Weekday programs for you to experiment, create and experience something new!
KID Museum’s after-school programs are multi-week sessions offered Wednesdays and Thursdays, and led by our professional Maker Educators. Participants will get hands-on experiences that spark their creativity, while gaining skills in coding, robotics, woodworking, animation and more.
Spring 2018: April 4 – June 7
Grade Levels
K – 1st, 2nd – 4th, 5th – 7th
Price:
$330 members; $370 nonmembers
Session Length
10 weeks
Time
4:30 – 5:30pm KinderMakers
4:30 – 6:00pm All other programs
K – 1st grade
In this maker sampler class, we’ll begin to build a variety of maker skills through our popular Maker Jr. program. It’s finally YOUR turn in the woodshop, textiles studio, fab lab, and electronics studio! 4:30 – 5:30 (1 hour)
2nd – 4th grade
Learn the basics of computer programming by creating your own interactive projects, games, and robotic structures. We’ll use Scratch and other fun, developmentally-appropriate programming tools. This class is perfect for beginner and intermediate programmers.
5th – 7th grade
Woodworking catapults into the 21st century. In this class, we’ll explore the wide range of applications that CNC routers, laser cutters, and digital modeling have brought to the modern woodshop. From design to fabrication and on to assembly, we will use these powerful tools to create an array of projects.
Please call 301-897-5437 or email info@kid-musem.org to be added to our waitlist.
2nd – 4th grade
Explore how animation works through a series of maker projects. From traditional animation devices like zoetropes and flip books to more technology-based stop-motion techniques, young makers will design and build the tools and objects needed to create their own animations.
Please call 301-897-5437 or email info@kid-musem.org to be added to our waitlist.
5th – 7th grade
Take your Scratch coding skills to the next level and build a fully playable video game. We’ll work through video game design like professionals do–from designing innovative play styles to creating personalized controllers. Kids will build on their understanding of how coding is applied in the real world through video games.
Please call 301-897-5437 or email info@kid-musem.org to be added to our waitlist.
