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Engineering Summer Camp in Walla Walla, WA

Parents in Walla Walla, WA book summer in February and regret it in July. The Walla Walla, WA metro area has about 62,361 residents, ranking 384th 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 · Washington · West

Engineering Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Walla Walla, WA
Engineering Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Walla Walla, WA

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

Walla Walla, WA — what applies locally

  • The Walla Walla, WA metro area has about 62,361 residents, ranking 384th in the country.
  • Metro area: Walla Walla, WA
  • State: Washington · Region: West

Questions we get from Walla Walla, WA

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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