Bring The Works to you 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 you is the cost of the workshop per student (minimum 15 students and 2 hours of programming) plus an $50 per day set up fee plus mileage. (Travel fee increases if your location is more than 25 miles from our site.)

Please call (952) 888-4262 or click here to complete a reservation request to bring The Works to your school.

Select from the following workshops:

45 Minute Workshops

Kaleidoscopes $4.00 G1-5

Discover reflection and symmetry and distort your own face with bendable mirrors Each child will build and take home a unique and colorful kaleidoscope

One Hour Workshops

Magnet Mania $5.00 GK - 2

Explore what magnets really attract and investigate magnetic poles. Use magnets to separate iron filings from sand and to make a magnet game to take home.

Mixing Molecules $6.00 GK - 3

Identify mystery chemicals by experimenting with chemical properties, states of matter, and color mixing. Each child will also make a tub of 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. Each student will make a motor powered fan to take home.

Skyscrapers $5.00 G3 - 6

Find out what architects and civil engineers do as you explore structure, scale and design. Then, using wood, a hand saw, and glue create your own scale model skyscraper to bring home of Chicago’s famous Willis (Sears) Tower.

Pasta Bridges $6.00 G3 - 9

What do you get when you mix together raw pasta, hot glue and lots of imagination? Pasta bridges! Use the Engineering Design Process to build the strongest bridge you can, 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? Use magnets and electricity as you build and experiment with the “World’s Simplest Motor.” Each student will make a motor powered fan to take home.

Two Hour Workshop:

Catapults $10.00 G3 - 9

Learn about levers and fulcrums in this action-packed workshop. Use real tools — hammers, drills and saws — to build your own catapult. Find out how far and how accurately you can fling a marshmallow, then take your catapult home for more experimentation and fun.

Now Open: The Works, 9740 Grand Ave. S, Bloomington, MN 55420 [map] Phone: (952) 888-4262

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