Workshops

Our workshops are typically hosted by a variety of community partners, from local businesses to libraries, and are posted on our Programs page. If you're interested in hosting a private Pop-Up Science workshop (we make great Scout meetings, just sayin'), contact us at hello@pop-upscience.com for pricing and availability.

Retro Videogaming with Scratch
​Workshop Series

One of our most popular programs, these 3-hour introductory workshops introduces participants to programming and game design through beginning, intermediate, and advanced courses.

​Using Scratch, a highly-visual coding platform from MIT Media Lab, attendees learn to recreate some of the basic coding strategies and sequential thinking behind beloved 8-bit classics. Create obstacles, feedback loops, level up and learn what it takes to program a video game you can download, play and share over and over again.

Sewable Circuits

Bitwise E-Textiles and Pop-Up Science team up for this e-textile beginner course for young fashionistas and wearable tech fanatics. Students will learn concepts in product design, basic circuitry, and critical thinking as they wire up their own LED bracelets.

Paper Circuits

Make a greeting card Grandma will never forget! Learn electrical engineering and design basics in this highly-approachable crafts workshop all about circuits, conductivity, and creativity. 

Vibrobots & Scribble Machines

Explore the difference between robots and moving machines in this wild and unpredictable workshop. Using Exploratorium's "Scribble Bot" curriculum, we'll teach you how to wire up your own DIY vibrobot that can scoot, scurry, and scribble across anything you can lay before it.