Description
Gear up for a daily dose of discovery! Take on thrilling challenges using everyday materials, clever inventor-inspired hacks, and jaw-dropping science tricks. You’ll think big, experiment boldly, and use your imagination to turn wild ideas into real creations. Every day brings a new adventure—are you ready to invent something amazing?
ach day will have a theme. If you register for a morning and afternoon session, the activities will be different and follow the daily theme.
Rock Paper Scissors:Learn about Leonardo da Vinci and discover how his ideas predicted future inventions.
Use his secret code to record your own invention ideas. Create a musical instrument inspired by da
Vinci’s viola organist.
Explore Leonardo da Vinci’s amazing inventions from the self-supporting bridge to
the parachute. Discover the mechanics of simple machines as you build and test your own catapult.
Share in da Vinci’s love of aerodynamics with a dragonfly helicopter.
Shipwrecked:Imagine finding yourself on a deserted island with only a few supplies. What better
way to inspire your own creations? Get ready to design and build a model shelter to keep you safe on
the island. Put your science mind to work as you devise a plan for food and water while you are
shipwrecked. Can you find a way off of the island? See how resourceful you can be using Ben
Franklin’s inventions as inspiration. Create a model boat that can take you and your shipmates to safety.
Learn how ocean currents may challenge you on your journey.
Think Fast:Inventors have always searched for a way to take flight. See if you have what it takes
to design a record breaking paper airplane. Learn how inventors use their knowledge of Bernoulli’s
principle to improve their designs. Be inspired by the creative minds of the Wright Brothers. Learn how more than one
of their inventions changed the way we travel today. Test your knowledge of aerodynamics in our Flight in Time game.
Whiz Kidz:Explore the inventions of Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell and Nikola Tesla.
Experiment with Bell’s favorite shape; the tetrahedral. Use Edison’s invention of the phonograph to
create your own Cone-o-Graph. Draw inspiration from the “wacky” and the practical to create your own Rube Goldberg machine! Learn how a patent can help you protect your inventions. Discover how potential energy has inspired inventors young and old to design some of your favorite toys.
Science Fiction:Discover how fiction can influence reality during a game of Future Bingo with your fellow inventors. Be inspired by the mind of science fiction creator George Lucas. Perform your own free-fall experiment to discover the science behind microgravity. Let Jules Verne be your guide as you learn how ballast chambers help submarines travel 20,000 leagues under the sea. Challenge yourself to create a ray shield that can protect astronauts from radiation. Learn about artificial gravity as you make a wind-up space station model.
Schedule
| 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
| 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
| 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
| 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
| 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM |