Engineering and Design ModuleEngineering and Design Module

The goal of the Engineering & Design Module is to teach kids to recognize challenges, turn them into opportunities, and identify scalable solutions to solve them. Topics in this module include puzzles, invention, construction, machines, architecture, curiosity. STEAM Academy offers an interdisciplinary approach that weaves together the science, technology, engineering, art, and math skills learned in the classroom and connects them to things kids see every day.
Play with bulldozers, cranes & trucks and discover Car City's Construction site. Enjoy mini-games & exclusive features, and meet with all your friends from Car City. Drive the truck by pressing the arrow key.
Help rebuild the city by creating a production linetap, rotate and move the shapes to rebuild!
Children can make creative images using ten basic shapes and seven different colors. Kids will choose to make their own design or use a template to recreate pictures from a favorite category.
Meet Matt, a landscape architect! As part of his "unZOOsual" career, Matt uses science, technology, engineering, art, and math to design the outdoor spaces at the Zoo. Learn more about the creativity and curiosity it takes to be a landscape architect!
For this Rebel Girl, the sky was the limit. An aviator who was determined to fly into the history books as the first woman to design, build and pilot her own plane. We explore who Lilian Bland was.
Join Museum Educator Ann Caspari to make a model of your own house using recycled materials and then pretend to fly over to get an aerial view.
Join Museum Educator Ann Caspari to make a helicopter toy from an egg carton.
You are the pilot! Join museum educator Ann Caspari as she demonstrates how to make a realistic looking play airplane cockpit out of cardboard and jar lids.
Explore a constuction site with trucks, cranes, and bulldozers or step inside a new home and help with pipes, drywall and painting! There is so much for little hands to do and explore while kids pretend to build new buildings.
Try to build the tallest tower while dealing with real world physics. A unique graphics style completes the experience as you challenge your brain and learn about physics while having fun!
Gain confidence while developing skills! Kids will be introduced to building, constructing, and creating through these fun activities.
These three bears help inventor Goldilocks in this quirky fairytale.