Design, build, and test in the Ingenuity Lab!
Open noon to 4:00 p.m. every Saturday & Sunday
Free with admission
The Ingenuity Lab at Lawrence Hall of Science is a place where you can discover how the world around us works. Find out how engineers and scientists solve challenges and find new ways of doing things. Engage your creative brain and use a variety of materials to design, build, and test your own innovations. Work with students from the Berkeley Engineers and Mentors (BEAM) program to brainstorm ideas, build a prototype, and then test your design as you work to find your own solution to these engineering challenges.
Join us to tackle a new challenge every month!
May: Building Big!
How can something as flimsy as newspaper hold weights high above the ground? Come learn how to make a sturdy structure like a table, a bridge, or a building using only newspaper.
June: Marble Machines
Build a winding track of tubes, funnels, and bumpers for your marble to ride. Experiment by making the track higher, the turns steeper, and/or even adding a loop-the-loop.
July: Spinning Tops
Design, build and test a spinning top. Learn about some basic properties of rotating objects while modifying the design and carrying out experiments.
Great creations from prior Ingenuity Lab Challenges
Find your 2011 ingenuity creation on Flickr.
Find your 2010 ingenuity creation on Flickr.
Kinetic Sculptures, Bridges and Skyscrapers, and Scribbling Machines.
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