Student Program Workshop Modules
You must select 8 workshops in priority order (favorite first) and will be scheduled for 5. Workshops may be changed or cancelled based on registration or instructor availability.
Workshops for 3rd - 6th grade Students Register Now!
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Module Name |
Module Description |
| 1A. Steady Hands | Learn about electrical circuits while you build a Steady Hands Game |
| 1B. Straw Structures | Learn about the strength of different structures while you design and build your own out of straws. |
| 1C. Electrical Circuits | Learn about electrical circuits and build a flashlight. |
| 1D. Motorized Car | Be an automotive engineer and build your own car powered by an electrical motor |
| 1E. Chocolate Asphalt | Learn about road construction and what a Civil Engineer does while you make a chocolate “asphalt” cookie |
| 1F. Programming Robots | Learn about robots and computer programming while you program a LEGO robot. |
| 1G. Bandana Tie Dye & Forensics | What do Tie Dye and Forensics have in common? You’ll find out here and take home your tie dye bandana. |
| 1H. Chemistry of Lip Gloss | Find
out about Chemical Engineering while you make Lip Gloss. |
| 1I. Bridges | What makes bridges strong? Find out here as you build your own truss bridge with directions from a Civil Engineer. |
| 1J. Alkaseltzer Rockets | Build and launch your own rocket propelled with Alkaseltzer. Find out more about the Space Shuttle and Aerospace Engineering. |
| 1K. Tiny Technology: Through the Eyes of a Bug | Come learn the exciting world of microfabrication - how DO you make things the width of one strand of hair or the size of a speck of dust??? As robots and other engineering devices shrink, engineers have needed to learn how to build small sized wonders. |
| 1L. Design a Roller Coaster | Like roller coasters? This is your chance to be the mechanical engineer that designs and builds one. |
| 1M. Solar Fun | Learn how we can harness the energy from the sun. |
| 1N. Balloon Towers | Become a civil engineer and build a stable tower out of balloons. Can yours survive in a hurricane? |
| 1O. Tool Time | Learn about and use different tools while you disassemble small electrical appliances and learn about repairing them. |
| 1P. Design A Dessert | Find out what a design engineer does as you design and construct a dessert. |
(Note that the program for girls in 7th to 9th grades has been moved to October)