Engineers Week
February 17 @ 11:00 am - February 21 @ 2:00 pm
Join us throughout February break in celebration of Engineers Week. Bring your imagination and we’ll provide the materials and prompts for exciting engineering challenges and builds.
Daily Activities from 11am – 2pm
Monday 2/17 – Zipline Challenge
Design a vehicle powered by a wind-up propeller to travel as far as possible along a zipline.
Tuesday 2/18 – Water Wheel Build
Connect with the origins of APM as you engineer the most powerful water wheel possible.
Wednesday 2/19 – Snow Structures*
Snow is a wonderful building material. Learn about compression, insulation, and more as you build arches and other snow structures.
*snow and weather permitting
Thursday 2/20 – Zipline Challenge
Design a vehicle powered by a wind-up propeller to travel as far as possible along a zipline.
Friday 2/21 – Circuits & Solder
Learn the basics of circuit design to turn on lights and spin motors. Then build your engineering and making skills as you practice soldering components together.