Washington Pavilion presents 2017 Design Challenge

On Saturday, April 1, the Washington Pavilion invites the public to come and enjoy Design Challenge, where children in grades K-12 compete on this year's chosen design theme: The Great Roller Coaster Challenge. School group and scout troop teams will be competing on their ability to design and build a roller coaster out of everyday objects.

The Design Challenge is an annual Washington Pavilion program that aims to motivate and inspire innovation in students through a hands-on engineering challenge. Every year, a new theme requires students to tap into the worlds of science, technology, engineering and math to channel their inner Einstein. The Design Challenge competition is free to participate. Prizes are awarded to the winning teams.

This year's Design Challenge has 49 teams comprised of 160 youth participants. Teams will be competing between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. in the Washington Pavilion lobbies and Schulte Room. Awards will be presented in the Belbas Theater at1:30 p.m. for middle school students, and 3:45 p.m. for K-5 students.

The 2017 Design Challenge event is sponsored by Northwestern Energy and Century Link.

For more information visit the Washington Pavilion Box Office at 301 S. Main Avenue, call the Box Office at (605) 367-6000 or go online at washingtonpavilion.org.

The Washington Pavilion is the region's home for the arts, entertainment and science. Located in a beautifully renovated historic building in downtown Sioux Falls, it is one of only a few facilities in the world to bring together under one roof the performing arts, visual arts and interactive science. The vast array of high quality programming and educational activities available through the Husby Performing Arts Center, Kirby Science Discovery Center, Visual Arts Center and the Community Learning Center ensures that people of all ages and walks of life can rely upon the Washington Pavilion to entertain, inspire, educate and enrich. There is, indeed, something for everyone here. For information about our programs, please call (605) 367-7397 or, (toll free) at 1-877-Wash Pav or visit our website at www.washintonpavilion.org.