• Thinking Outside the Box
    The activities will challenge students to think and problem solve in new ways. Engineering and problem-solving teamwork activities will be presented.
  • Building blocks of Human Factors Psychology
    Dive into human factors research by joining graduate students in evaluating LEGO instructions to determine the most effective way to put together a lego set. Learn about important concepts from human factors psychology, such as user experience, accessibility and inclusive design, and make applications to real-world examples.
  • Mission Marbles: A Roller Coaster Adventure
    You'll build a roller coaster track for marbles to see how much energy a roller coaster needs to go through a loop without getting stuck.
  • Paper Chromatography: A fun and colorful method of id and purification
    Chemical mixtures can be broken into their component parts. One simple way of doing this is a technique called paper chromatography. We will looking at various water-based pigments to visualize this concept. Everyone can take their creations home with them afterward!
  • What’s with the Weather?
    We will be learning how to tell the future by forecasting the weather! With maps and current weather data, we'll make a guess on what the weather is going to be like coming up. Along the way, we'll make our own snow, learn why the windy plains are so windy using balloons, and even get up close to our high-tech tornado machine!
  • DNA Fruit Extraction
    DNA is in all living things - including the fruit we eat! In this workshop, we will isolate DNA from fruit cells and watch it precipitate before our eyes.
  • Crime Scene Chemistry: Fatal Flour
    Grandma's being rushed to the hospital! She is complaining of severe stomach pain, headache, fatigue, and weakness! The doctor suspects a drug interaction and needs your help! Dr. Sweet learns Grandma cannot swallow pills and stores her bulk aspirin and ibuprofen next to her baking ingredients. Is this an innocent accident or a baked betrayal?!
  • Scratch Programming for Everyone
    In this activity, you will create a new project with Scratch and explore different Scratch blocks to make the cat do something surprising! What will you create?
  • Hoop Gliders
    Students will design a glider made of a straw and 2 hoops, and test to see how far it will fly. They’ll have time to try 2-3 designs to see if they can improve the distance they fly.
  • Logic Gate Calculator: Building Brains with Binary
    In this hands-on activity, students will build a simple 1-bit adder using logic gates like AND, OR, and XOR on a online breadboard. They'll connect switches as inputs and LEDs as outputs to see how binary numbers are added in real-time. This project demonstrates the core concept behind digital calculators, showing how these basic building blocks scale up to perform actual calculations in computers. Through this engaging exercise, students will discover the power of logic gates in digital design.

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