Location: Bourns Technology Center

Address: 9595 Miller St, Riverside, CA 92503  

Welcome Back & Day 1 Reflection

8:00 - 8:30 A.M.

•  Parents and student participants kick off the day with a collaborative debrief of the previous day's activities, sharing highlights and setting the tone for Day 2.

Team Building & Engineering Skills

8:35 - 8:45 A.M.

•  Teams engage in energizing activities that strengthen communication, trust, and critical thinking--key skills for the challenges ahead.  

Debrief & Goal Setting for Day 2

8:45 - 9:00 A.M.

• Students reflect on their progress and set specific goals for teamwork, creativity, and problem-solving throughout the day.

Escape Room Challenge - Led by Kim Terry (SBCSS)

9:00 - 10:30 A.M.

• Through an immersive escape room experience, students explore collaborative systems thinking, teamwork under pressure, and strategy development--all critical to designing games with shared goals. 

Finding Patterns, Problems & Puzzles: Understanding Game Instructions

10:30 - 12:30 P.M.

• Students investigate how patterns and logic shape effective games. They will analyze puzzles, games and dissect sample instructions to identify what makes a game both playable and engaging. 

Lunch & Team Activity

12:30 - 1:00 P.M.

• A time to refuel and reconnect through lunch and light team games that reinforce collaboration in a relaxed setting. 

Crushing Castles - Engineering with MESA

1:00 - 2:30 P.M.

• Led by Carlos Gonzales (UCR), students build and test structures using principles of simple machines, applying variables to engineer more effective designs in a fun and engaging format. 

End-of-Day-Reflection

2:30 - 3:00 P.M.

Students and mentors review successes and challenges from the day, reinforcing key takeaways and setting the stage for continued growth on Day 3. 

3:00 P.M.

•       Pick up at Bourns Technology Center