A great way to learn engineering is by exploring and constructing your own different toys. In the Junior Mechanical Engineering: Let’s Make Toys classes, children will be introduced to fundamental concepts of energy, materials, and movement.
Two lessons, two different topics:
- Cimbster: In this lesson, students use gravity and friction in getting a paper climber to the top and then bottom of an inclined plane.
- Pop Itz: Students create a toy that catapults various weighted objects, learning first-hand how the greater the force on an object the greater the change of motion. Through this development students explore the job of Mechanical Engineers and the field of Mechanical
- Wind-Up Whirligig: Students will further investigate basic properties of motion, including kinetic and potential energy while building wind-up toys
- Buzzer: Students will create a fantastic buzzing, spinning toy during this lesson
Suitable for both boys and girls, the event is designed for children from 4 to 7 years old. Preliminary registration is required, please follow the link.