Spira Day 9: A Day with Dassault!
For our final day in our Electrical/Computer Engineering week, we took the girls on a field trip to visit Dassault Systemes in Johnston,...
Spira Day 8: Puppies, Programming, & (3D) Printing!
Today we continued our introduction to computer engineering! In preparation for tomorrow's field tip to Dassault Systemes in Johnston,...
Spira Day 6 & 7: Magnets, Martians, and Microcomputers!
Today and yesterday were jam packed with lots of fun. Yesterday we showed the girls the connection between electricity and magnetism and...
Spira Day 5: Try Try Again--Kickstart to Electrical Engineering!
Today we began week 2 for Spira!! This week we bring our attention to electrical and computer engineering. For day one of this week, we...
Spira Day 4: Solar Panels & Solar Ovens
Week one of Spira is complete! This week we've focused on Environmental Engineering and the moral obligations engineers have especially...
Spira Day 3: Kazoos, The Lorax, & Mini Ecosystems!
Today we had another fun filled day! We kicked off the day with a lesson on how to build a sustainable mini ecosystem in a jar. The...
Spira Day 2: Parks, Jeopardy, and so much more!
Today we took the campers on a field trip to Roger Williams Park! At the park, campers collected items such as soil, pond water, and...
First day of camp!!
First day of camp under our belts! For one of our activities today, we gave the campers five random objects and the freedom to design...
One More Day Until Camp!!!
Planning period is finally over and we're ready to kickstart camp tomorrow! We've got so much in store for all of this year's campers and...
Mentor of the Day (Pt 2) -- Colleen!!
Here we present to you our final mentor-- Colleen! This is Colleen's fourth year working with Spira!! Her first year was spent here as a...