PDT Staff Writer LUCASVILLE — Seventh and 8th grade students
from schools in the surrounding area literally had a blast at
the 3rd Annual Engineering Summer Camp, sponsored and directed
by the Scioto County Career Technical Center’s “Project Lead the
Way” program. On Friday, with the assistance of Ryan Keaton —
one of the camp instructors and a teacher at Northwest and
Valley schools — students were given the opportunity to launch
rockets which they designed outside on the lawn of the SCCTC;
one of many innovative projects performed during the camp. The
Engineering Camp is a project-based camp for 7th and 8th grade
students which encompasses hands-on-projects, provides an
introduction to computer-aided design (CAD), and a series of
activities which students engage in during the week of their
participation. The camp is also designed to stimulate student
interest in science and mathematics. “Three years ago we decided
that we wanted to do a junior high camp, so we sent out notices
to the local schools that have