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LEARN: How do Hydraulic Machines Work?

READ: Water at Work

READ: Water-Powered Animatronics

MAKE: Plastic-Bottle Sprinkler

MAKE: DIY Hydraulic Elevator

MAKE: Water Balloon Monster Mouth

EXPLORE: Seriously Strong Hydraulics

EXPLORE: Hydraulic Press at Work

EXPLORE: How to Make a Hydraulic Hand

EXPLORE: How to Make Hydraulic Machines

STEAM CHALLENGE: Build a Hydraulic Machine

LEARN: The Science of Illusions

READ: Pepper's Ghost Trick

READ: Incredible Illusions

READ: The Awesome History of Animations

MAKE: Flipbook Film

MAKE: Stop-Motion Movie Magic

EXPLORE: Evolution of Pixar Animation

EXPLORE: Watch Pixar's Zoetrope

EXPLORE: How Effects Experts Make Holograms

EXPLORE: How to Make a Stop Motion Movie

STEAM CHALLENGE: Make a Stop Motion Movie

LEARN: What is an automaton?

READ: Everyday Automatons

READ: Music in a Box

READ: Super Soaker Design

MAKE: Tissue-Box Automaton

MAKE: Wind-Up Art

EXPLORE: Designing Toys at MIT

EXPLORE: From Automaton to Robot

EXPLORE: Museum of Automata

STEAM CHALLENGE: Design and Build a Mechanical Toy

LEARN: How Far Away Are Stars?

READ: Super Stars

READ: Constellation Chronicles

READ: Anatomy of a Star

MAKE: Solar Oven S'mores

MAKE: Star Search

EXPLORE: Astronomy 101

EXPLORE: Explore Urban Astronomy

EXPLORE: DIY Light-Up Mason Jar

STEAM CHALLENGE: Campout with the Constellations

Tinker Camp Schedule

Radical Robotics

Playing with Illusions

Hands-On Hydraulics

Tinkering with Toys

Seeing Stars

LEARN: How do You Build a Robot?

READ: Real-World Robots

READ: Elektro the Moto-Man

READ: Robotics with Isaac Asimov

MAKE: DIY Jitterbug Robot

MAKE: Tinkering with Motors

EXPLORE: Up Close with Robot Engineering

EXPLORE: Meet Spot the Bot

EXPLORE: RoboWorks Interactive Exploration

EXPLORE: Building Autonomous Bots

STEAM CHALLENGE: Design Your Own Robot