Engineering

Hands on science and engineering activities to engage your brain and fun!

The Dragons are the only FIRST Tech Challenge robotics team in the world to apply green energy to the competition. The students will display and discuss their solar charging station that they use to keep their robot charged during competition. The Dragons will also provide a hands-on activity where visitors to the booth will drive a FIRST Tech Challenge robot, and try to score "points" in a simulation of a FIRST competition.

At our booth builders of all ages will design and create something that might fly or roll. After designing, they will test the prototype on a wind machine and redesign as needed.

We will set up a display of our alternative garden systems (four vegetable towers ) as well as demonstrate our plan to host a community farmer's Market 1-2 times per month. There is also another student who will set up a video / prototype model of a "soccer shoe cooling device." We would like to request a 10x20 space if possible.

We will set up a display of our alternative garden systems (four vegetable towers ) as well as demonstrate our plan to host a community farmer's Market 1-2 times per month. There is also another student who will set up a video / prototype model of a "soccer shoe cooling device." We would like to request a 10x20 space if possible.

Same as last year

An interactive display that will have examples of wing construction, design and evolution. Small interactive displays that will teach how a wing makes lift, why all the different designs, why the first designs didn't work, aviation/aircraft today and aviation career paths. These stations will be complimented by volunteers giving kids a chance to build an easy model to take with them or participate in a paper airplane "length of flight contest" with a small prize for each heats winner!

In this booth, we will demonstrate how to make "video game controllers" out of cardboard, foil, glue, makey makey (makeymakey.com) devices, and a laptop. Students will go through 2 different stations: controller design and testing. The design station will be cutting out and decorating a cardboard controller. The testing station will be hooking up the controller to a makey makey and using it to play 1 level of Guitar Hero, Super Mario Bros, or game on Scratch (scratch.mit.edu) on our laptops.

The booth will incorporate several different hands-on activities (yet to be determined, but we have ideas flowing!) that incorporate engineering. Testing is in our nature and we are eager to share this with our community. When do things break? Why does a glass break at a different frequency than a brick? Why does ice melt at a different temperature than plastic? These are the kinds of questions we love to explore and find ways to improve performance of products and packaging.