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Inventors Week at Discovery Cube OC
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We spent our Saturday morning celebrating the start of Inventors Week at Discovery Cube OC. We were there bright and early at 10 a.m. to make sure that we would visit all the stations.
Neither the kids nor I had ever been to Inventors Week before so we took the opportunity to use our yearly membership and check it out. The first floor has tables with Discovery Cube volunteers and scientists.
We got the chance to try out circuit boards and learn about electricity. The gal helping us out took time to explain to us how the circuit boards work and even let us do a couple of different variations.
The kids got a big kick out of making music from potatoes, bagels and metal. They used an activity kit called Makey Makey. They liked it so much that I’m going to get the kit for them on Amazon later. Using Makey Makey, they can not only make music, but they can also program other functions – and even play Tetris!
We also went upstairs and ran into Brain Builders. They’re located in Laguna Niguel, but also visit local schools. There, we were able to build LEGO creations and then blow them up. It was so cool!!!
Inventors Week at Discovery Cube OC runs July 2nd through July 10th! Visit the cube and get hands-on demonstrations and stage shows. It’s a great way to keep the kids busy and have them learn a thing or two as well!
Inventors Week at Discovery Cube OC
July 2, 2016 – July 10, 2016
Join us for a week of tinkering, building, and exploring while learning about electronic and robotic principles that every inventor and engineer should know! Practice your skills and test your knowledge with snap circuit building, Makey Makey invention activities, and an interactive stage show!
Plus! Join us for a exclusive live video conference with NASA on July 7 at 1:00pm! Learn about the Orion and Space Launch System missions and how NASA plans to explore areas of space that more than 40,000 miles beyond the moon! An engineer from the Ground Systems Development and Operations team at Kennedy Space Center will be available by video conference to answer your questions about upcoming deep space operations.
Meet the Makers
Saturday, July 2
Abu ZOTTZ (10am-5pm)
Joan Horvath: Nonscriptum LLC (10am-5pm)
OC Scroll Saw Association (11am-3pm)
Google X: Anthony Mack (presentations at 11am and 1pm)
Brain Builders
Sunday, July 3
Abu ZOTTZ (10am-5pm)
OC Scroll Saw Association (11am-3pm)
Blind Children Center (10am-5pm)
Tuesday, July 5
AirWolf 3D (10am-3pm)
Wednesday, July 6
Blind Children Center (10am-5pm)
AirWolf 3D (10am-3pm)
Thursday, July 7
NASA Engineer Teleconference – Jerad Merbitz (1pm)
AirWolf 3D (10am-3pm)
Friday, July 8
Blind Children Center (10am-5pm)
AirWolf 3D (10am-3pm)
Saturday, July 9
Wolf Corp. Robotics (11am-1pm)
Blind Children Center (10am-5pm)
R2D2 Club (11am-3pm)
OC Scroll Saw Association (11am-3pm)
Matter Hackers (11am-3pm)
OC Module Railroaders Inc. (10am-5pm)
Sunday, July 10
OC Scroll Saw Association (11am-3pm)
OC Module Railroaders Inc. (10am-5pm)
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Originally published on July 2, 2016. Last Updated on January 22, 2020 by Pattie Cordova
