South Slope Derby 2016

August 27, 2016
12:00pm-4:00pm

Image caption: Soap Box Derby 2015, Photo by Miho Suzuki

Join us for the 9th Annual South Slope Derby!

Experience the thrill of witnessing our participants from the summer Soap Box Workshop race their fun, funky, eco-friendly contraptions down 17th Street in Brooklyn.

Since 2008, our South Slope Derby has been a staple of the neighborhood. Each year the Soap Box Workshop encourages children to think outside the box. Children plan their inventions using sketches and calculations, bringing them to life with found and recycled objects as well as building materials. Over the course of the workshop, participants turn piles of seemingly useless trash into functional machines while learning about construction and design and, more importantly, having fun. Leading up to the derby, kids test drive their racers, ensuring the safety and functionality of each invention. At the South Slope Derby, participants get to race their soap boxes for real as friends, families, and neighbors cheer them on as they race down the street.

Judges this year will include: Claudia Joseph (Director of Environmental Education, Old Stone House), Yoni Kallai (Board of Directors, play:ground), Peter Reich (Board of Directors, Recycle-A-Bicycle)

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