The workshop is divided into four units:
- Critical Thinking: Here students learn critical thinking skills, the importance of healthy skepticism; the need for empirical evidence in support of any claim; the scientific method; how to conduct a controlled experiment; measurement & estimation; probability, logic and bias identification.
- Science Essentials: This module introduces students to critical science disciplines and theories that together unveil the hidden reality behind everyday life. Topics covered include Matter; Thermodynamics; Light & Electromagnetism; Waves; Chemistry; Evolution; and Cosmology.
- Mechanical Engineering: By building simple, compound, and motorized machines, students learn about Forces, Work, Energy, Motion Mechanics, Mechanical Advantage, and Aerodynamics;.
- Mechanical Computing: Students will build mechanical computers to explore how computers work and the basics of computer engineering. They will discover how simple mechanical switches, connected to each other in intelligent ways, can do incredibly clever things and discover their analogues found in all electrical computing devices.
