Mobile Creativity Lab Coming to Appleton, Oshkosh and Green Bay this Summer!

This summer, a mobile creativity lab will be hitting the road again with projects, challenges, and opportunities to explore with new tools and materials. Einstein’s Sandbox puts the Einstein Project on wheels and in parks across Northeast Wisconsin to promote quality learning opportunities in science, technology, engineering, aesthetics, and math. 

Each month, kids ages 4 and older will be invited to explore for two hours at each location. The youngest creators will enjoy open-ended design and building with tinker pile supplies. Those ready for more direction can check out challenges with provided materials and instructions for a build based on the monthly theme. Kids in middle school and up can take on the challenge of a Creativity Scrimmage and team up to think critically and create solutions to a design challenge. 

We talked with Dennis Rockhill from the Einstein Project about what we can expect at these park dates:

GVK: Are families able to drop in anytime during the 2-hour session or do projects take the full two hours?

Dennis: They can drop by anytime and some of the projects take longer than others – so I would plan for a minimum of 20 – 30 minutes.

Can projects carry over from week to week if families transport them?

Dennis: We visit each park once a month June, July, and August. Each month has a different theme and project. But if a family met us at another park the same month, they could certainly continue their project!

Can siblings work on projects together?

Dennis: Absolutely! We encourage collaboration. We will also have Creativity Scrimmages for groups that want to take on a design challenge together.

Anything else families should know?

Dennis: We’ll have a range of projects/activities that go from open-ended tinkering to step-by-step builds. We also have a project planned that will allow kids to design digitally and output to a laser cutter on board the makerspace truck!

Check out our kits, camps, and workshops at:

www.einsteinproject.org

Locations, Dates & Times 

Appleton

• Linwood Park
  • Address: 401 N Douglas St, Appleton, WI
  • Dates:
    • Monday, June 6
    • Wednesday, June 8, 2022
    • Friday, July 15, 2022
  • Time: 12 – 3 pm
• City Park
  • Address: 500 E Franklin St, Appleton, WI
  • Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2022
  • Time: 12 – 3 pm
  • Other things to do at City Park
• Highview Park
  • Address: 110 E Wayfarer Ln, Appleton, Wisconsin
  • Dates:
    • Tuesday, July 12, 2022
    • Tuesday, August 16, 2022
  • Time: 12 – 3 pm
  • Other things to do at Highview Park
• Derks Park
  • Address: 3220 Guyette Dr, Appleton, WI 
  • Dates:
    • Wednesday, June 13, 2022
    • Wednesday, August 17, 2022
  • Time: 12 – 3 pm
• Erb Park
  • Address: 1800 North Morrison Street
  • Dates:
    • Thursday, July 14, 2022
    • Thursday, August 18, 2022
  • Time: 12 – 3 pm
  • Other things to do at Erb Park

Green Bay

• Kroc Center
  • Address: 1315 Lime Kiln Rd, Green Bay, WI
  • Date: Thursday, June 9, 2022
  • Time: 4 – 5:30 pm
• Green Isle Park
  • Address: 900 Greene Ave, Allouez, WI
  • Date: Sunday, June 12, 2022
  • Time: 10 am – 3 pm
• Bay Beach
  • Address: 313 Bay Beach Rd, Green Bay, WI
  • Dates & Times:
    • Tuesday, June 14, 2022 @ 11 am – 2 pm
    • Monday, June 20, 2022 @ 12 – 3 pm
    • Tuesday, August 9, 2022 @ 12 – 3 pm
  • Other things to do at Bay Beach
• Howe Community Resource Center
  • Address: 526 S Monroe Ave, Green Bay, WI
  • Dates & Times:
    • Friday, June 17, 2022 @ 1 – 3 pm
    • Wednesday, July 6, 2022 @ 1 – 3pm
    • Thursday, July 28, 2022 @ 1 – 3 pm
• VT Pride Park
  • Address: 2203 Imperial Ln, Green Bay, WI
  • Dates:
    • Tuesday, June 21, 2022
    • Tuesday, July 26, 2022
  • Time: 12 – 3 pm
• Fisk Park
  • Address: 995 Dousman Street
  • Dates
    • Wednesday, June 22, 2022
    • Wednesday, July 27, 2022
    • Wednesday, August 10, 2022
  • Time: 12 – 3 pm
• Astor Park
  • Address: 1100 Porlier St, Green Bay, WI
  • Dates:
    • Thursday, June 23, 2022
    • Thurday, June 28, 2022
    • Thursday, August 11, 2022
  • Time: 12 – 3 pm
• Leicht Park
  • Address: 128 Dousman St, Green Bay, WI
  • Dates & Times:
    • Monday, June 27, 2022 @ 10 am – 1 pm
    • Tuesday, August 2, 2022 @ 5 – 8 pm

Rural Locations

• Wrightstown Library
  • Address: 615 Main St, Wrightstown, WI
  • Dates & Times:
    • Thursday, June 16, 2022 @ 2 – 5 pm
    • Monday, July 11, 2022 @ 12 – 3 pm
    • Thursday, August 4, 2022 @ 2 – 5 pm
• Oconto Falls Library
  • Address: 251 N Main St, Oconto Falls, WI
  • Date & Time: Tuesday, July 5, 2022 @ 12 – 3 pm
• Farnsworth Library
  • Address: 715 Main St, Oconto, WI
  • Dates:
    • Thursdays, July 7 & 21, 2022
    • Friday, August 12, 2022
  • Time: 12 – 3 pm

See the full Einstein’s Sandbox calendar.