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Candy Cane Engineering - Homeschool Hangout Edition
2022-12-14 13:00:00 2022-12-14 14:00:00 America/New_York Candy Cane Engineering - Homeschool Hangout Edition Use your engineering, problem solving and math skills to design a randomly assigned structure that incorporates a candy cane. Registration is Required. Duluth Branch -

Wednesday, December 14
1:00pm - 2:00pm

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Use your engineering, problem solving and math skills to design a randomly assigned structure that incorporates a candy cane. Registration is Required.

Spend an hour in a building activity. We have leftover candy canes and need to use them up!  Join us for an engineering/problem solving event that requires the use of a candy cane as part of the structure.  Can you make it happen under budget? All materials supplied, but registration is required. Presented by the Duluth Branch. 

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AGE GROUP: | Ages 6-11 | Ages 16-18 |

EVENT TYPE: | STEM - Technology | Education | Early Learning |

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