Ages 8 - 11

Mondays, 6 PM - 7:30 PM

January 12, 19, 26
February 2, 9, 16, 23
March 2, 9, 23, 30

Location: Happy Hollow Elementary School, 1200 Salisbury Street, Door 6

The International Rube Goldberg Machine Team Competition is May 16, 2025. 

Join our team to make the ultimate machine that finds the award-winning creative way to OPEN A BOX. We're looking for FIVE team members who are easily motivated, hard workers, who love a good challenge. Last year's elementary team won second place and we have five returning members who want to emphasize that they want students who are fun to work with, nice, and will try their hardest to make the best and most creative machine that will win first place!

The fee includes the cost of materials and we'll ask parents to also help us find donations. Times may vary based on the building progress. 

Tuesday, April 21
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
West Lafayette Public Library - Children's Activity Area

Purdue Industrial Engineering Student Daniela Graterol will lead a session helping our students understand how communication, perception, and human behavior impact system performance. Students write step-by-step instructions for making a sandwich. She will then follow instructions literally, exposing gaps! This will be fun and silly while showing how unclear communication leads to errors, inefficiency, and rework.

Tuesday, April 28 - 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
West Lafayette Public Library - Children's Activity Area

Purdue Industrial Engineering student Daniela Graterol will introduce the concept of decision, authority, and responsibility through the planning of a Lemonade Stand business. Who will be the owner, team, and front line worker. Our goal is for students to understand efficiency, fairness, and inclusion of ideas.