STEM engineering
*The event has already taken place on this date: Wed, 01/22/2025
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Ages: 10-18, this class will benefit younger and older students, projects are designed as guidance in construction and engineering to inspire and support development of their own competition projects.
This STEM program provides homeschool students the opportunity to connect, learn about the engineering process, and develop projects. This is a valuable opportunity for any student considering a college path of education or career in STEM fields. Junior Achievement content is unique and does not duplicate what your student will cover in JA BizTown.
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Sept. 11 - Construction, attachment techniques, building a tepee challenge
Junior Achievement Our Nation (Begin to understand the nation’s free market system and how it supports businesses and careers, experience how entrepreneurial thinking can spur new business and the opportunity for future income, examine career groups and the skills needed for a variety of careers, identify important work-readiness soft skills necessary for career success, explore how the United States is connected to the global economy.
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Sept. 18 - Exploring ramps/wedges, design a sled
Junior Achievement Our Nation
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Sept. 25 - Exploring wheels/axels, making balloon powered cars
Junior Achievement Our Nation
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Oct. 2 - Exploring pulleys/levers, building catapults
Junior Achievement Our Nation
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Oct. 9 - Exploring springs/screws, building zipline racers
Junior Achievement It’s My Business! (Identify personal entrepreneurial characteristics, engage in the process of design thinking to understand a problem, develop a business startup from its ideation, innovation, and market research through its design and prototyping and pitch a new business idea to potential funders.)
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Oct. 16 - Exploring circuits/electricity/hydraulics, building an elevator
Junior Achievement It’s My Business!
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Oct. 23 - Design a pumpkin moving machine
Junior Achievement It’s My Business!
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Dec. 4 - Design and build a cargo plane
Junior Achievement It’s My Business!
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Dec. 11 - Design and build an egg drop device
Junior Achievement It’s My Business!
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Dec. 18 - Design and build a paddle boat
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Jan. 15 - Design a bow that shoots an arrow
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Jan. 22 - Project completion
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