A day out with Maker{Move}

The Maker{Move} team arrive in the van, unload the activity resources and set up the hall for the big day ahead. Activities for our workshops are selected according to learning level and ability. For example, woodwork is brilliant for more confident makers whereas our 'build-a-bike' can be safely explored by all makers, big or small. 

Our activities support children to develop their 'maker mindset' and we use a simple Maker{Cycle} based on the engineering design process to encourage children to look closely, think about what is happening or how improvements could be made, make a prototype or adjustments and test at regular intervals. Here's some examples...

Woodwork 

1. I want to build a car/house/ship

2. How can I attach these different parts together? What tools could I use? 

3. Start building. 

4. Does it stand up? Does it hold together? What could be improved?

Cardboard construction

1. I’m making a guitar using cardboard and elastic bands 

2. How could I change the pitch of the ‘strings’? 

3. Build it using different sized elastic bands, pulling the elastic bands tighter and looser to change frequency

4. Strum my instrument to see how it sounds and tweak accordingly.

Our activities are always changing - if you have a specific theme in mind let us know.