March 6, 2006

College of Engineering Expands Summer Programs to Include Elementary School Students

Dr. Laura Bottomley presents awards to students from the Haliwa-Saponi Tribal School following project competitions during the 2005 Middle School Summer Engineering Camp held at NC State University. (Photo: Jennifer Weston)

The College of Engineering at North Carolina State University has created a summer camp for elementary school students and added a second camp for middle school students to the list of engineering camps offered during the summer.

The new elementary school program is a week-long day camp for rising third through fifth graders led by elementary school teachers in partnership with engineering faculty from NC State. Students will experience engineering through hands-on, creative investigations and building activities.

The two middle school programs are available for rising sixth through ninth graders. The week-long day camps are led by middle school teachers working with engineering faculty members. The camps will focus on solving mysteries using engineering and applications-based investigations.

Rising junior and senior high school students may choose from a variety of programs that offer hands-on laboratory experiments, lectures and field trips. Participants stay in residence halls and participate in group social activities during the evening.

For more information about NC State Engineering Summer Programs, visit http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/summerprograms/ or call (919) 515-9669 for high school camps or (919) 515-2315 for middle and elementary school camps.

— weston —

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