Super Mario Bro summer camp

Super Mario Bro summer camp was a great success. We conducted various activities that allowed the children to learn and unleash their creativity.

Activity Overview:

Indoor Mini Golf: Students devised and set their own game rules, enjoying the creative process.
Outdoor Games: Students designed and participated in obstacle courses, enhancing their teamwork and creativity.
Technology Activities:
- Coding Classes: Students learned basic programming concepts and created their own simple games.
- Creating AI Music and Videos: Students used artificial intelligence tools to create music and videos, understanding how technology influences art.
- Spot the Difference Game: This game helped students improve their observation and detail recognition skills.
Arts and Cooking: Students engaged in various craft and cooking activities, developing their hands-on skills.
Science Experiments:
- Mentos and Coke Experiment: Demonstrated the rapid release of carbon dioxide gas from a carbonated beverage.
- Dry Ice Smoke Experiment: Observed the production of white smoke (actually water vapor) as dry ice sublimates quickly, cooling the surrounding air and condensing water vapor.
- Dry Ice Bubble Experiment: Created bubbles filled with carbon dioxide gas, which release white smoke when they burst.
- Balloon-Powered Car: A fun and simple science experiment teaching basic principles of mechanics, such as action and reaction forces, friction, and aerodynamics.
- Catapult Experiment: Students built and tested catapults, learning fundamental principles of physics, engineering, and mathematics.
LEGO Engineering: Students built castles using LEGO and competed with XPULT catapults. The XPULT experimental catapult is great for teaching these concepts:
- Dependent variables, independent variables, and controls
- Scientific method
- Data gathering
- Data graphics and plotting
- Statistics and variability
- Basic physics, including concepts of potential energy, kinetic energy, ballistics, wind resistance, and friction

Science Activities Explanation:

Dry Ice is an interesting and experimental material because it is solid carbon dioxide, which sublimates directly to gas without becoming liquid. This characteristic makes it ideal for various scientific activities and experiments. Here are two dry ice-related science activities we conducted:
1. Dry Ice Smoke Experiment: Observed the production of white smoke (actually water vapor) as dry ice sublimates quickly, cooling the surrounding air and condensing water vapor.
2. Dry Ice Bubble Experiment: Created bubbles filled with carbon dioxide gas, which release white smoke when they burst.
Mentos and Coke Experiment: A popular and visually spectacular demonstration showcasing the rapid release of carbon dioxide gas from a carbonated beverage.
Balloon-Powered Car: A fun and simple science experiment teaching basic principles of mechanics, such as action and reaction forces, friction, and aerodynamics.