Build It Up
A destination for the hands-on maker and builder in every child.
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Overview
The name says it all... let’s build it UP! In this area, STEAM-based activities invite trial-and-error design, construction, and crafting that build thinking skills and a growing awareness of the designed/built world around us. Activities here are filled with loose parts of different scales for building and engineering.
Features
- “Deconstructed Constructed” House
- Brick Conveyor Belt
- Electricity Wall
- Plumbing Wall
- Siding Wall
- Design Station
- Builder Boards
Promotes
- Imagination
- Planning
- Fundamental STEAM concepts
Uses
- Building with various materials
- Expression of ideas
- Planning and designing
Encourages
- Collaboration
- Problem solving
- Risk taking