This month in MAKESHOP we are exploring simple machines. Join us as we investigate how inclined planes can make moving objects easier. Try adjusting angles and materials, then observe changes in speed and distance travelled.
Work together to create and activate chain-reaction contraptions that use everyday objects to complete simple tasks in the most over-complicated, inefficient and hilarious ways possible! Rube Goldberg™ machines are many things, but they aren’t perfect. Find the fun in failure as you step into the role of storyteller and inventor.
How does air make things move? Experiment with different materials and place your creations into a wind tunnel. Can you make things soar, tumble, fly or fall?
Explore how heat changes the properties of plastic! Join us in MAKESHOP as we use heat tools to fuse recycled plastic together. What textures and colors do you see? How can you make something new out of plastic scraps?
Join us this weekend in MAKESHOP to help us build Circuit Blocks. Take apart old electronic devices and use simple hand tools to transform them into museum exhibit components! We'll be working collaboratively throughout the weekend on different parts of the process.
What’s special about the way cardboard can bend, move, fold, and provide support? Make new discoveries about this everyday material as we build sculptures, structures, and more using all kinds of cardboard.
Join us in MAKESHOP as we explore the art and practice of sewing. Try different stitches, use needle and thread to attach fabric together, investigate the sensory qualities of fabric and fiber, and experiment with stuffing fabric shapes.
Join us in MAKESHOP as we sand, form, and attach different pieces of wood! Explore woodworking tools that shape, cut, drill and drive. What motions make the tools work? What job does each tool do? While all ages are welcome to participate, younger visitors may need adult assistance. Everyone will be asked to wear safety […]
Join us in MAKESHOP as we reclaim, reuse, and recycle all kinds of things into art! We'll explore shape, size, color and texture of recycled materials as we design, create, and build collaboratively and independently. How will you attach different materials? What shapes can you create? How can you use your imagination to help you […]
This week in MAKESHOP we’ll take apart all kinds of electronics to see what’s inside. How can we open the machines using simple hand tools? How are the components inside connected? What job does each part do in the machine?
