Feb 21 - 25, 2005 mon - fri 9 - 3

Winter Vacation

Engineer's Week Leonardo: the dance of design

Classic challenges from Leonardo the inventor of inventors, adapted for novice and experienced engineers. Around the core project there are games, drawings, new techniques and experiments.

1. Monday: leonardo’s horse: sculpt a horse; lift its head, tail and hooves; rock its rider.

2. Tuesday: dance of the crane: construct a crane to capture, lift, place, and release bb’s.

3. Wednesday: talking drum: construct a melodic drum with adjusting pitch & voice. Guest percussionist: Pat Smith.

4. Thursday: on wing: recreate the elegant movements of Leonardo’s bold vision of flight (with a motor)

5. Friday: archimedes’ elevator: lift, catch choreograph and return marbles (with a motor.)

Fee per day: $50 ($45 members)

Fee per week: $230 ($200members)

Goggles $2.65 (tax included) will be required of all students.