The following reports were written by members of Engineers in Training, Session A during the fourth day of the program. Some elements may have been removed/edited for various reasons, but the text that remains is in the student's own words.
Otis
Today was fun and difficult because we got to finish our wax beam project. It was hard to get all the legos out of the beam but I liked crushing the beams. It was cool that some of the beams could support over 100 lbs. Finally, todays snack was the best we have had all week and I enjoyed it greatly.
Parv
Today we finished our wax beam project. I found out that the greater the moment of inertia, the stronger the beam is. This class is fun but I'm not going to be here tomorrow because I have to go on a 50-mile hike. You were great instructors...........I'll miss you!
Nimra
Today we tested our wax beams by putting a bunch of weight on them. I learned that the most moment of inertia there is, the more the beam will hold. It was a lot of fun.
Evan
Today we broke the beams. My team got second.
Trokon
I really liked testing the wax beams today. Our group won.
Brittanie
I had fun. I think you should have more computers. This was the first time I have gotten to use the computers. I learned a lot today.
Timmy
Today was cool because we got to watch the wax blocks break. We saw how much they could hold up and then graphed it. It was hard to get all the legos out of the block because they got wedged into the wax. It was hard because some of the legos sunk down into the middle so we could not get them out.
Ben
I had lots of fun seeing how much the blocks of wax could hold.
Jasmine
I had a great day today and my partner was really nice.
Nedra
Today was great!
David
The wax bars were really fun. So were the boxes.