Ion Family STEAM Day: Let’s build a ball launcher!
Free
WHEN
Saturday
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Join STEAM on Demand, Persona AI, and the Ion for a hands-on, family-friendly STEAM workshop. Newton’s Second Law of Motion, Force = ma, explains how force, mass, and acceleration interact. In this lesson, students will explore Newton’s ideas by building and testing a ball launcher.
Through hands-on construction led by the STEAM on Demand platform, they’ll see how different forces affect movement and momentum. By the end, they’ll understand how acceleration changes based on an object’s mass and the force applied to it.
Special Guest Partner:
Persona AI’s vision is to be the labor platform for skilled industrial work. Whether the worksite is a shipyard, energy infrastructure, construction site, or another dynamic environment, our humanoids will do the heavy industry 3D jobs — dull, dirty, and dangerous — so that humans don’t have to.
Persona AI’s engineers and team will be leading this workshop, lending their expertise in engineering and robotics. This is the perfect chance for your student to meet people working to create Humanoids at Work!
This event will be tailored for 7-14-year-olds and their families for a fun STEAM experience! We look forward to building and learning with you!
SCHEDULE
| 9:45 AM | Registration |
| 10:05 AM | Welcome remarks |
| 10:10 AM | Workshop begins *If you do not arrive when the workshop begins you will not be guaranteed supplies or instruction. |
| 11:30 AM | Lunch |
PARKING
Ion District Parking Garage
Enter 4111 Fannin Street into your GPS for directions directly to this parking garage, located a block from the Ion. Parking in the Ion District Garage is free for the first two hours.
Red Parking Lot
Enter 4203 Fannin Street into your GPS for directions directly to the red parking lot, located across the street from the Ion. This lot is for overflow guest parking and tenant parking and is free for the first three hours.
For information and access to pay online for parking in the red lot, click here.
