8:30am - 12:00pm // $195 (includes materials) // SLO-RM 4403 // Steamworks for Kids

This workshop is all about building. Learn the basics of the Engineering Design Process by using your own building kit to keep at the end of the week. Use our build kits to create new constructions and challenges each day. Invent and construct your own design using cardboard and other materials while learning to use basic tools.


12:30 - 4:00pm // $195 (includes materials) // SLO-RM 4403 // Steamworks for Kids

Build a series of wacky, motorized robots with your very own mechanical engineering kit. Use the Engineering Design Process to engineer your own designs, then enter your robots into different contests and challenges! Prepare for Battle Bots and the Robot Royale!


8:30am - 12:00pm //  $195 (includes materials) // SLO-RM 4405 // Minds in Motion

Come join an exciting world of space exploration as you build and take home your very own Orbiting Solar System Kit! You will assemble your own model, learn all about our planetary neighborhood, and watch the planets move around the sun with a wind-up motor inside. Set the planets in motion with a flick of your wrist! Take part in other exciting activities involving physics, air pressure, and density. Check out our real meteorite fragment sample! Watch a cosmic rocket shoot up fifty feet into the air! Be mesmerized as you assemble and take home your own stunt plane and learn about the four major forces of flight. You will also witness some neat demonstrations from your instructor. Watch as an egg is magically sucked into a bottle, behold a tornado being created, and much more in this fun and exciting program!


12:30pm – 4:00pm // $195 (includes materials) // SLO-RM 4405 // Minds in Motion

Blast into the future of transportation and build your very own Robot Monorail System! Watch in awe as your RoboRails Robot balances on a single wheel and zips along a track, powered by a super-fast gyroscope and monowheel. You’ll be amazed at how steady your little robot is as it rolls along the track! Get ready to unleash your inner engineer with over 180 durable track pieces. You can follow the 26 awesome layouts in the manual or let your imagination run wild and design your own unique monorail system! With special connectors like the seesaw, splitter, and cross switch, you’ll add cool twists, turns, and challenges to your track that make it one-of-a-kind. Dive into hands-on experiments that explore cool physics concepts like rotational motion, acceleration, and angular momentum as you see gyroscopic forces in action. Are you ready to build the monorail of tomorrow? The adventure starts now!