Weekly Update #1

This week at Brain Teasers, our kids took on creative thinking and teamwork challenges. In one activity, they worked in groups to flip over a piece of paper without letting it touch the ground, then tried to fold it as small as possible while still standing on it. They also tackled historical and literature riddles, and completed a Space Exploration Challenge! These activities are all designed to stretch students’ imagination and critical thinking skills.

This week, our campers became engineers as they designed and built gravity-defying water slides! Using their knowledge of force and motion, students experimented with angles, speed, and structural design to create some truly wild and wonderful slides. It was a great hands-on way to explore physics concepts—and of course, a lot of fun!

This week, our students have been diving into the Language of the Discipline used by real detectives! They've been learning how investigators think, talk, and analyze information.Using their new skills, campers are examining crime scene evidence, identifying potential suspects, and ruling out others based on solid alibis. It’s been an exciting week of critical thinking, collaboration, and hands-on fun!

This week, students had the opportunity to brainstorm and explore ideas for things they might create using Lego Spike Prime. From the first spark of imagination to hands-on building and coding, creativity was in full swing! Our highlight of the week? Dancing robots! Campers designed and programmed robots that could move, groove, and show off their own unique dance styles. It was a fantastic blend of engineering, coding, and fun!

Once Upon A STEM had to use their engineering skills to help Goldilocks find a solution to a problem of their choice given time and supply constraints. Students had to use their critical thinking and problem solving skills as they collaborated with friends. The presentations showed such unique and creative ways to help Goldilocks!