Challenge Island: Penguins

NOTE THIS EVENT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED

Date(s): Saturday, January 31, 2026
Time: 2:00pm-3:00pm
Venue: Ypsilanti District Library - Whittaker Rd
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Join Challenge Island for a penguin themed STEM challenge! Work in small teams or as a family to design, test, and race penguin sleds. 

Challenge Island is a STEM enrichment organization that engages kids and families in fun, hands-on “challenges” which teach them about STEAM fundamentals and crosscurricular topics, plus important success skills like creativity, critical thinking, problem solving and much more. 

Part of Project STEM @ YDL sponsored by Toyota.

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