Creator's Workshop: From Land to Sky — Summer STEAM Maker Camp
Week 1: Cruising the Earth · Land Vehicles This week, kids become mechanical engineers, starting with hands-on mastery of saws, screwdrivers, and hot glue guns before diving deep into the inner workings of bicycles, scooters, tricycles, tractors, and cars. Together we'll deconstruct and rebuild wooden go-karts, discovering how gears and bearings transfer power through tactile experimentation. Then students design and build their own vehicle models from scratch—progressing from two wheels to three, then four—culminating in the ultimate challenge: installing electric drive systems that bring their creations to life.
Week 2: Breaking Waves · Marine Engineering From dugout canoes to ocean liners, how did humanity conquer the waters? This week traces the evolution of ships while unpacking buoyancy principles and clever hull designs. Kids construct boat models from the ground up, engineering waterproof compartments, balanced sails, and other creative components before adding motors for autonomous navigation. We'll build indoor test channels where vessels face real trials—load capacity, speed runs, and leak-proofing—letting kids experience the full engineering cycle of trial, error, and optimization.
Week 3: Chasing Dreams in the Sky · Aircraft Design Flight remains humanity's eternal dream. Using aviation history as our roadmap, we deconstruct and reconstruct flying machines to grasp the physics of wings, propellers, and jet engines. The MIT design thinking loop guides every step: defining problems, brainstorming solutions, prototyping, and iterative testing. For the grand finale, each student applies their tool skills and engineering mindset to build a functional aircraft of the future—perhaps a rescue drone or interstellar shuttle—transforming wild imagination into working reality through blueprints and raw materials.
When is the program?
July 6 to July 24, Monday to Friday, 8:30AM-3:20PM
Whom does the program serve?
Current G-3