What You'll Do
Watch your engineering skills soar with your own graceful glider. Experiment with paper construction techniques as you fashion wings and loops that catch air and create drag. Be Reflective as you try different shapes and combinations of paper pieces, testing and redesigning your straw-and-paper-clip contraption to determine which design flies farthest and comes in for the smoothest landing.
What You'll Need
Materials
- 2 durable plastic straws (no bendy or stirring straws)
- 2 sheets of standard-size paper (any color)
- 6 paper clips (any size)
- Tape (any type)
- Scissors
Technology
- Computer or tablet with speaker and camera
- Internet access
- Zoom application installed
- Signed in with your child’s name
- Unmuted (the instructor will manage class muting/unmuting)
Additional Prep
We will spend a little class time practicing how to tear tape off a dispenser roll. If you don’t have a tape dispenser your child can easily use, pre-tear 2 pieces of tape approximately 3″ long each.
What You'll Take Away
Paper construction techniques and glider design tricks The skills to be reflective and notice what is and isn’t working in your design A high-flying, smooth-landing glider.
Join The Community
The last step in the Galileo Innovator’s Process is share. Great learning can come from sharing successes and failures—to solidify your own experience as an innovator and to inspire others.
ELL
Some bilingual staff & support for multilingual families.
Special Needs
Support for Students with Special Needs (Oakland Camp Director has a Masters in Special Education).
Deals
Yes. Every year, we award thousands of weeks of specially priced camp through our financial assistance program. Apply on our Financial Assistance page. Scholarships available.