Summer Camp came to an end this week and we had an awesome summer camp at New Hope Community Church.
Kids explored the fun of machines and mechanics and learned about Gravity, Laws of Motion, Magnetic Forces and Roller Coaster.
They did hands-on-activities to learn all the concepts of mechanical engineering to understand Inertia using coins, made a paper ball to learn about force and played with balloons to learn action-reaction.
They designed a speedy car using all the three laws of Motion. Children came up with their own design in building a car and tested the car to see how far their car can go.
Our big project was to Design and build a zipline that goes from one side of the table to another; eliminate a given friction on the zipline using different strings.
Children then learnt about Magnetic forces. Experiment with magnets that help move an object through designing and building a Maze game.
Also Designed and built a maglev train; Experiment on how far the train can travel with the help of attracting or repelling magnets.
The exciting week was where Children also designed and build their own Roller Coaster learning about Potential Energy and Kinetic Energy.
The week of Robotics was one of the favorite weeks for Children where they build their own Robots and programmed using WeDo Kits. They build and programmed a Milo Science Rover, Robo Car, Rescue Helicopter, Robo Alligator, Pulling Machine and a Vaccum Cleaner.
Simple machines concept helped children to understand how we use them daily like, screws, hinges, spring, Pulley, Lever, etc.
Children learnt about renewable and non-renewable energies and how we need to protect our nature by using renewable energies and how fossile fuels harm the environment.
The last week of the camp was all about computer programming, coding and game making, in which children designed their own games.