building

Our kids are building bridges! After learning about sturdy geometries, they are building structures that can withstand great weight, despite being made out of only paper. They’ll learn about other important features in building stable structures, like columns and bracing.

Our Mad Engineers created and combined triangles into circles to explore the foundation of buildings. They tested if a bridge made of industry-grade materials (pasta and playdough) can avoid collapsing under a water bottle’s weight.   From balancing bottles to launching ping pong balls, the campers were tasked with creating a Trebuchet, or a ping pong […]