Home School Class - Da Vinci's Inventions, Session I

Da Vinci was intrigued by parachutes. He introduced the world to transportation with his self-propelled cart, and was a brilliant artist. Engage your inventive mind to construct and test a parachute, design your own car, and assemble a gizmo that creates a work of art!

Da Vinci’s Inventions

Engineer, artist, inventor, scientist, Leonardo da Vinci’s influence is still felt 500 years later! Discover some of the ingenious inventions of this “Renaissance Man,” then sketch, design and build a number of your own prototypes! Classes in this two-part series can be taken independently of one another.

Children ages 7 and up; class times 10:30 am - Noon

$11 Members / $13 Non-members per child per class. Advance registration required. Payment must accompany registration. Class registration starts December 12 for members and December 15 for the general public. Registration closes 5:00 pm Friday the week before class.

Register online at www.discoverycentermuseum.org, or call (815) 963-6769, or drop by the Discovery Center Museum office during normal business hours. Cancellation policy: Refunds are available through the close of registration, minus 10%. Discovery Center reserves the right to cancel events; in which case, a full refund will be issued.