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Engineering & Design: Build Your Own Contraption

In-Person Program
2025-08-14 16:00:00 2025-08-14 17:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Engineering & Design: Build Your Own Contraption Learn about simple machines like gears, levers, and more. Then combine them together to create your own chain reaction contraption. For ages 7 – 12. Live Oak Library - Meeting Room

Thursday, August 14
4:00pm - 5:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-08-14 16:00:00 2025-08-14 17:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Engineering & Design: Build Your Own Contraption Learn about simple machines like gears, levers, and more. Then combine them together to create your own chain reaction contraption. For ages 7 – 12. Live Oak Library - Meeting Room

Live Oak Library

Meeting Room

Learn about simple machines like gears, levers, and more. Then combine them together to create your own chain reaction contraption. For ages 7 – 12.

Sponsored by Edison International and LA County Library Foundation.

AGE GROUP: | Children |

EVENT TYPE: | STEAM | Arts, Crafts, & Hobbies |

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Live Oak Library
Phone: 626.446.8803
Hours
Mon, Aug 25 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Aug 26 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Aug 27 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Aug 28 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Aug 29 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Aug 30 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sun, Aug 31 Closed
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About the branch

Live Oak Library was founded in 1917. As the business areas along Live Oak Avenue were incorporated into the city of Arcadia, the library site moved eastward until it came to its current location in 1964 in an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County.

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