July 8 , 2021 The Beacon • 5

Camp Invention held at Coshocton Elementary

By Jen Jones

The week of June 28th was a busy one at Coshocton Elementary School as 100 students kindergarten through sixth grade spent their days having fun and learning how to invent items to serve a set purpose . Five instructors and several teenage assistants were at the camp every day .

Barb Snyder , Camp Invention director , said the camp is an all-day camp that has five modules each day . “ It ’ s a great opportunity for students to get a STEM education and to be creative .”

Science , technology , engineering and math are used in their five modules every day .

The students invent a different project in each module . A large pile of recyclable items such as egg cartons , cardboard boxes and many other items were available for the students to dig through and choose what they would need to invent items in the Duck Chuck module .

Beth Loomis was the

Jen Jones

Alyssa was carefully choosing just what she needed to create an invention to grab a duck placed in a circle . She needed something long and something pretty to complete her idea . Alyssa was taking part in Camp Invention at Coshocton Elementary School .

instructor for the Duck Chuck module . “ We are working to build devices to launch ducks . This morning we talked about air pressure , angle and

velocity . They will be building catapults to launch their ducks .”

Monday ’ s project was to create a way to reach rubber ducks that were

in the center of a large circle without touching the ducks . Cardboard tubes , Styrofoam and pipe cleaners were all items they used to create their invention .

The Solar Bot module was taught by Lana Lawson . “ We are going to build solar-powered grasshoppers , and then the students will create an environment for their grasshoppers .”

On Monday students discussed solar energy , how the sun can power batteries and circuits .

Laura Skjold taught the Open Mic module . “ Today , we talked about what might be inside a microphone , and then students drew their ideas . The younger students watched me take apart a microphone while the older ones took it apart themselves .”

After the students drew their idea of how a microphone worked , they could share their ideas with the rest of the class .

C a m p I n v e n t i o n Games was a chance for the students to get up ,

move around and then try to improve the rules of games they knew . Jillian Wesney was the instructor for this module . “ The module provides teambuilding exercises and is high energy . We play classic games with a twist and let the kids come up with new rules to make the games more fun and more fair for all .”

Road Rally was taught by Donna Yoder . “ The students will design a vehicle that will transform to be able to use it on land , then water or air , then land . The vehicles will be propeller and pulley operated . By the end

of the week , their designs are pretty amazing and all different .”

Snyder said the cost of the camp is $ 235 per student , but thanks to the generosity of several local businesses , the actual cost to families was only $ 35 . “ Not as many students would be able to attend without the support of local businesses , and we are so appreciative of them .”

She said the Coshocton Foundation helps to facilitate the funding , and she believes there is funding for the next two years already .

Happy Tracks 4-H Club meets

Happy Tracks 4-H Club met June 6 . Members reviewed the following old business : QA training , the 4-H calendar , 4-H camp , adult volunteer training and fair booth ideas . They then talked about community-service ideas and the West Lafayette Homecoming Parade .

The next meeting will be held Sunday , July 11 at 1:15 p . m . at the Masonic Lodge in West Lafayette .

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