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ENGINEERING EXTRAVAGANZA
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Family Science Night
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Volunteer Sign-Up
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All positions require 5-10 minutes of set up and 10 minutes of clean up, including repacking/inventorying the box and completing an Activity Station Evaluation.Volunteer
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1. Tops
How can you make a top that stays spinning the longest? In this activity, participants construct spinning tops out of plastic straws and different-sized disks. Then participants battle head-to-head in the table-top arena.		Tim (ICS)
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2. Dowels
How can you make a big, strong structure out of newspaper? In this activity, participants make dowels by rolling newspaper sheets into long tubes, and then use these paper dowels in constructions. Constructions will easily stand 4 ft. high.		Jennie (TCN)
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3. Catapults
How can you make a catapult that throws the farthest? In this activity, participants build a catapult with a plastic spoon, ruler, and a rubber band. They launch “ammunition” such as a cotton ball, foam ball, and ball of aluminum foil.		Carlos (ICS)
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4. Parachutes
How can you make a parachute that falls the slowest? In this activity, participants construct a parachute out of a paper coffee filter and string. They attach differently weighted objects to their parachute and drop them off a chair to see how slowly they can make the objects fall. (Ideally, two facilitators needed.)		TCN- Ryan
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TCN-Alex
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5. Boxes
How can you make a box? In this activity, participants make their own paper boxes. First, they use a real box as a model, by taking it apart and tracing it. Then they try to make a second box without a pattern.		Pamela (ICS)
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6. Recycling
How can you sort the trash so that the materials can be recycled, composted or reused? In this activity, participants are given a mixture of “trash” (paper clips, gravel, and toothpicks). They are challenged to separate this trash into new categories: recycling, compost, and reuse, using different tools (tweezers, magnets, and water). (Ideally, two facilitators needed.)		TCN- Julia
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TCN - Kyle
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7. Marble Run
How can you keep the marble on the wall the longest? In this activity, participants tape tubes and ramps to a wall, creating a track for a marble. They work together, modifying their marble runs to keep the marble moving on the wall the longest.		Nicol & Carolina (ICS)
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8. Earthquake Engineering
How can you build a skyscraper that withstands an earthquake? In this activity, participants use blocks and cardboard to build model skyscrapers. Then they test their skyscraper on a shake table--a tool that simulates an earthquake.		Maddie
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9. Cars and Ramps
How can you make a car roll different ways? (Can you make it wobble? Skip? Turn a corner?) In this activity, participants build model “cars” out of plastic straws and disks and test them on ramps. Participants will manipulate the design of the cars as well as the ramp surfaces.		Alejandro (ICS)
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10. Circuits
How can you make a circuit that turns on a motor? In this activity, participants build a simple circuit with a motor, wire, and battery. Then, participants choose challenge activities, such as powering multiple motors. (Facilitator should have basic familiarity with circuits.)		TCN
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11. Legos
How can we work together to make a Lego city? In this activity, participants construct buildings out of Lego blocks and build a Lego city over the course of the event.		Lindsay (ICS)
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Registration Table
(Two friendly adults needed...Consider language needs!)		Kaitlin Lewis (TCN - can speak Spanish)
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Event Coordinator
(Generally the Lead Science Teacher)		Sarah, Emma, Liz
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Photographer
(Optional)		Emma
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Event Set-Up
(1 hour before event)		Liz, Sarah
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Mouhamadou, Jill, Raquel (30 mins before)
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Clean-Up (30 min. after event)
(Can also be activity facilitators)		Naomi
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