Engineering Extravaganza

It was a field trip day.  We went to the Engineering Extravaganza at BSU.  This is a perfect field trip for sixth graders.  You begin with a presentation on space travel and physics by someone from the Discovery Center.  It was interesting and entertaining.  She had everyone involved.  Then our classes are divided up and they move to different centers in the engineering building where engineering students give the groups information and answer questions.  All of the displays are very hands-on.  There are always 4 or 5 kids that are definitely going to be engineers.  They are all over this trip.  Those that aren't going to pass algebra, enjoy it too.  This year they made cheese out of milk and vinegar.  It wasn't too bad.  They pedaled a bike to power light bulbs and a blow dryer, sat in a dune buggy, learned about wind tunnels, computer gaming engineers, and the big highlight - rode a Segway.