Engineering Class

One of Gavin's favorite play places, Airtastic, recently partnered with Engineering For Kids.  They offer several "Junior Engineering" classes and Gavin got to go to three of them.  The first day was Mechanical Engineering and the theme was "Catapulting Marshmallows."

Here is the catapult Gavin built:

They also used Lego catapults.  The kids got breaks to run around and play, which was an added bonus!

Another day was Civil Engineering (theme: "We'll Huff and We'll Puff") and they talked about buildings, and how skyscrapers need to sway in the wind.  

They built "skyscrapers" from Dixie cups and tape:

The last day was Aerospace Engineering ("1-2-3 Blast-Off"). Gavin had fun on all three days, but I think a big part of it was having play breaks during class.