AMSE presents ‘maker station’ cart
Pre-registered groups of students can work on engineering skills at the American Museum of Science and Energy with the maker station.
It will be available during select hours on Monday and Wednesday for pre-registered guests who pay a small fee, $5 per student for groups of 10 or more and $7 per student for groups with fewer than 10 individuals, via a first come, first serve sign-up sheet.
The station will allow visitors grades 5-8 to explore and re-enforce the engineering process design skills being taught under the current Tennessee state curricula.
The cart comes stocked with consumable materials to use, and task activity cards written by teachers for grades 5-8.
Students may pick a task card, read and identify the challenge or problem they need to try to address, and design a workable solution.
AMSE Foundation summer campers, STEM Scouts, visiting organizations like the local Boys and Girls clubs, and other groups that are pre-registered during the summer months will also use the maker space cart, an official newsletter stated.
You can sign up at form.jotform.com/241058131272043.