Welcome to the workshop
Leonardo da Vinci lived more than 500 years ago. He filled thousands of notebook pages with machines nobody had ever seen: flying machines, a robot knight, a suit for walking under the sea. Most of them were never built while he was alive. In this workshop, you get to try them out.
How every stop works
- 1GuessLock in your best guess first.
- 2PlayTry the machine in one short game.
- 3LearnFind out how it really worked.
- 4WatchSee a video of what you learned.
- 5QuizShow what you know.
- 6CardsOpen a pack of collector cards.
A few stops teach first and play second, so watch the steps at the top of each stop. Every game earns up to 3 stars, and every game has a challenge round once you finish the stop.
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Inventor's Map
This path follows Leonardo's life in order. It has 12 inventions and one final project. Pick any stop to read about it.
Review rounds
After every four stops, a review round mixes up questions from those stops. Each one has 6 questions. Can you get them all right?
Years with the word "about" are best guesses. Leonardo did not put dates on most of his pages.
Workshop TV
Every stop you finish adds a video here. Pick one and watch it as many times as you like.
Card Chest
Name that card
Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
Watch the video. Then pass the quiz to open the rest of the workshop.
The video in words
Quiz
Answer all 5 questions. Every answer is in the words next to the quiz, so look back any time. You need 4 right to open the workshop.
The Da Vinci Museum
Most of these are real pages from Leonardo's own notebooks. Look closely at each drawing. Then guess what he meant it to do. You get one pick for each picture.
What was this design meant to do?
You toured the whole museum!
The designs are by Leonardo da Vinci, made about 500 years ago. The pictures come from Wikimedia Commons. Model photos: Nevit Dilmen (CC BY-SA 3.0) and Brandmeister (CC0).