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| Tessa and Chloe show their Rube Goldberg dog feeding machine |
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| Small children are enthralled! |
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| The dogs enjoyed the show, too |
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A functional, hand-cranked, 3D-printed
Archimedean Screw
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Jed and Ben show Lower Campus students their French Revolution
demonstration--fruit was definitely harmed in the making of this
exhibit!
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...but put to good use in the
Blender Bicycle by Cate and Valeria!
Don't forget to hold that lid on!
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Mercy and Jenny help Mrs. Short to understand key principles of
buoyancy, density, and mass--looks like exciting stuff!
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| Christine and Ashlynne with their impressive pulley arrangements |
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Pedro and Julian with their LEGO version of the legendary
Claw of Archimedes
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Lux and Olivia put together this
impressive homemade hydraulic
robot arm--well done, girls!
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Selene, Mr. Hougo, and Asher prepare a live demonstration of
a compound pulley system
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| Doing fine, three feet off the ground |
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Also doubles as a "time out" device
for small children (it's all right--it's
Mr. Meadth's son)
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Caleb and Michael explored another
apocryphal war engine: the Archimedes
Death Ray!
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Chloe and Ava with a motorized Aerial Screw, taken straight from
the pages of Leonardo da Vinci's notebook
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Kayode and Josh lift 80 pounds of concrete and steel with a 3:1
mechanical advantage
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Dylan and Jordan produced another
engine of war: the tennis ball ballista!
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Sam and Tommy with their homemade motorized paper plane
launcher! Standard equipment for every boy aged 5 to 105
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Belen and Erica with an array of
marshmallow catapults
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| A surprising number of marshmallows never made it to the catapults |
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| When Mr. Alker's son wasn't eating them, Mr. Alker was |
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Deacon and Chris were popular with
the racing crowd, tracking time, speed,
momentum, and kinetic energy
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Julian and Zak loading a high-tension catapult, constructed entirely
of steel frame--be sure to watch the videos!
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