Grinding Gears with Engineers

Welcome, Engineers!

It has been a busy week here at Grinding Gears!

Monday

Monday was car day. The campers made clothespin cars, had car races, and got to design and build their dream cars.

Clothespin Cars

Building Car Ramps

Tuesday

Tuesday was bridge day. The campers got to design and build bridges.

Paper Bridges

Recycled Bridges

Wednesday

Today was STEM challenge day! The Senior campers competed to see who could make the tallest tower out of spaghetti and marshmallows. The Juniors built towers out of STEM materials (marble mazes, lincoln logs, Magna-tiles...). In the afternoon, the Seniors did the egg drop challenge while the Juniors learned how engineers have to be puzzle solvers. They used pattern blocks to help them practice with their puzzle solving.

Egg Drop Challenge

Pattern Block Challenges!

Building Stations

Thursday

Today the campers got to design and build a city! In the morning the campers planned out the blueprint of their city and in the afternoon they built it using STEM materials. The campers also got to build catapults with Miss Kristen. In the afternoon, the campers got to tour the inside a tractor-trailer truck.

Thursday

It was boats and floats day! The campers made boats and then tested them in the kiddie pool. In the afternoon, it was sprinkler time!

Juniors test boats

Senior Boat Testing

During Quiet Time, the Juniors made a pretty tall tower!

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