marshmallow three meters. Students will be introduced to potential vs. kinetic energy.
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