Stanislaus County Office of Education will hold its “Maker Hoopla” in Modesto from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Petersen Event Center, 720 12th Street, Modesto. SCOE’s Maker Hoopla is a free, hands-on, family friendly event for children (preschool to 6th grade) to “learn through doing” in a social environment. At the Maker Hoopla children can participate in hands-on activities including: 3D Printing, Agriculture Science with New Mettle Farms, Blender Bike Slushies, Earthquake Shake Table with Stanislaus County Public Library, EV3 Lego Robotics, Fort-Building, Kindness Rocks Painting, Kinetic Sand Building, Kitchen Chemistry with MJC Chemistry Club, Monogramming, Monster Makeup with Monsters in Modesto, Musical Instrument Building, Safe Wax Painting, Space Science with Great Valley Museum, Sculpting a Habitat, Slime Making, Stick-Lits, Strawbees, STEAM Project Design, and Wearable Circuits.