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Registration opens:
July 01st, 2025

Teen Chain Reactions & Creative Contraptions
2025-07-22 17:00:00 2025-07-22 18:30:00 America/New_York Teen Chain Reactions & Creative Contraptions Playful Engineers will host an interactive workshop for teens. Wilbraham Public Library - Brooks Room

Tuesday, July 22
5:00pm - 6:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-07-22 17:00:00 2025-07-22 18:30:00 America/New_York Teen Chain Reactions & Creative Contraptions Playful Engineers will host an interactive workshop for teens. Wilbraham Public Library - Brooks Room

Playful Engineers will host an interactive workshop for teens.

A hands-on, STEM focused workshop, participants design, build, test, and play with chain reactions and creative contraptions. In this makerspace build-along workshop, teens can even choose to make a Rube Goldberg machine, which accomplishes a simple task in a complicated way! Join us for Playful Engineers most popular Make & Break Workshop!

Grades 6-12 only. Starting on July 1, online registration is required or call 413-596-6141.

Sponsored in part by the Wilbraham Friends of the Library and by a grant from the Wilbraham Cultural Council, a local agency which is funded by the Mass Cultural Council.

AGE GROUP: | Teens |

EVENT TYPE: | Workshop | Other |

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