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Engineering Summer Camp in Virginia Beach, VA

The Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News, VA-NC metro area has about 1,797,213 residents, ranking 37th in the country. Somewhere in it are children who would love engineering summer camp and have never been offered one within driving distance.

Ages 7-14 · For families · Virginia · South

Engineering Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Virginia Beach, VA
Engineering Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Virginia Beach, VA

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

Virginia Beach, VA — what applies locally

  • The Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News, VA-NC metro area has about 1,797,213 residents, ranking 37th in the country.
  • Metro area: Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News, VA-NC
  • State: Virginia · Region: South

Questions we get from Virginia Beach, VA

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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