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Engineers Week
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.