# Winter STEM Challenge: Gingerbread Engineering (Hamilton Library)

> Event for families in the Baltimore–Columbia–Towson area (MD). Times are Eastern Time.

- When: Mon, Dec 14 · 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
- Where: Enoch Pratt Free Library – Hamilton Branch, 5910 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD 21214
- Ages: Teens
- Price: No fee is listed on the event page
- Organizer: Enoch Pratt Free Library
- Official page: https://calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/winter-stem-challenge-gingerbread-engineering-3779
- Last checked: Fri, Oct 30

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## About

Teens work alone or in teams to design and build a structure from gingerbread and other materials, testing balance and stability to see who builds the tallest, strongest or most creative one.

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