Build It

Sponsored by the Pepper Family Foundation

Explore engineering with one of the most versatile toys of all: the building block!

Activities

• Test the limits of your creativity with big blue Imagination Playground blocks
• Connect Duplo blocks and build in 3 dimensions, including up a wall
• Explore how magnets affect the strength and stability of your structures
• Discover how light affects your creations with translucent Magna-tile blocks

Educational Benefits

• Conceive, plan, and adjust engineering plans based on available materials
• Make predictions about structure stability and test hypotheses
• Explore patterns and symmetry with block materials
• Create representational structures and overlay dramatic play