Hey everybody! My name is Amelia, and I’m about to start my third year of Math at Carleton! I love numbers and solving problems, but also reading, biking, and music. I’m looking forward to meeting all of you amazing engineers and doing fun experiments! 

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Hi everyone! My name is Fawaz, and I’m heading into my third year of Civil Engineering at Carleton University. I love the engineering and design behind skyscrapers. Outside of classes, my hobbies are sketching, racing, and many things related to cars. I am excited to meet all of you and have a great summer together! 

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Hello Campers! My name is Krista, and I am in my fourth year of Industrial Design here at Carleton University. My favourite hobbies are playing soccer with friends, fixing furniture, and playing with my dog Molly!  I’m looking forward to meeting you all and making a great summer for everyone! 

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Our week starts with looking at how shapes make up the different parts of our world! We will be making colourful tangram nametags with our newly shaped skills!  

Don’t short-circuit just yet! Instead, pop on your electron caps and help us navigate a circuit from a first-person perspective. Watch out for resistors, a surcharge of electrons, and the possibility of tripping a breaker! 

Explore a little version of Ottawa’s Rideau Canal locks! First, by learning about their mechanisms, and then by hosting a little boat-show for our boat creations in the model locks. 

Our geometry knowledge will then be used to create beautiful (and edible!) stained glass windows. Investigate how different shapes can fit together to form a deliciously delicate snack made of pretzels and sugar! 

Next, we’ll shake things up with Super Structures! Campers will be challenged to build earthquake-resistant buildings, then test them against the elements in our natural disaster simulator. 

Where does sound come from? In this lesson we’ll discuss the theory behind guitars and find our inner twang by exploring the mechanics of soundwaves. Show off your inner musician by creating some magical melodies on your own miniature guitar! 

 See light like Bees do! In this activity, we’ll step inside the mind of a bee, seeing the world through their colour-tinted lens. Get ready to explore campus through a pollinator’s perspective! 

All aboard! In this activity, campers will learn about the forces of attraction and repulsion, before ploughing full steam ahead into making our own magnet-powered, levitating bullet trains! 

 Then, we’ll create anything-but-basic art! After a quick lesson on acids, bases, we’ll show off our artistic skills. Don’t be afraid to create abstract masterpieces on our litmus-paper canvases and discover the beautiful rainbow of the pH scale! 

Ever wondered how our bodies know what our brain is saying? In this cere-ously fun activity, we’ll learn all about neurons, and recreate the brain’s inner workings using Sphero Indis. Get ready to form complex neural pathways and watch as our Sphero-neurons fire off with secret challenges! 

Let’s crack open an otters’ natural ingenuity and learn how they form their own tools out of nearby resources. Be prepared to use your paws to ace our aquatic assembly line, finding otter-worldly ways to maneuver treasures out of hard-shelled clams. 

Next, we’ll start construction on our own fan-tastic windmills, and explore the world of power generation! Watch as we breezily convert wind-fueled mechanical energy into electric energy, and light up our own personalized homes. 

Houston, we have a problem... our moon rocks are just too cool! Help us form some rocks that are out-of-this-world and bring them safely back to earth. We’ll discuss the rock cycle, learn about the moon’s geology, and finally craft a souvenir to take home! 

Revel in this riveting wind tunnel demo! We’ll take a nose-dive into the principles behind aerodynamics, and investigate what factors keep planes in the sky. Thread lightly as we make our own (paper) airliners and watch as ribboned jet streams roll easily off their backs. 

Get starry-eyed with this out-of-this-world activity. Starting with a discussion on constellations, and their importance, campers will then connect-the-dots to design their very own astral bodies. Next, we’ll turn out the lights and watch as we light up our very own night sky!