Hudson Valley Community College Technology Enrichment Programs
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Investigate the awesome inventions created before modern science had really begun! Learn about Leonardo da Vinci and discover how his ideas predicted future inventions.
Technology Enrichment Grades 3 - 5
HVCC TEC-SMART Campus - 345 Hermes Road, Malta
This program is comprised of six modules. Campers participate in all of these throughout the week.
Module 1: Rock Paper Scissors
Module 2: Shipwrecked
Module 3: Think Fast
Module 4: Whiz Kidz
Module 5: Science Fiction
Module 6: AstroExplorers in collaboration with NASA
Mad Science of the Capital District, Instructor
Rock Paper Scissors
Investigate the awesome inventions created before modern science had really begun. Learn about Leonardo da Vinci and discover how his ideas
predicted future inventions. Explore catapults, trebuchets, and more of his amazing inventions during this action-packed camp day.
Shipwrecked
Imagine finding yourself on a deserted island with only a few supplies.
What better way to inspire your own creations? Add into the day a tsunami and a volcano and see how resourceful you can be using Ben Franklin’s inventions as inspiration.
Think Fast
Inventors have always searched for a way to take flight. On today’s journey we will use early inventors like the Wright brothers to launch into the
wild blue yonder. The adventure starts on the ground and travels into space. Take flight during this fun-flying camp day.
Whiz Kidz
Team up with your fellow camp inventors to explore the inventions of others – such as kids, women, Rube Goldberg, and Thomas Edison. Draw inspiration from the “wacky” and the practical! The goal of this camp day is to understand that we have no limitations. Our dreams will inspire invention.
Science Fiction
Join the adventure to infinity and beyond on this fantastic day where science fiction meets science fact. As far back as Jules Verne and as recently as George Lucas, dreamers have explored what the future can hold. Many of those dreams are now reality. Sci-fi meets real inventors to help us explore how fiction can influence reality.
AstroExplorers in Collaboration with NASA
Prepare for an action-packed week where campers will think and act like NASA innovators. Campers will be challenged to use creative and collaborative skills to design a mission patch, train like an astronaut, and solve real-world engineering problems.
Armed with the spark of an idea, a design notebook, and physical and digital tools, teams will modify NASA technology into spinoff designs. Help campers ignite their creative thinking and shoot for the stars.
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