Ages: Boys and Girls 6 to 9
Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m..
Weekly Session:
Session 1: LEVERS June 24 to June 28 - $590
Session 2: SIMPLE MACHINES July 1 to July 5 (Week of July 4) - $470 THIS SESSION IS CLOSED.
Session 3: WHEELS AND AXLES July 8 to July 12 - $590
Session 4: PULLEYS AND GEARS July 15 to July 19 - $590
Session 5: SCREWS AND INCLINED PLANES July 22 to July 26 - $590
*Optional Weekly Transportation Fee: $35 per camper
A minimum of 6 students and a maximum of 15 students will be admitted per session.
Session 1 - Young Engineers Levers
Campers investigate the engineering principles of the simple machine of levers, using LEGO® building materials to create the mechanisms, and structures. They explore hands-on activities to learn about the 3 classes of levers and how they are used to provide leverage. From a simple balance scale to the medieval trebuchet and catapult, campers build and discover the science behind levers. This is the camp for LEGO® Lovers! Activities are carefully selected to inspire and stimulate creative-thinking. Campers use LEGO® robotic equipment, LEGO® Education BricQ™ Motion Essential and LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential, and exciting child-friendly software as they complete their learning missions. They document their experience using video techniques available in camp.
Session 2 – Young Engineers Simple Machines (4th of July)
Campers investigate the engineering principles of all the simple machines, mechanisms, and structures, using LEGO® building materials. They explore hands-on activities using gears, pulleys, levers, and wheels and axles. This is the camp for LEGO® Lovers! Activities are carefully selected to inspire and stimulate creative-thinking. Campers use LEGO® robotic equipment, BricQ™ Motion Essential, LEGO Education SPIKE™ Essential, and exciting child-friendly software as they complete their learning missions. They document their experience using video techniques available in camp.
Session 3 – Young Engineers Wheels and Axles
Campers investigate the engineering principles of the simple machine of wheels and axles, using LEGO® building materials to create the mechanisms, and structures. They explore hands-on activities learning about mechanical advantage, the ratios of power output to power input, and how it affects speed and distance. This is the camp for LEGO® Lovers! Activities are carefully selected to inspire and stimulate creative-thinking. Campers use LEGO® robotic equipment, BricQ™ Motion Essential, LEGO Education SPIKE™ Essential, and exciting child-friendly software as they complete their learning missions. They document their experience using video techniques available in camp.
Session 4 – Young Engineers Pulleys and Gears
Campers investigate the engineering principles of the simple machines of pulleys and gears, using LEGO® building materials to create the mechanisms, and structures. They explore hands-on activities that demonstrate the transfer of power between the shaft and the cable or belt of a pulley system and further examine the block and tackle pulley systems and the compound machine created when using gears with pulleys. This is the camp for LEGO® Lovers! Activities are carefully selected to inspire and stimulate creative-thinking. Campers will use LEGO® robotic equipment, BricQ™ Motion Essential, LEGO Education SPIKE™ Essential, and exciting child-friendly software as they complete their learning missions. They document their experience using video techniques available in camp.
Session 5 – Young Engineers Screws and Inclined Planes
Campers investigate the engineering principles of the simple machines of screws and inclined planes, using LEGO® building materials to create the mechanisms, and structures. They explore hands-on activities to understand the mechanical advantage of the slope angle of inclined planes, and its relationship to the screw, an inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder where a rotating helix causes linear motion. This is the camp for LEGO® Lovers! Activities are carefully selected to inspire and stimulate creative-thinking. Campers use LEGO® robotic equipment, BricQ™ Motion Essential, LEGO Education SPIKE™ Essential, and exciting child-friendly software as they complete their learning missions. They document their experience using video techniques available in camp.
The programs conducted by the McDonogh School are not affiliated, sponsored, or endorsed by LEGO® Education or the LEGO® Group. LEGO®, the LEGO® logo, the Brick, DUPLO®, MINDSTORMS®, SPIKE™, and BricQ™ are trademarks of the LEGO® Group. ©2021 The LEGO® Group.