Workshops

Engineering For Kids^® of Illiana is proud to host a variety of different workshops throughout the year. If you’re interested in providing your kids or students with an opportunity to expand their minds and develop useful problem-solving skills, social skills, and more, then our workshops are the perfect solution!

Engineering For Kids^® of Illiana is proud to host a variety of fun workshops involving:

• Science
• Technology
• Engineering
• Math

With all of the different activities and themes we have to offer, it’s easy to see that our workshops are specially designed to make learning fun for kids of all ages. Many may not even realize that they’re learning at all, which makes what we do a win-win for you and your children or students!

Feel free to contact us and learn more about how our workshops can benefit you and your child, student, or class!

Activities That Work with Your Schedule & Your Child’s Age

Whether you’re looking to expand their knowledge on specific subjects or simply encourage their will to learn, our workshops are perfect for children between the ages of 6 to 14. There are many different times, themes, and programs for you to select from, depending on where you’re located and whether your kid is a junior engineer, apprentice engineer, or master engineer.

We’re happy to schedule with:

• Parents
• Principals
• Teachers
• Community center managers

Engineering For Kids^® is proud to offer workshops in a variety of forms, from single-day or half-day workshops to six-week sessions that combine several of our most popular activities! We’re confident that we can create an enriching experience that your child, student, or class can enjoy!

Call to contact our engineering camp educators to learn more about why so many kids, parents, schools, and community center managers turn to Engineering For Kids^® of Illiana for fun enrichment workshops!

Special Workshops

Robotics Engineering Workshops

at our Learning Center located at 649 Mulberry Street in Hammond

Choose Saturday, June 2nd or Sunday, June 3rd

Junior (K-2nd Grade) Robotics Engineering Workshop
1:45 pm-4:15 pm

The goal of this workshop is to introduce the students to the concept of robotics, as well as give the students a chance to build and program their first LEGO® WeDo™ robots. We will explore different builds from several themes of Stories, Mechanisms, Animals, and Soccer.

$35 per student.

REGISTER

Apprentice (3rd-8th Grade) Robotics Engineering Workshop
1:30pm-4:30pm

Apprentices will be introduced to both robot building as well as programming with more advanced LEGO® MINDSTORMS® robots. Students will build robots utilizing various motors and sensors to accomplish specific engineering challenges while using their imagination to make their robot better than the basic starting build. During the workshop students will discover the Engineering Design Process in a real-world setting as they test their robots multiple times to complete various tasks.

$35 per student.

Register

All Special Workshops will be held in our S.T.E.M. Learning Center located at 649 Mulberry Street in Hammond, across from Edison Park. From Calumet Avenue take Mulberry Street west; from 165th take Madison south; from 173rd take Madison north. Street parking is available on both Madison and Mulberry.