Engineering Challenges Day Three

Morning Session Ages 6-9
The students completed three different projects this morning.

1. Chair for Mr. Dog
2. Drumming Monkey
3. Henry Builds a Cabin

1. Chair for Mr. Dog

• Used Legos to build a chair for stuffed animal
• Chair needed to be sturdy and prevent the stuffed animal from falling backwards, forward, to the left or to the right

2. Drumming Monkey

• Used Lego WeDo kits to construct a monkey
• Programmed the Monkey to beat on drums
• Students created sound patterns

3. Henry Builds a Cabin 

• Used an online program to construct a house

Afternoon Session Ages 9-12

The students completed two different projects this afternoon

1. Amusement Park Ride
2. Paper Airplanes

1. Amusement Park Rides

• Used Legos to design original amusement park rides
• Added motors to their rides
• Placed lego people in ride

2. Paper Airplanes

• Experiment with different designs
• Tested to see which would go the farthest and fastest
• Discussed elements of the design and how they affected the results