Camp Invention

A few weeks ago (Jul 7-11) I went to Camp Invention. At Camp Invention we did different modules. Those modules are Fair Games, Lost Treasure, Sea Worthy, I Can Invent and Real and Fantasy Inventions. My favorite was Lost Treasure because I liked to make inventions to help find the treasure. The inventions we made were shelters, protection gear, gadget to retrieve a piece of the note, and a gadget to retrieve a piece of food stuck on the wall to give to the hungry native in exchange for the piece of note she had.
For I Can Invent we had to invent a Rube-Goldberg machine to break a water balloon in four steps. My group took apart appliances and we had to use two parts of each appliance. It was made out of three cardboard boxes, a slanted piece of cardboard, one pipe, one hard drive with wheels and axles glued to the bottom and pins stuck through through duct tape. We loaded the water balloon on the hard drive with wheels on the bottom, then the water balloon car would roll down the ramp, hit a block that was taped in front of the tube, which would cause the water balloon to fly off into the tube, roll down and hit the pins at the bottom causing it to pop.

In Fair Games my team made scales and high striker games (when you hit the button with a hammer and the ball flies to the top and hits the bell), a ball obstacle course, mini golf courses and different carnival games that we made up. This is the mini golf course.

In Sea Worthy we made tin foil boats, boats from assorted recycable materials, underwater vehicles, fish and lobster traps and marine research center. We used a lot of duct tape! Our boats had to float in the kiddie pool while the camp counselor used a plunger to create waves.

On Friday, Mom, Dad, Enoch, Kate and Grandma Randall came and got to see all my inventions. I had lots of fun and would recommend it for kids who like inventing things!