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Tom Higginbotham
Engineering Real-World Solutions
Tom Higginbotham
Tom Higginbotham
Novel Engineering in the After School Setting Part 1!
jeremy knowlton
Novel Engineering in the After School Setting Part 1!
jeremy knowlton

WMSI Instructors prompt students to explore Novel Engineering in the classroom, a process that yields huge amounts of engagement, practical problem solving, and rich discussion. Click to read more!

jeremy knowlton
From High Altitude Balloons to Satellites
Mckenna Cisler
From High Altitude Balloons to Satellites
Mckenna Cisler

WMSI’s work on educational High Altitude Balloons (HAB) prepares students with a lot of the basic skills involved in sending a satellite to space!

Mckenna Cisler
Mike Carmon
Diving Into the Buffet of Maker Tools
Mike Carmon
Mike Carmon
A Day in the Life of a WMSI Counselor
Thomas Oliver
A Day in the Life of a WMSI Counselor
Thomas Oliver
Thomas Oliver
Mike Carmon
Maker Tools For Designing Games
Mike Carmon
Mike Carmon
Mike Carmon
Young Makers: Animations, Wigglebots, Helicopters, Box Forts!
Mike Carmon
Mike Carmon
Melissa Peplinski
WMSI Inventor's Camp for Girls : Filling our inventor's Tool Box!
Melissa Peplinski
Melissa Peplinski
Mike Carmon
A WMSI First: Summer Coding Camp
Mike Carmon
Mike Carmon
WMSI Camp Blasts off! Robot Camp 2018!
jeremy knowlton
WMSI Camp Blasts off! Robot Camp 2018!
jeremy knowlton

Robot camp blasted off in late June with a buzz of excitement and creative! Click here to read about what our Young Engineers created during this week of design fun!

jeremy knowlton
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WMSI New Instructor Introduction
Mike Carmon
WMSI New Instructor Introduction
Mike Carmon

Bringing the excitement of the White Mountains and STEM into the classroom through the Mobile STEM Lab Program! Check out more from STEM Instructor Mike Carmon on the WMSI blog.

Mike Carmon
WMSI Youth Leaders Building Mentorship Skills Across the North Country!
jeremy knowlton
WMSI Youth Leaders Building Mentorship Skills Across the North Country!
jeremy knowlton

In our latest blog, we highlight the talented high school leaders who help run our sessions. These students demonstrate amazing leadership/mentorship, problem solving skills, goofiness, and facilitation! Click to read more!

jeremy knowlton
WMSI Mobile STEM Lab Fall Coding Projects!
jeremy knowlton
WMSI Mobile STEM Lab Fall Coding Projects!
jeremy knowlton
jeremy knowlton
Art, Robots, and Much More in Updated WMSI Mobile STEM Lab!
jeremy knowlton
Art, Robots, and Much More in Updated WMSI Mobile STEM Lab!
jeremy knowlton
jeremy knowlton
Game Controller Design at Lakeway!
jeremy knowlton
Game Controller Design at Lakeway!
jeremy knowlton
jeremy knowlton
Mobile STEM: Game Design!
jeremy knowlton
Mobile STEM: Game Design!
jeremy knowlton
jeremy knowlton
Mobile STEM: Power of Code pt. 1
jeremy knowlton
Mobile STEM: Power of Code pt. 1
jeremy knowlton
jeremy knowlton
Mobile STEM: What Makes a good STEM Lesson? Part 1
jeremy knowlton
Mobile STEM: What Makes a good STEM Lesson? Part 1
jeremy knowlton
jeremy knowlton
Expanding STEM Culture
jeremy knowlton
Expanding STEM Culture
jeremy knowlton

WMSI has added new schools to it's 2016-17 Mobile calendar! click to read more about STEM in Milan and Groveton!

jeremy knowlton
Mobile STEM: Electrical Art!
jeremy knowlton
Mobile STEM: Electrical Art!
jeremy knowlton
jeremy knowlton
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Design & Enjoy!
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Creation and Invention!
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Harnessing the powers of Nature!
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Inspirational Inventions by Inspiring Inventors
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The Final Countdown
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A Day of Flight and Height!
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It's the Craftpocalypse!!!
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Creative Crafts for Crafty Crafters
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Thanks for a great summer!
Lay them out and knock 'em down!
Recycling Ideas and displaying Rubbish
Fresh faces and a new look
Ready, Set, Educate!
Guts, Glory, ROBOTS!
How do you want it? BIGGER!
Jam-packed with fun, until there's no sun!
If you solder, they will come!
Don't tell them there is knowledge inside!

WMSI HAB Blog by Nick Sullo

 It was originally amazing pictures from near space that got me interested in high altitude ballooning (HAB). Breathtaking photos are being taken by amateurs, which look like they could have been taken during a NASA mission. There is so much more to high altitude ballooning than just the awesome pictures though; really interesting data can be collected and experiments can be done at the high altitudes that these weather balloons reach. The challenge of engineering something which can be sent to 100,000 feet and then recovered when it drops back down to Earth is also alluring. This blog will document the process WMSI took in building a HAB payload which can be recovered after reaching 100,000 feet.