Welcome to Club
Imagination.
SUNY COBLESKILL, JULY 6-10, 2015.
Introductions
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Mrs. Schel is here to help! You will see her everywhere!!!
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Your Counsellors are high school students who LOVE SCIENCE!!!!!
Sarah
Maya
Your Instructors Represent Newton’s 3
Laws of Motion
Mrs. Hanes
What does this mean?
MOTION
An object in motion
stays in motion until
acted on by an
outside force. An
object at rest stays
at rest until acted
on by an outside
force.
This means that there is a
natural tendency of objects to
keep on doing what they're
doing. All objects resist
changes in their state of
motion. In the absence of an
unbalanced force, an object
in motion will maintain this
state of motion.
Let's study the "skater" to understand
this a little better.
Your Instructors Represent Newton’s 3
Laws of Motion
Mr. Beekman
What does this mean?
FORCE
Acceleration is produced
when a force acts on a
mass. The greater the
mass (of the object being
accelerated) the greater
the amount of force
needed (to accelerate
the object).
F = ma
Heavier objects require more
force to move the same
distance as lighter objects.
Your Instructors Represent Newton’s 3
Laws of Motion
Mrs. Elder
What does this mean?
REACTION
Every force or
reaction has an
equal but
opposite reaction.
That is to say that
whenever an object
pushes another object it
gets pushed back in the
opposite direction
with the same force.
Let's study how a rocket works...
The rocket's
action is to push
down on the
ground with the
force of its
powerful engines,
and the reaction
is that the
ground pushes
the rocket
upwards with an
equal force.
This week at camp you will be building
a golf course, and experimenting with
scientific concepts.
Mrs. Hanes
Mr. Beekman
Mrs. Elder
You will study golf
course architecture,
and how it effects the
motion of your golf
game. You will design
your own
course
elements.
You will study force,
build whackers and
putters, and test them
out as you “play” your
golf hole.
You will study scientific reactions in
the form of experiments. You will
also do math puzzles and
technology-themed art.
This is what your
week will look like…
Monday – Thursday: Stations, tours, recess and design time.
Friday: We play! Take your whackers to try out each other’s
golf holes.
This is what your day will look like…
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8:00-8:30
ARRIVE. Watch Science Videos in the Auditorium OR create in the Lego Lounge.
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8:30 – 9:00
GATHER & share news in the auditorium
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9:00-11:40
STATIONS: You will spend about 50 minutes each with Mr. Beekman, Mrs. Hanes, and Mrs.
Elder, doing different activities at each station. You will travel with your color group. You will eat snack
at Mrs. Elder’s station.
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11:40 – 12:45 LUNCH! We eat at the campus dining hall together.
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12:45 – 2ish TOURS! You will take one or two tours to cool locations on the SUNY campus. You will
learn how to design and print with a 3D printer! You will experiment in the computer lab, see the farm,
check out the fish, see animals, and have a great time exploring all the campus has to see.
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2ish-2:30
RECESS! We will meet in Alumni Commons for some fun and relaxation.
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2:30 – 3:45
WORK! Meet with your golf groups to design and build and test your golf hole.
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3:45 – 4:00
GATHER back where we started in the auditorium. Recap our day and hand out awards.
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4:00
PARENT PICK UP. See you again tomorrow!
But first…..
we sing!
(This is Summer Camp, after all!)
Hello.
 My
name is Joe.
 I’ve got a house, 3 kids and 1 spouse.
 And I work in a button factory.
 And one day, my boss came up to me and he said,
 “Hey Joe, are you busy?”
 I said, “No.”
 “Can you hit this button with your _______________ ?”
FROGGIES!!!! A repeat song.
Dog.
Dog, cat.
Dog, cat biiiiiiird.
Froggy!
Itsy bitsy teeny weenie little greeny froggy.
Jump high, catch a fly cute little froggy.
A juuump, a juuump, a jump little froggy.
Ribbit ribbit croak, ribbit croak, ribbit ribbit
croak.
MIT Fight Cheer
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I'm a Beaver, you're a Beaver, we are Beavers all.
And when we get together, we do the Beaver call!
E to the U du dx,
E to the X dx.
Cosine, secant, tangent, sine, 3.14159.
Integral radical mu dv
Slipstick, sliderule, MIT!
Now…to Station 1…
Mrs.
Mr.
Hanes: Down the hall
Beekman: Up the stairs
Mrs.
Elder: To the cafe