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TARDEC Partners with Club Adventure Summer Camp

On June 15th, campers from Club Adventure, Selfridge Air National Guard Base (SANGB), Zoomed into Engineering with help from the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC). In partnership with National Engineers Week and Zoom TM, TARDEC associates from the Emerging Technologies Team hosted a program of six events at SANGB that introduced 6- to 11-year-olds to engineering and helped them develop problem-solving skills. Zoom

The six Zoom™ into Engineering events varied from studying what makes the Hoop Glider fly to creating a car that is powered by air in the Puff Mobile. The most popular event was the Egg Bungee Jump. In this event the students tried to protect an egg by constructing a bungee cord from various elastic materials. When dropped from five feet above the ground, the egg had to reach within two inches or less of the ground. This event was the most popular because the kids had fun even if their attempt failed and the egg broke!

More information on National Engineers Week and Zoom™ into Engineering may be found at www.eweek.org and http://www.eweek.org/site/Engineers/zoom.shtml. Club Adventure is a summer camp developed by the U.S. Army Garrison – Michigan, Selfridge Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) division, http://www.selfridge.army.mil/mwr.htm.

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