Students will work in pairs to complete a series of micro:bit challenges to code a digital pet.

Students will participate in a Skill Discovery session where they have the opportunity to build with a variety of materials and practice several maker skills that could be implemented into their ITF Challenge project. Students will choose to visit two out of the three stations: TinkerCAD, cardboard, circuits.

Students will choose to explore two of the following Skill Discovery stations: woodshop, micro:bit sensors, and textiles.

During Open Studio, Students assess where they are in their ITF Challenge project, plan their remaining work, and begin or continue working on their prototype.

Cardboard Construction - Students learn to use tools and measurements for cardboard construction. They apply these skills to design and build a chair that can hold a weight.

Textiles - Students explore textile tools and how to connect fabric in different ways through basic hand stitching and machine sewing skills. They practice using textile skills beyond fabric sewing through banner-making and 2D construction.

Simple Machine Inventing - Students explore simple machines, both how they function and how they are constructed. They practice applying their knowledge of simple machines to invent a machine that can move a marble 12 inches.

Classroom Innovations - Students will work in project groups to build prototypes of an invention that solves a problem in their classroom.

Exploring Energy -
Students will explore different maker-based experiences that focus on conductivity, electric inventions, and circuits.

Conductivity - Students learn to use hot glue guns to build cardboard construction techniques and explore conductivity using Makey Makey. In groups, students will create a controller invention for their Makey Makey.

Circuits and Switches - Students practice building a circuit and learn wire stripping and heat shrink skills. They apply these skills to design and build their own switch for a simple circuit.

Electric Invention Building - Students will work in project groups to build prototypes of an electric invention that solves a problem in their community.

Coding Language and Robotics - Students visit stations to play a Code a Friend game, explore hummingbird bit hardware and hummingbird bit coding with makecode.

If Statements and Robotics Inputs - Students visit stations to explore robotic inputs and learn about IF statements. They apply these skills to a design challenge, where each groups’ requirements are determined by three IF statements.

Paper Robots - Students apply what they have learned to create modular robots, combining hummingbird components with paper robot parts.

Robotic Inventions -Students will work in project groups to build prototypes of a robotic invention that can do a useful job at home.

An Electronics Studio Explorer Field Trip offers students the opportunity to learn maker skills and complete challenges that focus on circuits and conductivity.

Studio Explorers can accommodate groups of up to 60 students. Pricing: Pricing: $16 per student. $400 minimum per field trip. Title 1 schools are eligible for a 25% discount. Pricing is subject to change
Duration: 90 minutes
Grades: K-5

A Girl Scout workshop is the perfect way to offer your troop a maker-based experience that fulfills the requirements of a Girl Scout badge.

Pricing: $35 per child, a minimum of $525 per workshop.

Every experience includes:
-A selection of Studio & Central Makerspace activities to explore with chaperones during KID Museum's Open Explore Sundays. See https://kid-museum.org/visit/ for more information.
-A private 90-minute workshop that fulfills the requirements of the selected Girl Scout Badge (badges included for an additional fee)
-A KID Museum fun patch

Badge Options:
Daisy - Board Game Design Challenge, Craft & Tinker
Brownie - Programming Robots, Craft & Tinker
Junior - Programming Robots, Craft & Tinker
Cadette - Woodworker, Programming Robots