The Science of Gingerbread

The Science of Gingerbread

The sweetest season at the Cube returns this winter. The Science of Gingerbread is the Discovery Cube’s annual holiday tradition that runs from November 29th to January 5th, 2020. Join us for Southern California’s largest Gingerbread Competition and Display. We’re accepting gingerbread structures November 23rd through December 8th at both campuses.

Benefits of participating in the competition:

• Enter for the chance to place and win a one-of-a-kind prize.
• Practice your engineering, math, and creativity skills.
• Get invited to an after hours awards ceremony where winners will be announced.
• Design, bake, and build with your family, co-workers, or friends!

Download entry form and contest rules here.

The Science of Gingerbread daily program includes:

• Can You Build it? Show: Using only wooden building blocks, families are invited to build and compete together in a variety challenges.
• Gingerbread Man Escape: Families and kids help the Gingerbread Man run, run as fast as he can by designing, building, and testing his escape vehicle.
• Design a Food Model: Kids practice the engineering design process by inventing and designing their own food model.
• Cookie Decorating: Kids learn about the primary and secondary colors as they mix their own colored frosting and decorate their own sugar cookies.
• Tallest Tower Challenge: Families use only spaghetti and marshmallows to build the tallest tower. (Weekends only)

*Activities, times and dates subject to change without notice.

Discovery Cube OC’s 2018 Competition Winners are:

Best Holiday Theme: #67 Home Sweet Home

Best Youth 5 and Under: #33 Ghost Busters X-mas House!!!

Best Youth Ages 6-13: #53 The Rainbow Factory

Best by a Cube Member: #26 Snowy Science Shack

Best Science Theme: #49 A Tribute to Firefighters

Best by an Organization: #44 Inspiring Women

Best by a Classroom or School: #108 Twas The Night Before Christmas

Best by a Youth Group: #10 Camp Sugarpine

President’s Junior Engineer Award: #114 Christmas Candy Factory

President’s Engineer Award: #23 Santa’s Helpers