Egg Drop Challenge

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Test your skill and creativity against the unyielding forces of gravity and concrete in the annual Maker Day Egg Drop Challenge! Watch in amazement as we mercilessly drop your precious egg cargo from 20 feet in the air to test your uniquely designed protective egg-craft. Feel your stomach plunge faster than your egg yolk as we search for survivors in the landing zone. Design. Build. Survive!

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Activity Leader:  Gabe Bach

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Race Car Derby

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It’s time, Friends! The storied Race Car Derby and famed track are ready for you! Interested in building mini race cars? In this activity, we’ll use foam cutters to carve out car bodies, and decorate and streamline them with an assortment of trinkets. Then race them down a seven-foot high track to see how fast they can go!

 

Activity Leaders: Eugene Dozortsev and Steven Tupu

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Lego-Mania!

 

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Brainstorm, design, and build amazing structures and creations using your imagination and the thousands of Lego pieces at your fingertips. Display your builds in the Maker Day Lego Gallery! 

 

Activity Leaders: Nick and Genevieve Gelber

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Duct Tape Wallet!

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​​They say duct tape can do anything…and they are right! You’ll use scads

of duct tape to make your own wallet!

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Activity Leaders: Dave Adler and Wendy Simchi-Levi

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Cardboard Tube City

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​​Help us build a cardboard city from the ground up. Drop in and start anew or add on to this fantastical place full of imaginative dwellings, shops and more.

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Activity Leader: Kristin Rapoport

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Fuzzy Friends

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​​Join seventh grader Mila Chwals Lee in this drop-in to make your own little fabric buddy. You will learn to make a pom-pom buddy or felted friend to keep in your pocket or by your bed to cheer you up!

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Activity Leader: Mila Chwals Lee

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Float Your Boat Challenge

(For MS Participants)

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​​Test your skill and creativity by defying the depths during this year's Maker Day Boat-Building Challenge! Equipped with only the provided materials and your imagination, craft a vessel that will be able to withstand the most weight. Then watch in suspense as your vessel braves the water—will it float or sink to the depths below? Boats that withstand the most weight during the testing phase will earn their spot on the leaderboard and have their boats displayed on the podium!

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Activity Leaders: Charlie Gelber and Roman Ferney