Santa's Shaky Workshop: Holiday STEM Fun with Amgen

Published on December 16, 2025

Youth and families participating in an activity around a table.

On December 13, 2025, the South San Francisco Public Library partnered with local biotech company, Amgen, to host Santa's Shaky Workshop, an interactive holiday-themed workshop on earthquakes. Over 260 youth and caregivers learned about earthquakes by building elf towers out of spaghetti and marshmallows and then testing the strength of their elf towers on an earthquake shake station. At the end of the session, participants were able to build and decorate their own mini gingerbread houses to ring in the holiday season.

To learn more about upcoming science workshops for youth and families, check out the South San Francisco Library's event page here.