Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) has an exciting list of research based Design and Engineering Workshops (DEW) for kids during the summer of 2018. We have a variety of different themed workshops for all different age ranges! Your child will be immersed into the world of engineering and walk away feeling empowered to be an engineer of the future. Our workshops have inspired many students to go into the engineering field. Maybe your child will become an engineer too! All workshops are held on the Tufts campus in Medford.
Storybook Engineering
Grades: 1st-2nd
Dates: July 9-13th
Times: 9AM-3PM
Cost: $550
This workshop will explore engineering and literacy as students read fairy tales, folktales, and their favorite books to engineer solutions to problems the characters are facing.
Registration link: http://tiny.cc/storyengineer
Art and Engineering
Grades: 6-8th
Dates: July 16-20th
Times: 9AM-3PM
Cost: $550
This workshop will blend all forms of art and engineering as students design art-bots, learn to design in 3D, laser cut and etch, sew their own circuits, and even construct their own musical instruments. Students will have the opportunity to explore technologies and tools like EV3 Lego Robotics, BlocksCAD, Adobe Illustrator, and laser cutters.
Registration link: http://tiny.cc/artengineer
Girls Week
Grades: 2nd-5th
Dates: July 16-20th
Times: 9AM-3PM
Cost: $550
The week will consist of open-ended mini-challenges using different materials and new technologies culminating in a larger user-centered design project. Students will explore the topics of simple electronics, human factors, programming, robotics, and user-centered design. The focus will be engineering, but special attention will be paid to the client and understanding problems to better address problems in design solutions.
Registration link: http://tiny.cc/girlsDEW
High School Engineering
Grades: 9-12th
Dates: July 23-27th
Times: 9AM-3PM
Cost: $600
This workshop will explore simple machines, aerodynamics, robotics and maker tools. Students will be challenged to build trebuchets that fire tennis balls, balsa/tissue paper planes that fly, bluetooth remote-controlled robots and a variety of microcontroller projects. Students will have the opportunity to work with woodworking tools, laser cutters, the EV3 robotics platform, and microbit controllers.
Registration link: http://tiny.cc/HSrobotics
Survival Engineering
Grades: 3rd-5th
Dates: July 23-27th
Times: 9AM-3PM
Cost: $550
In this workshop, students will engineer practical and functional solutions that could help them survive in the wild. From shelter, to water filtration, to catching their own food, students will be challenged with design activities to test their survival skills. Activities will focus on the engineering design process as students plan, build, and test their solutions. Although some activities will be tested outside, most of this workshop will take place in the comfort of our air conditioned workshop space.
Registration link: http://tiny.cc/survivalengineer
Engineering Through Time
Grades: 3rd-5th
Dates: July 30-August 3rd
Times: 9AM-3PM
Cost: $550
In this workshop, students will travel through time to construct solutions to civilizations’ new problems. Students will build architectural advancements for nomads, the middle ages, the renaissance, through present day!
Registration link: http://tiny.cc/timetravel
*All grade requirements are for the grades students will be entering in the Fall of 2018.
Before (8:30-9:00AM) and After (3:00-5:00PM) care is available for all sessions.
