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Engineering Summer Camp in Boston, MA

There is no shortage of summer options in Boston, MA. There is a shortage of weeks a child talks about in September, and that is the bar engineering summer camp has to clear.

Ages 7-14 · For families · Massachusetts · Northeast

Engineering Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Boston, MA
Engineering Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Boston, MA

What the week actually is

Engineering week is constraints week. A bridge that must hold a weight, with a fixed pile of materials and a deadline. Children who have never been told no by a problem before meet one here, and learn that the answer is a redesign, not a tantrum.

Day by day

  1. Constraints and a materials budget
  2. First build, first collapse
  3. Redesign from what failed
  4. Load test to destruction, record the number
  5. Showcase: defend the design choice

Boston, MA — what applies locally

  • The Boston–Cambridge–Newton, MA-NH metro area has about 5,034,221 residents, ranking 11th in the country.
  • Metro area: Boston–Cambridge–Newton, MA-NH
  • State: Massachusetts · Region: Northeast

Questions we get from Boston, MA

What do they build?
Load-bearing structures, simple machines, catapults, water filters — physical things that either work or fall over.
Is it messy?
Yes. That is not incidental.
Do they work alone or in teams?
Both. Solo build first, then a team build where they have to defend a design choice out loud.

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Engineering Camp elsewhere in Massachusetts

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