Building fun

This is a structure Wade, Trinity and Kyler built the structure below.  It was mostly dad building as it became more complicated but they helped and watched.  What a lesson in gravity and simple machines.

Trinity had to make a car for her Science course and Kyler used his new magnet set to build some geometric shapes.

Trinity, Kyler, and I built a working model of a combustion engine.  As we were assembling it, I told them about the function of the parts.  The engine is battery powered with light bulbs simulating spark plugs.  We even had to adjust the timing!  A very fun project but I don't recommend the Smithsonian models as they pieces are very fragile.  They both had a chance to identify the parts and screw them in.