Might Buggy help C-Mite?
With our forums acting a bit screwy (we’re working on it!), some people haven’t been able to make the posts they want. Not to be deterred, Conrad Zapanta (CIA alum, and currently Associate Department Head of Biomedical Engineering at CMU) reached out to us here at BAA HQ with a request:
“As someone who works with CMU’s C-MITE program, they are really, really interested in developing a program based on buggy that would teach the kids how physics, math, engineering, etc. are applied to buggy.”
A quick list of what C-MITES is:
- Programs for gifted students
- Kindergarten – ninth grade
- Weekend and summer classes
- Testing programs to identify exceptional talent
- Locations throughout Pennsylvania
- Student participants from many states and foreign countries
- Scholarships and financial aid
- Resources for parents
- Resources for teachers
They would be looking for something like a weekend workshop that would be about 2-3 hours long and talk about the tenets behind buggy. Tom Wood has also suggested a possible connection with the Soap Box derby since we would be able to actually get a kit and have the kids work on something instead of just look.
If you feel like this is something you might be interested in, get in touch with us at committee@cmubuggy.org and we’ll see if there’s something we can work out!
the Pope says:
A goodly head start.
This program was developed to do a similar thing for 5th and 6th graders ( in the age range indicated). It is way way way broader in scope and scale than what was requested here.
Covers most of the topics you would want and then some.
http://westernreservepublicmedia.org/gravity/gravity.pdf