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Engineering Challenges Day Three

7/25/2012

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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
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