Intro to Engineering Basics: Spooky Machines w/Jeannie(8 weeks, ages 10-13)

Each after-school session focuses on hands-on projects meant to engage busy hands and expand curious minds. Programming spans from woodshop to welding to computer aided art and design to videography and animation.

Flapping Wings, snapping jaws and creepy fingers! Create automata and simple machines with a Halloween spooky theme.

We will explore basic engineering concepts to make things move. Working with recyclable and readily available materials, we will make our own haunted house full of things that crawl, flap and wiggle.

The curriculum of this program is aimed at middle school learners, and will explore things like cranks, pulleys, and cogs with some Halloween flair to make it fun. Please note that this class will require the use of scalpels, hot glue and super glue.

Learning Outcomes:

• Understanding simple machines
• Creating Automata
• Concept Development : Translating sketches into 3D objects
• Safe use of scalpels, box cutters, glue
• 2D / Surface design skills

$300 - snacks, tools, and materials included!

Financial Aid is Available! Apply Here Prior to Registration

Accessibility notes

• Students may be exposed to a dusty space with loud machinery.
• This workshop is held in a computer lab, which is only accessible by one flight of stairs.

*SkillSet is open to students of all genders

SkillSet offers after-school workshops, summer camps, classes for adult learners, and community outreach programming.

By teaching participants the Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math embedded in the objects they create, SkillSet equips the next generation of leaders and problem solvers with the tools to make change and build the future.

Learn more at www.skillset.tools

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