Do you enjoy working with your hands? Are you interested in learning how to use tools? In this class, students will design and construct their own longboard skateboard! Participants will learn to safely and effectively use woodworking hand tools and power tools as they explore science concepts such as force, friction, and energy transfer. They will also encounter design concepts such as symmetry, alignment, balance, function, and form. Through the thoughtful application of the four C’s of engineering design – Creativity, Complexity, Choice, and Compromise – students will leave with a fully functional longboard skateboard of their own design and construction as well as the knowledge to safely ride and maintain their board! ($140 course fee)
From Plank to Board: Using Engineering Design to Build a Longboard
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About ExplorSchool
For Rising 6th – 8th Grade Students
Your Summer of Discovery Awaits
MITY’s ExplorSchool provides rising 6th-8th grade students a unique opportunity to investigate new topics and dive deeper into their passions at a level that is challenging and motivating. Intellectually curious students take two classes, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, enabling them to explore different disciplines, experience things that are not possible within a normal school setting, and forge new friendships.