Make: Springfield

After School Programming for Students in Grades 4-8

Make: March

Charge it Up! Exploring Renewable Energy

The ultimate renewable energy adventure is an exciting, hands-on experience where students will explore how clean energy powers our world. Through interactive experiments and creative challenges, they will learn about solar, wind, hydro biomass and geothermal energy. Students will build and test a solar oven to cook food using only sunlight, design mini wind turbines to generate electricity and construct waterwheels to see how moving water can create power.

  • Session 1: March 4, 11 & 18

  • Session 2: March 6, 13 & 20

  • All sessions are 5-7 PM at The Dome (700 S. Limestone Street).

Workshops are free, but space is limited! Use the link below to register or call 937-505-2998 and leave a message.

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What's a MakerSpace?

A makerspace is a place where students and adults can gather to create, invent, tinker, explore and discover using a variety of tools and materials.  Makers are artists, crafters, knitters, seamstresses, builders, programmers, engineers, hackers, painters, woodworkers, tinkerers, inventors, bakers, graphic designers and more.  In makerspaces, people share tools, skills, and ideas, and often work together on projects. In these spaces, learning is hands-on, collaborative, and focuses on bringing together people to explore and create around projects that interest and excite them.  Makerspaces are sometimes called FabLabs, HackerSpaces and TechShops.

Make: Springfield has the tools, machines, workspace, and encouragement to help you invent, design and build your next project.  We provide resources, tools, and space for interest-driven projects that develop skills, build persistence, and build creative skills. Make: Springfield exposes youth and adults to tools and materials, and encourages them to engage in playing and tinkering, with their peers, alone, and with mentors (members of the CCED and YouMedia teams).  Creativity is always the priority.  The goal is not only to embrace technology, crafts and fine arts, but to cultivate problem solving, and collaboration.

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We hold programming where students of any age can come and learn to create things, whether that be a robot, 3D printed animals, eTextiles or electrical circuits with flashing lights and motors.  All workshops are open to the public and all students are welcome to attend. For more information or to schedule a time for your group to visit call 937-505-2998.

What Can You Do at Make: Springfield?

Welding

Let the sparks fly in our welding lab as you create yard art, animal figures, name plates, signs, and more!  Make: Springfield has a state-of-the-art welding space with 4 booths, MIG, TIG and arc welding equipment, a plasma cutter, oxy settling torch, metal chop saw and many other resources to make your DIY project a show stopper!

Woodworking

The wood shop at Make: Springfield has everything for both up-and-coming and expert woodworkers.  The wood shop boasts a professional grade table saw, bandsaw, compound miter saw, scroll saw, drill press, and full assortment of hand tools. 

For more information or to schedule a time for your group to visit call 937-505-2998.