Eli Whitney Museum

Construct your own star forward with a wicked slapshot. Construct a goal and a goalie. All that you really need for hours of practice. Join the US Men's or Women's team, or the favored host Canadians or the always tough Finns. Learn how to make repairs on the fly. (It's a bruising sport.)

Construct a figure skater that spins and leaps. Master the technical precision of the compulsory ice dances and the classic or innovative moves of the individual freestyle program. Construct a partner to join you in pairs or ice dance.

Technical demonstrations by Alex Mahler-Haug, a former member of Team USA and a National Technical Specialist for US Figure Skating.

You may be the first American to win a gold medal in this event. Construct a cleverly coordinated cross-country skier who can compete in sprints, classic and free technique events. (Learn the difference between them.) Then change over to Biathlon and construct a tiny target rifle for your skiier to carry over a rigorous course.

Construct a sleek two man (or two woman) bobsled with its driver and brakeperson. Choose to construct a luge or skeleton sled and its pilot or slider. Construct a launch ramp (rubberband powered) to send your sleds careening. Join the class in building an Olympic track.