Up your students’ knowledge and skills with Engineering Camp in a Box. Filled to the brim with fun, easy-to-use resources, this box has everything students need to engage, create, and investigate.

Heat Packs for Cold Snaps Design Challenge Overview
With this fun-filled box, students design, construct, and test a heat pack that uses a chemical process to release thermal energy. The heat pack must reach a temperature of 40 degrees Celsius for at least 10 minutes.

Who It’s For:
Middle schoolers (6th – 8th grade students) will find substantial value in this design challenge, equipped with all the necessary materials. Using the Argument-Driven Inquiry instructional model, students will explore chemical applications, energy transfer, and transformation topics.

Standards Alignment
Toss aside the textbooks and give students an opportunity to test their science, mathematics, and engineering knowledge firsthand. They’ll build skills necessary to meet the Next Generation Science Standards, a Framework for K-12 Science Education, the Common Core - Mathematics, the K-12 Engineering Framework, and state standards for science. Click here to view a detailed standards alignment document for this design challenge. 

More details

• Serves up to 24 students working in small groups.
• Designed for 6th - 8th grade students.
• Takes approximately 12 hours and can be completed over the course of two to three days, but remains flexible to your group's needs.
• Before starting your Engineering Camp, take the self-paced online training to learn about the ADI instructional model, the specific design challenges, and how to efficiently administer an Engineering Camp for 24 to 1000+ students. 

Features:

• Community Building Box with supplies needed to complete five Engineering icebreakers to boost participation
• Group toolbox for optimal organization, which includes various engineering tools, such as scissors, hammers, pencils, markers, hobby snippers, screwdrivers, safety glasses, and more
• 6 sets of high-quality materials for designing hand warmers
• A teacher guide with lesson plans, discussion questions, and student handouts to guide students’ knowledge
• Online introduction video, digital downloads, and more

How many boxes should I purchase?
We recommend for every week (5 days) of camp you will need two Engineering Camp boxes per 24 students.