TLC Workshops : Engineering For Kids

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  • August 15 — Balloon Car Builders: Students explore forces, motion, and engineering by designing, building, testing, and refining their own balloon-powered racing vehicles.

    *TIME CHANGE this workshop only 1:30pm-3pm

  • August 22 — Build a Better Playground: Young engineers consider community needs and design an innovative playground that is fun, inclusive, and safe, culminating in a playground prototype.

  • August 29 — Back-to-School Design Challenge: Students create a personalized project representing their interests, goals, and dreams for the new school year.

  • September 19 — Dot Day Makers: Make Your Mark!: Inspired by The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds, this workshop celebrates creativity, courage, and innovation as students make a personalized dot art sculpture or interactive dot creation.

  • September 26 — Light Lantern: Students plan, test, improve, and personalize their designs, leaving with a glowing light lantern to display at home.

  • October 3 — Mystery Monsters: Young digital designers combine and transform shapes, adding features such as wings, tails, ears, and legs before printing and constructing their own unique 3D creatures

  • October 17 — Storybook Engineers: Participants combine literacy and engineering to create an interactive story scene featuring moving parts, pop-ups, and imaginative design.

  • October 24 — Cardboard Arcade: Inspired by the maker movement, students design, build, and test their own cardboard arcade games while learning core engineering and design principles.

The workshop cycle will repeat in November and December. To learn more about Fabmaker, visit the STEM/STEAM page under our classroom progams or email info@reynoldstlc.org for more information.