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 activities where kids design and construct rockets, program video games, and create fun objects using LEGO bricks. Participants also work on projects such as building their own robo-arm, taking core samples from a potato, attempting to land an egg, building with Lego SPIKE, programming robots for missions, and designing and building a physical prototype of their own Mars base.
• Ages: 4–14 years old
Engineering For Kids of San Francisco County is part of Engineering For Kids, which began in 2009 and has grown to over 90 locations across 23 countries, serving more than 350,000 students since its start. Its mission statement describes a focus on mixing kids’ natural curiosity and imagination with early science, technology, engineering, and math learning through an exciting, hands-on educational program that introduces children to engineering and connects STEM education to many of today’s careers. The program offers STEM educational enrichment classes, including a space-themed STEM program called “Mission to Mars,” which includes five programs: Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Multidisciplinary Engineering, Minecraft Technology, and Robotics, all using EFK’s Engineering Design Process, with Minecraft used as a simulation tool and Lego SPIKE used in the Robotic Mission to Mars. Engineering For Kids has been accredited by STEM.org and is Cognia Certified, and Engineering For Kids is a proud member of the LaunchLife family of companies. Community involvement information notes that families or schools can call (415) 527-0497 to bring Engineering For Kids classes to a school or community center. Parent and student testimonials describe the program as “an interactive program that challenges kids to be creative and to think critically with a STEM approach to learning,” “amazing,” “so fun” with new things to learn about engineering each day, and “like a playground for their mind.”
Last updated June 19, 2026.
• Ages: 4–14 years old
Engineering For Kids of San Francisco County is part of Engineering For Kids, which began in 2009 and has grown to over 90 locations across 23 countries, serving more than 350,000 students since its start. Its mission statement describes a focus on mixing kids’ natural curiosity and imagination with early science, technology, engineering, and math learning through an exciting, hands-on educational program that introduces children to engineering and connects STEM education to many of today’s careers. The program offers STEM educational enrichment classes, including a space-themed STEM program called “Mission to Mars,” which includes five programs: Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Multidisciplinary Engineering, Minecraft Technology, and Robotics, all using EFK’s Engineering Design Process, with Minecraft used as a simulation tool and Lego SPIKE used in the Robotic Mission to Mars. Engineering For Kids has been accredited by STEM.org and is Cognia Certified, and Engineering For Kids is a proud member of the LaunchLife family of companies. Community involvement information notes that families or schools can call (415) 527-0497 to bring Engineering For Kids classes to a school or community center. Parent and student testimonials describe the program as “an interactive program that challenges kids to be creative and to think critically with a STEM approach to learning,” “amazing,” “so fun” with new things to learn about engineering each day, and “like a playground for their mind.”
Last updated June 19, 2026.
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