MESA Day 2016 - Campbell Middle School
Last weekend, we had 35 students from Campbell Middle School compete in MESA Day at San Jose State! Students competed in different engineering design challenges, including the prosthetic arm, popsicle stick bridges, mousetrap cars, balsa wood gliders, egg drop, and bioengineering. Thanks to the dedicated MESA teachers, Richard Timpson and Pedro Garcia, the students were ready and proud to present their finished projects before the teams of industry judges.
Below are pictures of the the 5/6th grade and the 7/8th grade prosthetic arm teams. The teams worked for months designing an assistive device that would pick up and throw as many bean bags as possible into a specific area. Our students used 3D modeling software to 3D print a hand that would best pick up and throw a bean bag. They then used an Arduino circuit board to program a motor to that would move the hand's fingers with the touch of a button. Finally, they used cardboard and other recycled materials to connect all pieces of the arm together. One of the most challenging parts was presenting and documenting their process, budget, and final design in a technical report and poster.
Many of our 6th grade students competed in the popsicle stick bridge contest. The challenge was to use up to 50 popsicle sticks to design and create a bridge that could hold the heaviest amount of weight. Our strongest bridge held 49.5 pounds!
Another popular challenge was the mousetrap car. Students used a mousetrap to propel a car that could travel 5 meters in the shortest amount of time. The fastest time from our 6th grade students was 3.59 seconds!
Five student projects were awarded medals for their categories. One of the 8th grade balsa wood gliders won first place, and will be moving on to the state-wide MESA competition. Campbell Middle School Principal, April Mouton, even came out to cheer the students on! All students left with a deep sense of accomplishment for the hard work that they had put in for the past few months. Many shared that they can't wait to continue engineering next year, in high school, in college, and beyond! Thank you Richard and Pedro for inspiring our next generation of engineers every day!
Below are pictures of the the 5/6th grade and the 7/8th grade prosthetic arm teams. The teams worked for months designing an assistive device that would pick up and throw as many bean bags as possible into a specific area. Our students used 3D modeling software to 3D print a hand that would best pick up and throw a bean bag. They then used an Arduino circuit board to program a motor to that would move the hand's fingers with the touch of a button. Finally, they used cardboard and other recycled materials to connect all pieces of the arm together. One of the most challenging parts was presenting and documenting their process, budget, and final design in a technical report and poster.
Many of our 6th grade students competed in the popsicle stick bridge contest. The challenge was to use up to 50 popsicle sticks to design and create a bridge that could hold the heaviest amount of weight. Our strongest bridge held 49.5 pounds!
Another popular challenge was the mousetrap car. Students used a mousetrap to propel a car that could travel 5 meters in the shortest amount of time. The fastest time from our 6th grade students was 3.59 seconds!
Five student projects were awarded medals for their categories. One of the 8th grade balsa wood gliders won first place, and will be moving on to the state-wide MESA competition. Campbell Middle School Principal, April Mouton, even came out to cheer the students on! All students left with a deep sense of accomplishment for the hard work that they had put in for the past few months. Many shared that they can't wait to continue engineering next year, in high school, in college, and beyond! Thank you Richard and Pedro for inspiring our next generation of engineers every day!
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