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Engineering Summer Camp in Wenatchee, WA

The Wenatchee–East Wenatchee, WA metro area has about 128,414 residents, ranking 321st 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 · Washington · West

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

Wenatchee, WA — what applies locally

  • The Wenatchee–East Wenatchee, WA metro area has about 128,414 residents, ranking 321st in the country.
  • Metro area: Wenatchee–East Wenatchee, WA
  • State: Washington · Region: West

Questions we get from Wenatchee, 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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