Month: July 2023
Wind Turbines
July 30, 2023
Today our Engineering students took on windmills! They learned how to decide between cost-effectiveness and reliability by having to “purchase” the materials to […]
Engineering Rotations
July 29, 2023
The students went through more rotations today to get even more engineering experiences. One station focused on using the computer program OnShape to […]
Web Scraping
July 29, 2023
In the last workshop for the day, students learned about web scraping and how it’s useful for collecting data from websites. To get […]
Hands-On Data Analysis
July 29, 2023
After learning how to clean data, students learned how to draw insights from the data in hands-on data analysis. Using these insights, they’re […]
Leadership Session – Building Resilience
July 29, 2023
In their fourth leadership session with Big Dave, the students had discussions about resilience and empathy. They defined resilience as “growing despite adversity,” […]
Payload Delivery Systems
July 29, 2023
The AERO students spent the morning building payload delivery systems, AKA the classic egg drop. Each team came up with a unique design […]
Washington at Night
July 28, 2023
Tonight students got to go into D.C. and explore many of the monuments at the National Mall! They explored the WWII, Lincoln, MLK, […]
Washington at Night
July 28, 2023
Tonight students got to go into D.C. and explore many of the monuments at the National Mall! They explored the WWII, Lincoln, MLK, […]
Washington at Night
July 28, 2023
Tonight students got to go into D.C. and explore many of the monuments at the National Mall! They explored the WWII, Lincoln, MLK, […]
Aircraft Carrier Launch
July 28, 2023
Students were tasked to build both a plane and a slingshot (to launch said rocket!), using cardboard, sticks, tape, rubber bands, and PVC […]
