What happens when creativity meets physics? In this high-energy engineering lab, students design and build wildly imaginative chain-reaction machines that accomplish simple tasks in the most elaborate way possible.
Using ramps, levers, pulleys, dominoes, marbles, everyday objects, and recycled materials, students explore real engineering principles while constructing multi-step contraptions that twist, roll, swing, launch, and topple. Each session challenges students to think like engineers—planning sequences, predicting motion, testing cause-and-effect, and refining their designs through trial and error.
Students learn how energy transfers from one object to another, how forces affect motion, and how simple machines work together to create complex systems. Along the way, they develop problem-solving skills, resilience, teamwork, and creative thinking as they troubleshoot and improve their builds.
The program culminates in a collaborative mega-machine showcase, where students combine their inventions into one epic chain reaction.
Perfect for curious minds who love to build, experiment, and see their ideas come to life—one domino at a time.
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Eligibility
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1st-5th Grade
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Offered by
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Kodely
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Meeting Days/Times
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Tuesdays | 3:45-4:45pm
March 31
April 7, 14, 21, 28
May 5, 19, 26
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Fee
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$225
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Special Notes
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A minimum of 8 students is required to proceed with this class.
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