Engineering Day

Happy new year everyone! In our quest to keep from freezing this weekend, we ventured over to UMKC to take part in their kids engineering day through a group that sponsors a youth science and math club (think Science Olympiad). They had multiple activities where kids (ages 5 through 14) could design different machines and devices. For example, the kids could design an air cannon, hovercraft, popper scooper, egg toss and Lego city block using found materials like cups, straws, tape, etc. This was right up Christopher's alley as he loves to tape recycled materials together all the time at home. Some of the activities were definitely a little above his level but with a little teamwork, he was able to figure things out. His most successful thing was figuring out a way to protect an egg that would be shot out of a catapult using only tape, 2 straws and two magazine pages. Miraculously, he was able to keep his egg from harm! Here he is waiting for it to be launched...

It was a fun thing for him to experience and I can definitely see some sort of Science Olympiad in his future! Here are a few other pictures of him putting structures together.

One of the most exciting things for him was going to see where Mommy went to "college" (I got my masters at UMKC) and he couldn't believe he was going somewhere that grown-ups go to school. His perspective is so cute!