Thirty high school students from across Central New York explored careers in the engineering field Monday at Lockheed Martin in the town of Salina. The students are taking part in a five-day Science and Technology Camp sponsored by the Longhouse Council of the Boy Scouts of America’s Learning for Life Division. “Learning for Life’s objective is to help students...
View full sizeCicero-North Syracuse students Kurt Dobler (left), 16, staples his tower with teammate Megan Lenartowicz, 17, during a Science and Technology Camp at Lockheed Martin on Monday. A third teammate Bill Easterly (whose arms are shown holding the tower) is from Central Square High School. In second row sitting is Michael Thomas, 17, of Liverpool High School and standing is Stefan Zych, 14, of Onondaga Central High School.
Thirty high school students from across Central New York explored careers in the engineering field Monday at Lockheed Martin in the town of Salina.
The students are taking part in a five-day Science and Technology Camp sponsored by the Longhouse Council of the Boy Scouts of America’s Learning for Life Division.
“Learning for Life’s objective is to help students explore careers and get hands-on experiences,” said Lenny Scarano, senior district executive for the Boy Scouts.
The students are from school districts across Onondaga County, including some students who are home-schooled. The camp, which costs $175 per student, will take the students to different facilities during the week.
“The camp is career based and the kids seem very excited,” Scarano said.
At Lockheed Martin the students worked in teams to build a space orbiter and a lander. The challenge was to be able to “dock” the two pieces together despite communication hurdles.
“The students had to work with real world challenges to complete this project,” Scarano said.
The students also worked on writing a computer program. Scarano said he was impressed on how quickly the students understood the language and coding that was needed to write the program.
“So far, many of the kids have been raising their hands when asked if they were interested in engineering,” Scarano said. “This camp will help them get an idea of what a career in science or engineering will be like.”
The Science and Technology Camp ends on Friday and next week, a new group of students will come in for a weeklong law enforcement camp and the following week 10 different students will explore careers in biology.
Contact Sarah Moses at smoses@syracuse.com or 470-2298.