Use real steel parts, nuts, bolts, and tools to build your own mini machine! Explore hands-on engineering with metal pieces—just like real inventors.
Welcome to Build It with Steel!—a hands-on building experience using real steel beams, plates, nuts, bolts, and tools. Participants can choose a quick design challenge or freestyle a creation of their own, working solo or with a friend. Whether it’s a racecar, a sturdy bridge, or a wild invention, each build introduces basic engineering concepts like stability, balance, and mechanical connections.
This activity is self-directed and designed for 5–10 minutes of creative construction. Perfect for budding engineers and curious tinkerers of all ages.
Participants are encouraged to take a photo of their finished build and share it on social media with @wsteamfest.
STEAMteam
STEAMfest is made possible with the help of hundreds of organizations and volunteers, both within the Woodlawn School Community and without. The STEAMteam is responsible for the planning, promotion, organization, and execution of STEAMfest.
Each year the STEAMteam creates a number of activity booths based on the teams skills and experience.
Meet The STEAMteam
