On Friday, September twenty ninth we had our first STEM area tip of the 2023 – 2024 tutorial faculty 12 months! On at the present time, 45 fifth grade college students from the Edward Everett Faculty in Dorchester got here to study engineering (also referred to as drawback fixing).

First, the scholars did the reverse egg drop exercise! As an alternative of the normal egg drop the place you construct a tool to carry the egg, this exercise entails designing and constructing a tool to catch an egg dropped from a peak. The aim stays the identical: you don’t need the egg to interrupt! On this exercise, it’s simulating your head/cranium (the shell) and your mind (the yolk). We talked about mind accidents and the significance of engineering analysis within the space of helmets and different protecting gear. We additionally mentioned ideas like drive and gravity!

Then we did the paper rockets exercise! College students labored in groups to design and construct their rockets. There was a variety of creativity at work! With this exercise, we explored aerodynamics and symmetry, but additionally workforce work, grit, and open mindedness.

Thanks Edward Everett Faculty!

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