Wonderful Wizardry of Science (Ages 5-7) - Register Online

9:00am-12:00pm // $185 (includes materials) // SLO-RM 4403 // Steamworks for Kids

Discover the magic of science in this fun, chemistry-based workshop. Make edible wands, brew fantastic potions, and create amazingly “magical” chemical reactions. Watch a mirage mysteriously appear, experiment with color and light, and learn about the science behind the illusions of magical fun!


Up, Up & Away! with Steamworks for Kids (Ages 5-7) - Register Online

12:30-3:30pm // $185 (includes materials) // SLO-RM 4403 // Steamworks for Kids

This workshop explores things that are used to move through the air, like airplanes, bridges, and spaceships. Become an Engineer and use the Engineering Design Process to build your own rubber band-powered model airplane, watch it soar, and take it home! Design and build your own bridge, then join a bridge-building contest, and see which one can hold the most weight! Learn about the Engineering Design Process and how to use it with simple engineering skills about aviation and building, then use your skills to experiment with our really cool building kits, including a spaceship. It's time to fly away with fun!


Solarbot.14 (Ages 7-9) - Register Online

9:00am-12:00pm // $185 (includes materials) // SLO-RM 4405 // Minds in Motion

Come and take home your very own 14 in 1 educational solar robot kit!  Every hour more solar energy reaches the Earth then humans use in an entire year!  Learn how solar energy works and witness firsthand how this technology can harness the sun’s energy source.  This kit contains unique components and parts that operate on land and water.  Construct 14 different solar powered robots from functional to comical designs which include a tortoise bot, bug bot, paddle bot, tumbler bot, monster bot, big wheeler bot, car bot, surfer bot, and rowing bot!  Working with its motor, gears, and solar panel, watch your solar bot come to life without any batteries as it uses the power of the sun.  Take part in one of the alternative energies that is used most widely across the globe.  Use your own creativity, put your mind in motion, and create your own designs!


CSI: Crime Scene Investigation with Minds in Motion (Ages 7-9) - Register Online

12:30-3:30pm // $185 (includes materials) // SLO-RM 4405 // Minds in Motion

Come join our Minds In Motion Crime Team in this fun and interesting program!  We will provide you with all the tools you need to become your very own crime scene investigator.  Learn all about forensics, searching for evidence, and gathering clues and bring home your very own detective kit!  Working in groups, you will conduct many science experiments in our crime lab to solve the mysteries at hand.  You will learn all about fingerprinting and how to classify them and bring home your very own fingerprint classification sheet!  You will also perform chemical analyses and observations working with powders, liquids, and much much more!  Be amazed at how much science plays a part in solving a crime.  Come ready with your thinking caps and be prepared to use all the skills necessary to solve the crime of the century and help save the Minds In Motion Laboratory!  We need you!