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SCHOOL IS OUT. KID IS OPEN!

Fall 2024
November 4

Spend a fun-filled day exploring our state-of-the-art studios, mastering new skills, and unleashing your inner inventor. Students will choose two skill-building sessions, complete a design challenge, and explore the KID Museum space.

Sample Skill Building Sessions:

  • Sewing and Textiles:  Create custom textiles and learn how to hand and machine sew.
  • Woodworking:  Explore basic woodworking techniques, including carving, shaping, and assembly. Learn to safely use tools like rasps/files, scroll saws, and drills.
  • Electronics:  Explore electricity, circuitry, and how  electronics can help you invent and create.
  • Digital Fabrication:  Learn how to create with high-tech tools.
  • Coding: Use different coding languages and platforms to bring your digital ideas to life.
  • Cardboard Construction: Master techniques like scoring, folding, and slotting to create durable structures and prototypes.
  • Engineering Design Challenges: Apply the Engineering Design Process to brainstorm, prototype, test, and refine innovative solutions–building critical thinking and creativity along the way.

Day Long Sessions
Dates: Monday, November 4
Times: 9AM – 4PM
Grades: 2nd – 8th

Price
Members: $110
Nonmembers: $120

Access for Every Maker: We are dedicated to expanding access to all makers by providing free and reduced-cost ways to participate in our programming. Please use this form to reach out if program fees pose a financial hardship, and we’ll ensure you and your family can participate. 

Members: Be sure to login prior to checkout to receive your registration discounts.

Monday, November 4, 2024

Time: 9AM - 4PM
Grades: 2nd - 8th
Location: 3 Bethesda Metro Center

Sample Daily Schedule

  • Arrival
  • Skill Building Session 1: Choose a workshop
  • Snack
  • Skill Building Session 2: Choose a second workshop
  • Lunch and Recess (outside if weather allows)
  • Open Build Challenge: Complete a design challenge using the techniques learned during the morning workshops
  • Snack
  • Open Explore: Try out any number of our rotating activities
  • Dismissal

Questions? Contact us at info@kid-museum.org.

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