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Somerset: Engineering for Kids Junior STEM Club Session 1 (Grades: K-4)

Courses - Youth / District 197/Distrito 197 West St. Paul/Mendota Heights/Eagan Area / 197 School Year Enrichment 24-25 / Somerset Enrichment -
197 Youth Enrichment School Year 24-25

Calling all future engineers! It’s time to develop your critical thinking, problem solving and collaboration skills through engineering disciplines.

The Engineering For Kids Jr Engineering/STEM Club brings fun, hands-on lessons every week to introduce engineering concepts at a young age. For each lesson, students focus on developing 21st Century skills such as problem solving, critical thinking and teamwork. These life skills give students the confidence to approach challenges in their lives and realize that they can succeed in almost anything! 

Fall Session 1 Lessons:

Order may vary:

Mechanical Engineering Buzzers Students will learn about some properties of vibration, and make a Buzzer that they can manipulate to change the pitch of the vibrating noise.
Civil Engineering Three Little Pigs Challenge Using the materials provided, can you create a house for your pig that can withstand the effects of different wind speeds?
Aerospace Engineering Stomp Rockets Students will understand the design of a rocket, and build their own.
Acoustic Engineering Flute Students explore sound and make music with their own pan flute.
Mechanical Engineering Zipline Students learn about packing and delivery systems and build one of their own.
Aerospace Engineering Whirling Wonders Students learn how helicopters fly with the concepts of lift and thrust.
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Map/Locations
Locations
197 Somerset Elementary School
1355 Dodd Road
Mendota Heights, MN 55118
2634-F24

  Engineering for Kids Minneapolis

District 197 - 197 Somerset Elementary School : Art Room 111
Tuesdays, Sep 24 - Oct 29
2:15 - 3:15 PM
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Grades   K - 4th

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