Monday and Tuesday STEAM Club
In STEAM Club this month, we are engineering vehicles that are being built with the sole intention to keep the passenger safe in a crash. Students could only use limited materials like wooden sticks, plastic wheels, straws, tape, glue, a plastic cup, wooden cubes, and rubber bands. The passenger in this case is an egg. First, we do all of the designing and testing with a plastic egg. but this week we will be using a hard boiled egg in the final test.
The children have loved this project because who doesn't love to crash things! We set up a ramp that was 1 1/2 feet from the wall, and sent our eggs down to CRASH! Off came tires and some eggs went flying, but what fun is it to have things work on the first try. The redesign is the most fun tweaking the car so that the next run is a little bit better. By the end of the session, most members had a really successful design.
This week should be great fun using the real egg since the shell will be much more delicate than the plastic egg. Who knew how entertaining an exciting car engineering could be! I love how all of the STEAM students embrace each and every challenge with such enthusiasm.
The children have loved this project because who doesn't love to crash things! We set up a ramp that was 1 1/2 feet from the wall, and sent our eggs down to CRASH! Off came tires and some eggs went flying, but what fun is it to have things work on the first try. The redesign is the most fun tweaking the car so that the next run is a little bit better. By the end of the session, most members had a really successful design.
This week should be great fun using the real egg since the shell will be much more delicate than the plastic egg. Who knew how entertaining an exciting car engineering could be! I love how all of the STEAM students embrace each and every challenge with such enthusiasm.
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