Engineering For Kids of Alameda, Contra Costa, and Santa Clara Counties

Engineering For Kids of Alameda, Contra Costa, and Santa Clara Counties offers hands-on STEM activities such as building rockets, creating video games, designing a hot air balloon, and building their own robo-arm. Kids also take core samples from a potato, attempt to land an egg, design and build a physical prototype of their own Mars base, program robots for missions, and build with Lego SPIKE. The program includes a space-themed STEM program called Mission to Mars, which uses EFK’s Engineering Design Process in activities such as Mission to Mars with Minecraft and Robotic Mission to Mars.

• Ages: 4–14 years old

Engineering For Kids® began in 2009 and has grown into a global family with over 90 locations across 23 countries, and has been privileged to touch the lives of more than 350,000 students. Its Mission to Mars offerings include five programs: Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Multidisciplinary Engineering, Minecraft Technology, and Robotics. At Engineering For Kids®, the stated mission is to aspire to inspire kids ages 4 to 14 and to share a passion for getting young kids excited about science, technology, engineering, and math, as well as the possibilities these skills offer in their future. Engineering For Kids® is STEM.org accredited and Cognia certified. Parents and students have described the experience with comments such as “It’s fun and educational, it provides opportunities to kids and teaches them about life,” “It’s like a playground for their mind!,” “Engineering For Kids® classes are so fun and you get to learn new things about engineering each day,” and “I was amazed by the brilliance.”

Last updated March 7, 2026.