The Atlee MSiC Engineering Camp…

Eileen Malick – Atlee High School

Are you an Engineer?

Good at Math & Science?

Creative?

Love Solving Puzzles?

Know how things work?Want to

help the world?

Consider Engineering as a

Career!

Answering “Yes”

The Idea…The Atlee MSiC Engineering Camp is

a week-long camp for middle-school students to learn about several branches of engineering

by applying math and science skills.

Science EngineeringTechnology Math

APPLICATION+

Branches of Engineering

1. Aerospace Engineering1. Aerospace Engineering

2. Electrical Engineering 2. Electrical Engineering

3. Mechanical Engineering 3. Mechanical Engineering

4. NEW! Nuclear Engineering 4. NEW! Nuclear Engineering

5. Software Engineering 5. Software Engineering

6. Systems Engineering 6. Systems Engineering

Why Nuclear Engineering?

Nuclear Engineering

Nuclear Power Plants

SubmarinesAircraft Carriers X-rays

Harness the power of nuclear energy &

radiation!

Triad of Rooms

Application Mathand

multimedia lessons in a computer lab.

Application Mathand

multimedia lessons in a computer lab.

Q & A session with actual Engineers

in the field

Q & A session with actual Engineers

in the field

Building and engineering a new item each day

(Lab).

Building and engineering a new item each day

(Lab).

Yellow RoomYellow Room Green RoomGreen Room Blue RoomBlue Room

Camp History…

2008 2009 2010 2011

•Pilot: 1st year of the Atlee MSiC Engineering Camp after MSiC 21st Century Fellows Engineering Program

•2nd Installment of the Atlee MSiC Engineering Camp•21st Cent. Fellows -Fractals•Pilot: VCU Video Game Programming Camp

•2nd Installment of the Video Game Programming Camp at Club Ozone•21st Century Fellows for Nanotechnology•VMSC Programs that Work Award

•A grant from MSiC and ACEC allows us to create a STEM Academy for Middle School for Free.•Camp Inventions for Elementary School (STEM)

Future Plans?

More Camps

BSAEngineering

Elementary SchoolSTEM

BSA Robotics

ElementarySchool

Comp Sci

Propagating more ides of the STEM

Why do we do it?

Top-paying jobs for the Class of 2011

Top-paying jobs for 2011

1. Chemical Engineering1. Chemical Engineering

2. Computer Science 2. Computer Science

3. Mechanical Engineering 3. Mechanical Engineering

4. Electrical Engineering 4. Electrical Engineering

5. Software/Computer Engineering 5. Software/Computer Engineering

6. Industrial Engineering 6. Industrial Engineering