Maker Camps

Project overview: The George Fox Maker Camps are hosted by a group on campus called the Engineering Ambassadors. The Engineering Ambassadors are all students in engineering at George Fox who want to help pre-college students of all ages learn about STEM and engineering. I am one of the 5 leaders that plan and coordinate events with schools in the Portland/Salem area.

As for the Maker Camps, they are done over the summer and cater towards high school students who are interested in engineering. There are usually 2-3 camps per summer. Each of the camps is usually based on a different focus in engineering, for example, this last year we did 3 camps. One of the camps had the students create automatons, which is a mechanical engineering focus. The other two camps were based on hydraulics and sensors, targeting civil engineering and computer/electrical engineering respectively.

This last summer, I was one of the staff members that was present for all 3 of the camps. For the last camp that was focused on sensors, I was the lead coding instructor, showing the campers how to program Arduinos and make circuits. For this job, I was also in charge of making interactive examples to demonstrate what each sensor does in a fun way. The image on the left is of 3 of the demo pieces that I made for this camp.