Who:    
Great Lakes Science Center
 
When:  
11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Saturday, February 1
 
What:
Great Lakes Science Center is inviting media to attend our hands-on, head-to-head engineering fundraiser Design & Build, as it returns for its 14th annual competition Saturday, February 1.
 
On the day of the competition, teams of two to four individuals are given a design challenge, and all the materials needed to solve it. They must then race against the clock, and the other teams, to see who can design, build and then test the most successful solution to the challenge. Teams compete in one of two categories: Youth (middle through high school students), or Corporate (adult teams). Science Center guests on the day of the event are invited to check out the competition and help cheer the teams on to victory!
 
Last year, Lincoln Electric took top honors in the Corporate category and a team from Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s MC2STEM High School was victorious in the Youth category. Will they design the winning strategy again this year?
 
Design & Build gives the community the opportunity to engineer victory and construct a brighter future fueled by STEM learning. 

  • 11 a.m challenge is explained, and competition materials are distributed  
  • 11:15 a.m. designing, prototyping and building begins 
  • 11:15 a.m. to 2 p.m. media invited to shoot photos and video of the competition 
  • 2 p.m. competition ends 
  • 2:15 p.m. awards ceremony

Design & Build 2025 is presented by Parker Hannifin Corporation. Additional support for Design & Build provided by nVent, Saint-Gobain, Applied Industrial Technologies, Brown and Caldwell, Lincoln Electric, Moen, Olympic Steel, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Swagelok.

Where:
Great Lakes Science Center
601 Erieside Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44114
216.694.2000
GreatScience.com

 
About Great Lakes Science Center
Great Lakes Science Center is one of the top ten museums in the nation as celebrated by the 2024 USA Today 10 Best Readers’ Choice travel award for Best Science Museum. The Science Center hosted Total Eclipse Fest in 2024, one of the largest free eclipse events in the country, and is home to the NASA Glenn Visitor Center. The Science Center makes science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) come alive for more than 300,000 visitors a year through hundreds of hands-on exhibits, temporary exhibitions, the Cleveland Clinic DOME Theater, historic Steamship William G. Mather, daily science demonstrations, seasonal camps and more. The Science Center, a 501(c)(3) non-profit institution, earned a 2023 Platinum Seal of Transparency from Candid, a leading provider of insight and data about the non-profit world. The Science Center is supported in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. Visit GreatScience.com for more information.