Event title: Kenwood Field Trip
Location: Mechanical Engineering Laboratory and Digital Computer Laboratory
Date: November 4th, 2016
ENVISION partnered with POETS to host 75 4th and 5th graders from Kenwood Elementary. The kids played with LEGO Mindstorm kits in the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, where they programmed robots to move in a specific shape.
The students then moved over to DCL to build water roller coasters with aluminum foil coated with a superhydrophobic material. The goal was to transport water from start to finish without any leaking. Their roller coaster ride had to have at least 1 turn and needed a unique name. Some of the names from today’s event were “Wolf’s Tail” and “Dragon’s Eye”.
One of the teachers overheard four different students say “Best fieldtrip ever!”
