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Engineering Summer Camp in Shreveport, LA

Parents in Shreveport, LA book summer in February and regret it in July. The Shreveport–Bossier City, LA metro area has about 383,474 residents, ranking 146th in the country. What separates a week worth repeating is whether the child was ever genuinely stuck and then unstuck.

Ages 7-14 · For families · Louisiana · South

Engineering Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Shreveport, LA
Engineering Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Shreveport, LA

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

Shreveport, LA — what applies locally

  • The Shreveport–Bossier City, LA metro area has about 383,474 residents, ranking 146th in the country.
  • Metro area: Shreveport–Bossier City, LA
  • State: Louisiana · Region: South

Questions we get from Shreveport, LA

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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