Congratulations to all of our 2025 Contrapt Wisconsin teams. We hope you enjoyed creating contraptions to “feed your pets” and presenting them to our judges. Thank you to our sponsors and volunteers – your support brought this program to life!
Contrapt Milwaukee – May 2, 2025
Contrapt Waukesha – May 9, 2025
Contrapt Wisconsin is STEM Forward’s engaging middle school contraption competition. A contraption accomplishes a simple task in the most complicated, fun way possible. Building one can be challenging, but it allows students to work on skills involving engineering, simple machines, trial and error, project planning, physics, teamwork, and creativity. Our competition enables students to showcase their talents to their peers and our judges to earn awards. If you have any questions, please get in touch with Theresa Wolf at twolf@stemforward.org.
Looking for inspiration to introduce the Contrapt Competition in the classroom? Check out the "Action Contraption" activity in Discover Engineering's resource library—it's a great way to get kids excited and engaged!
Check out the 2025 pictures of students & their contraptions!
