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WONDER, IMAGINATION AND POSSIBILITY

Mayor Clayton's WonderLab is an interactive, hands-on educational experience where creativity, imagination, and technology meet to inspire kids of all ages! The WonderLab is designed to be a focal point for discovery and exploration, sparking curiosity, teamwork, and childlike wonder through hands-on projects such as robot obstacle courses, 3D-printing, weaving, stop motion video creation, hydraulics, and more!  

A GLIMPSE INSIDE

This hands-on activity center promotes children’s wonder, imagination, and possibility in each of its six uniquely designed rooms! Click the rooms below to learn more.

Wonderlab Building
THE WONDERLAB
Wonderlab Access
LAB ACCESS
The Hub
THE HUB
Test & Try Lab
TEST & TRY LAB
Tech 101
TECH 101
Puzzle Poral
THE PUZZLE PORTAL
Volts & Bolts Studio
VOLTS & BOLTS STUDIO

WonderLab

The WonderLab

From the glowing energy lights on the roof, the giant banner calling for crafters, inventors, and makers, to the friendly WonderBots welcoming everyone inside, kids of all ages will want to discover what is beyond the WonderLab doors!

WonderLab access

Lab Access

Lab Access is the futuristic entrance where families are welcomed by an animatronic Mayor Clayton, sponsored by Garner Holt Education Through Imagination. Here, they will learn what activities are available for the day and how the lab is powered by kids creative energy!

WonderLab Hub

The Hub

The Hub will showcase the power source of the whole lab, the Brilliance Bottler, which is powered by kids’ wonder, imagination, and possibility; proving this is a lab made for kids and powered by kids. It doubles as a collaborative game station too! This room will also lead to all other rooms so guests can choose their own adventure.

WonderLab Tech 101

Tech 101

Tech 101 is where visitors get one-on-one time with the WonderLab’s skilled volunteers and learn anything from soldering to 3-D printing, and even sewing to name a few.

WonderLab Test & Try

Test & Try Lab

The Test & Try Lab is a room built for collaboration and scheduled workshops. One side has flexible seating and rolling worktables to accommodate any learning experience, the other side features a set of three Garner Holt Education Through Imagination animatronics ready for kids to operate.

WonderLab Puzzle Portal

The Puzzle Portal

The Puzzle Portal is a 270-degree round room designed for collaborative games and vertical puzzle building such as magnetic marble runs, robot obstacle coursesG, and more!

Volts & Bolts Studio

The Volts & Bolts Studio

The Volts & Bolts Studio is where kids have the opportunity to join hands-on workshops and learn how animatronics are built from the ground up using tools and animatronic kits from Garner Holt Education Through Imagination.


VOLUNTEER

Are you team STEAM? Are you interested in joining a dynamic team of volunteers that can dedicate time to the WonderLab?

CONTACT US: WONDERLAB@GKTW.ORG