The MAKE Studio is a place of creativity, innovation, and engineering, where builders, tinkerers, inventors, and creators work together to invent, build, and test new ideas! Create prototypes, take an item apart to learn its innerworkings, or design and develop a brand-new creation in our fully stocked makers' space. All activities are intended for ages 10-110 and last one hour.
Catapult Build
Ideal Group Size: 20 Participants
Scenario: Can you save the porcupines from the flood? Porcupines have taken over the MAKE Studio, and the flood waters are coming! To save the porcupines, participants must launch them to safety using a mini catapult.
The MAKE Studio Leader will set the stage then provide instructions to participants on creating their very own catapult. Once complete, participants will partake in a launching competition to see whose catapult can launch the farthest and save the porcupines from the flood!
Disaster Response Team
Ideal Group Size: 20-24 Participants
Scenario: The Cascadia Subduction Zone causes earthquakes approximately every 300 years. The last Cascadia plate quake was in 1700. We need to prepare for the inevitable, using marshmallows and kabab sticks, of course.
Teams of 5-6 will compete to build the tallest and most earthquake-resistant tower! Groups will be given a demonstration of the shaking earthquake table, then we’ll set the timer, and it’s time to build! Each team will get the chance to test their tower, go back for revisions, and give it a final test.
Light Speed Challenge
Ideal Group Size: 20 Participants
Scenario: NASA found life on Europa and needs top engineers for upcoming research. And now, they’ve picked you! Using only the resources provided, teams must engineer something to trigger the photogate counter.
Participants will work together in teams using their ingenuity, creativity, and an assortment of supplies to get their photogate number counter as high as they can before time runs out. Top scores are recorded, so every experience can compete within their group and fight to be on the JUMP Light Speed Leader Board.