Bring The Works to your school with Works on Wheels!  

The Works can bring many workshops directly to your school to enrich your curriculum, meet state science standards and delight your students.

The cost of bringing The Works to your school is the cost of the workshop per student (minimum 50 students) plus an $80 per day travel and set up fee. (Travel fee increases if your location is more than 25 miles from our site.)

Please call (952) 848-4848 or click here to complete a reservation request to bring The Works to your school.

Select from the following workshops:

60 Minute Workshops

Magnet Mania $5.00 GK - 2

Explore what magnets really attract (not every metal!), investigate magnetic poles, pull “buried treasure” from sand and find out where magnets are used. Each child makes a magnet game to take home.

Mixing Molecules $6.00 GK - 3

Experiment with chemical properties, states of matter and color mixing using "kitchen chemicals." Identify a series of “mystery” chemicals by doing three experiments. Each child will make Glow Dough, a slimy polymer that glows in the dark.

Super Circuits $6.00 G1 - 5

Investigate the components of simple circuits — power, loads and switches — and wire up some circuits of your own. Then roll up your sleeves for an awesome project: each child will build and take home a motor-powered fan.

Skyscrapers $5.00 G3 - 6

Find out what architects and civil engineers do as you explore structure, scale and design through creative hands-on activities. Redesign the Sears Tower and bring home a small scale skyscraper you build yourself using wood, saws, and glue.

Pasta Bridges $6.00 G3 - 9

What do you get when you mix together raw pasta, hot glue and lots of imagination? Pasta bridges . . . one of our favorite tech challenges. Build the strongest bridge you can with a specific amount of pasta, then see how much weight it can hold before it breaks.

Motor Power $6 .00 G4 - 9

What’s inside a motor and how does it work? See for yourself as your group builds and experiments with “the world’s simplest motor.” Each child will make and take home his or her own motor-powered fan.

Two Hour Workshop:

Catapults $10.00 G3 - 9

Learn about levers, pivots and mechanical advantage in this action packed workshop. Use real tools -- hammers, drills and saws -- to build your own wooden catapult. Optimize it for height and distance, find out how far and how accurately you can fling a marshmallow, then take your catapult home for more experimentation and fun.

The Works, 5701 Normandale Road, Ste. 303, Edina, Minnesota 55424 [map] Phone: (952) 848-4848

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