Engineering For Kids of San Francisco County
Engineering For Kids of San Francisco County, 1636A Irving St, A, San Francisco, CA 94122
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Engineering For Kids of San Francisco County offers hands-on projects where children design and construct rockets, program video games, and create fun objects using LEGO bricks. Participants also take part in activities such as building their own robo-arm, taking core samples from a potato, attempting to land an egg, building with Lego SPIKE, programming robots, and completing hands-on robotic engineering challenges. In one featured project, students design and build a physical prototype of their own Mars base.
• Ages: 4–14 years old
Engineering For Kids of San Francisco County offers STEM educational enrichment classes, camps, events, and parties that include after-school programs, evening classes, birthday parties, and special events. Courses are offered in aerospace, chemical, environmental, electronic game design, industrial, electrical, marine, mechanical, and LEGO robotics. The Mission to Mars space-themed STEM program includes five programs: Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Multidisciplinary Engineering, Minecraft Technology, and Robotics, including Mission to Mars with Minecraft, which uses a custom Mission to Mars Minecraft Map as a simulation tool, and Robotic Mission to Mars, which uses Lego SPIKE and the Engineering For Kids Engineering Design Process. Engineering For Kids has been operating since 2009 and has grown to over 90 locations across 23 countries, reaching more than 350,000 students. The organization is STEM.org accredited and Cognia certified. The stated mission of Engineering For Kids of San Francisco County is to combine children’s natural curiosity and imagination with early development of science, technology, engineering, and math skills through an exciting, hands-on educational program that introduces children to engineering and connects these subjects to many of today’s careers. Community outreach includes the option to bring Engineering For Kids classes to schools or community centers by calling (415) 527-0497. Parent and student comments describe the program as an interactive program with a STEM approach to learning, “so fun” with new things to learn about engineering each day, and “like a playground for their mind.”
Last updated March 20, 2026.
• Ages: 4–14 years old
Engineering For Kids of San Francisco County offers STEM educational enrichment classes, camps, events, and parties that include after-school programs, evening classes, birthday parties, and special events. Courses are offered in aerospace, chemical, environmental, electronic game design, industrial, electrical, marine, mechanical, and LEGO robotics. The Mission to Mars space-themed STEM program includes five programs: Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Multidisciplinary Engineering, Minecraft Technology, and Robotics, including Mission to Mars with Minecraft, which uses a custom Mission to Mars Minecraft Map as a simulation tool, and Robotic Mission to Mars, which uses Lego SPIKE and the Engineering For Kids Engineering Design Process. Engineering For Kids has been operating since 2009 and has grown to over 90 locations across 23 countries, reaching more than 350,000 students. The organization is STEM.org accredited and Cognia certified. The stated mission of Engineering For Kids of San Francisco County is to combine children’s natural curiosity and imagination with early development of science, technology, engineering, and math skills through an exciting, hands-on educational program that introduces children to engineering and connects these subjects to many of today’s careers. Community outreach includes the option to bring Engineering For Kids classes to schools or community centers by calling (415) 527-0497. Parent and student comments describe the program as an interactive program with a STEM approach to learning, “so fun” with new things to learn about engineering each day, and “like a playground for their mind.”
Last updated March 20, 2026.
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