Come create with us!
Our MAKE IT! series is back. Thursdays from 5 to 8 p.m. we offer awesome activities in Fulton's Workshop.
Each will have a focus or theme, but you can also come and explore the workshop if the planned activity doesn't interest you, there are plenty of other things that might, including micro:bit hands-on, our new Lego Wall, cardboard construction, magnet wall challenge, wind tunnel and many more. Come and explore!
Come explore hands-on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics) projects for all ages!
We want to:
Create a fun interactive learning environment
Emphasizes imagination and creativity
Make curious and thoughtful learners
Come at any point to participate.
Free for museum members. Regular admission rate for non-members
* Additional costs will always be noted
MAKE IT! Schedule
January 2: Colorful Chromatograms Discover how scientists use color to study materials, and make your own colorful artwork! Chemists use paper chromatography to separate and analyze the different parts of a mixture. Explore chemistry through hands-on interaction and observation of phenomena.
January 9: Pinball Wizardry Explore machine mechanics, forces and motion and apply what you learn into a fun arcade game. Transform easy-to find materials (we have plenty to pick from) to construct a pinball machine of your own design.
January 16: Cipher Wheels Sharing secret messages with friends and family can be fun. Create a cipher wheel to write messages that only someone with a decoder can read. Make two matching wheels so you and a friend can swap messages and quickly decode them.
January 23: Phenakistoscope Fun Make a phenakistoscope (easier to make than pronounce) that displays a continuously looping animation. These were one of the first forms of moving media entertainment that paved the way for today's motion picture industry. Similar to a GIF animation, it can only show a short continuous loop.
January 30: Movie Magic Hollywood movies use green screen techniques to create all sorts of amazing special effects. But you don't need to be a big shot director to get the same effects yourself. With just a few simple pieces of equipment and a green screen app, we'll bring movie-style special effects into Fulton's Workshop.
