Automata! Spirographs! Conveyor Belts! Our 3rd - 5th Grade Inventors will journey into the marvelous world of mechanical sculptures and machines. Here, a wheel isn't just a wheel, it's a gear that can turn one crank into a twirl of a ballerina or the flap of dragon wings. This class will trace mechanization from the Automata of the Ancient Ottoman Empire to the Machinery of the Industrial Revolution to the Kinetic Creations of Theo Jensen. Students will use what they’ve learned here to invent their own Curious Contraptions.