LEGO Technic Mechanics

This week we began learning about LEGO construction techniques. Seanna Watson, our resident LEGO expert, showed us a few tips and tricks of LEGO construction and demonstrated how strong and solid a rover can be... and survive the crash of landing on MARS. Our first challenge is to build a dragster. The goal is for the dragster to travel the largest distance in 5 seconds. The idea is to get familiar with the various LEGO parts, how to keep the car light, while picking the right wheel and gear sizes for a peek acceleration. The team leaders, are as usual, available to provide us with assistance and suggestions. Here's Mr. G trying to identify a strange LEGO part.

Recreating Our Solar System

Our participants have been working on creating a miniature replica of our solar system.

They researched the planets of the system, created planet fact sheets and positioned them along a string that shows the scaled down distances between the planets.