Modular Structure
Catapult
Students make model catapults to explore Newton’s Second law of motion.
Key topics: Lines and angles, Laws of motion
Zoo
Students learn to re-design a habitat for animals making it more friendly for residents and visitors as well as more profitable.
Key topics: Area, design, angles, shapes, animal life
Farm To Table
Students learn about the urban farming revolution, how plants can be grown in cities, and the impacts urban farms can have on their communities.
Key topics: Problem-Solving • Irrigation • Photosynthesis
Lunar Colony
Students learn how to create a colony on the moon suitable for human inhabitance within constraints of resources and supplies.
Key topics: gravity, life sciences, water, filtration,. Sustenance, air, atmosphere
Kinetic Sculpture
Students will be introduced to key concepts and skills of kinetic sculpture, including balance, gearing, energy sources and design-oriented thinking.
Key topics: Conservation of Energy • Principles of Balance • Gearing • Design-Oriented Thinking
Archimedes Principle
Students learn problem solving to create a raft, boat, plank or floating structure to ferry fellow students to safety while they are trapped in a flood situation
Key topics: Principles of density, shape, volume, floating/sinking, surface tension, measurements, buoyancy, surface area, Pressure, Mass
Robotics
Students learn how to build different robots and program them to move. Students work with motors and sensors, and explore how light, touch, sound, ultrasonic, color and accelerometer sensors can enhance our robots.
Key topics: Block Programming • Sensors • Simple Machines • Problem-Solving
Cyclone
Students will learn about the devastating effects of wind and rain on buildings and the environment, and how these can be mitigated by applying scientific principles.
Key topics: Engineering Design Process • architecture • form & function • Resiliency • Geometry
Taxonomy
Students will learn about the role of natural selection in evolution and examine how the use of biotechnology may alter that relationship
Key topics: Engineering Design Process • Taxonomy • Evolution • Adaptation • Biotechnology • Debate
Plant Plumbing : Parallels Between Fluid Transport In Plants & Animals
Students learn about the urban farming revolution, how plants can be grown in cities, and the impacts urban farms can have on their communities.
Key topics: Anatomy • Vascular System• Circulatory System• Botany• Nutrition • Modeling