Events

Calling all kids that love to build and play games - this one's for you! Carnival games and rides are a summertime staple, and we're extending summertime just a little longer with this STEAM Saturday session! At the Fab Lab's Cardboard Carnival, kids will engineer and code carnival games and then have a chance to play each other's games! The possibilities are endless, but could include a Ferris Wheel, pinball machine, Skee-Ball - anything that can be engineered from cardboard and the Fab Lab's tools!

The environment provides endless opportunities for authentic learning experiences that support your entire curriculum. When students learn through systemic and well-designed environmental education, they build background content knowledge to support literacy, experience authentic, hands-on learning that advances STEM and promotes career readiness. Recognizing the complexities of implementing student-driven, authentic, and locally relevant environmental education that meets academic goals,we will explore the Meaningful Watershed Education Experience (MWEE). This well-established framework provides the structure and resources to support integrating environmental education in schools that aligns to PA STEELS standards, including the Environmental Literacy and Sustainability domain.

Kids will build, mine, and explore the ever-changing Minecraft Education landscape.! Kids of all ages are invited to learn how to design and develop worlds inside the Minecraft platform, learn how to program and code using Minecraft Make Code assets, and develop other STEAM skills while they are knee-deep in the game. To extend the game of Minecraft, kids will also build real-life replicas of Minecraft characters using Fab Lab tools and materials!

AS SEEN ON TV! Turn on any home design show and you'll quickly realize that tiny houses are very popular these days! This STEAM Saturday session is kids' chance to have fun with the trend! Kids will engage in the engineering design process to design and construct a prototype of a tiny house. There will be awards for the most creative design, best teamwork, best prototype - and the list goes on! The main goals of this session are to be creative and have fun!

AS SEEN ON TV! Turn on any home design show and you'll quickly realize that tiny houses are very popular these days! This STEAM Saturday session is kids' chance to have fun with the trend! Kids will engage in the engineering design process to design and construct a prototype of a tiny house. There will be awards for the most creative design, best teamwork, best prototype - and the list goes on! The main goals of this session are to be creative and have fun!

SCHOOL'S OUT, COME TO THE FAB LAB CENTER! Bring the kids to the Fab Lab Center for a day filled with fabrication, coding, and engineering! Kids will engage in various coding/ robotics activities, engineering challenges, and fabrication activities that require collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity!

Ready, Set, Battle!! Kids will be challenged to design a battle shell for a robot and then engage in friendly competition! Kids will practice coding as they navigate their robot through various races and then compete in friendly battles that require problem solving, creativity, and collaboration. There will be various robots to choose from and the competition is sure to be friendly and fun!

Ready, Set, Battle!! Kids will be challenged to design a battle shell for a robot and then engage in friendly competition! Kids will practice coding as they navigate their robot through various races and then compete in friendly battles that require problem solving, creativity, and collaboration. There will be various robots to choose from and the competition is sure to be friendly and fun!

Lights . . . camera . . . action! LEGO® builders can bring their LEGO designs and characters to life with stop-motion animation. With clear, step-by-step instructions, kids will be able to make short, funny animations using an iPad or computer. Once they move onto more advanced skills, such as lighting, sound effects and camera angles, every movie they make is sure to be a smash hit!

LOVE LEGOs? Then this STEAM Saturday is for you! At LEGO Robotics STEAM Saturday, kids will combine LEGO bricks with motors, sensors, and simple machines to create a moving robot! Kids will use their creativity to create LEGO robots that can complete challenges and tasks. They will use the materials to navigate mazes, create vehicles, and travel various distances. Kids will explore the different parts of the robot before constructing, programming, and controlling the LEGO creation.