Chemical Engineering
What is Chemical Engineering?
The study and use of chemical reactions to find ways to make products in safe and sustainable way!
Name a material we used in camp this week
Cool!
Who can be an Engineer?
Anyone!!
Name your instructors
Great!!
What was your favourite project this week?
Nice!
What is the difference between an acid and a base?
An Acid is more sour while a base is usually more bitter
What is Materials Engineering?
The study of how materials are being used, and how well they are working in different structures, and how they can be improved.
Give an example of one piece of PPE
Gloves, Goggles, Lab coats, Masks, tying your hair back
Name a problem you faced this week, and how you solved it
Awesome!!
What did we use as rocket fuel during our rocket project this week?
Alka Seltzer Tablets
What is a chemical reaction?
When one or more substances change to make something new with different properties.
What were hockey sticks made of in the 1700's?
Wood
What is a Prototype?
A simple model that helps you test out an idea during the engineering design process
Name 3 projects you did this week in camp
Amazing!!
What was the first project we did this week?
Bouncy Balls
What is an atom?
Atoms are the basic building blocks of matter.
What did people use to take notes on 5000 years ago?
Stone Tablets
What is the difference between science and engineering?
Science is learning how things work and engineering is building things to solve problems.
What are the other camp themes DiscoverE offers?
ECE, CEE, Robo, BME, MecE
(Electrical/Computer, Civil/Environmental, Robotics, Biomedical, Mechanical
Name 3 Materials we used during the liquid hourglass project
Oil, water, bottles, straws, food colouring, etc.
What are the 2 substances we used for the reaction in the DIY icepack project?
Baking Soda and Citric Acid
What is something in the real world that a materials engineer would have worked on?
Phone screens, sports gear materials, water filters, recyclable packaging, ect.
What are all the steps of the engineering design process?
Ask, research, brainstorm, plan, create, test, reflect, improve
Name all the campers in your camp from this week
Good Job!
Name ALL the projects we did this week.
Bouncy balls, build an atom, periodic table battleship, DIY icepack, alien eggs, Magic milk paper, Gelatin rainbow suncatchers, Bees knees notebook, Alka seltzer rockets, The Good old sledge hockey game, DIY watercolours, liquid hourglass, Nail polish hydro dipping, geometric bubbles, chocolate chemistry