UMS Construction Camp Day 2 – Gumdrop Domes

Event Title: Urbana Middle School (UMS) Construction Camp Day 2 – Gumdrop Domes

Location: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Mechanical Engineering Laboratory

Date: August 1st, 2016

Members of ENVISION visited the students in the Urbana Summer Construction Camp at the Phillips Recreation Center to teach them about structural engineering. We performed the Gumdrop dome activity to learn about the strength of triangles vs square. At the end, the students had some free time to get creative with their structures!

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