Cycle 16: Maker
Create with Hands & Digital Tools
Maker
Merge traditional craftsmanship with digital fabrication. Design and prototype physical objects.
Local places
After a required orientation, reserve 3D printers, laser cutters/engravers, Cricut and vinyl cutters, sewing machines and a heat press.
Free community makerspace for all ages with 3D printers, laser cutter, CNC mill, vinyl cutter, soldering and Adobe/Fusion360 software; orientation required.
Youth tour a commercial printing facility and observe digital prepress offset printing and binding operations.
Middle school students in Space Center U design and build rockets, program robotics, engineer lunar habitats, and test hardware prototypes.
High school students in the Summer Intensive for Teens (SIFT) fabricate projects using laser cutting, ceramics, woodworking/sculpture, bookbinding, textiles, and printmaking.