Maker Faire inspires, educates, and entertains curious and creative learners of all ages. It celebrates arts, crafts, engineering, food, green design, music, science and technology and brings together communities who embrace the DIY (do-it-yourself) spirit. We welcome students and teachers to take advantage of all that Maker Faire and Maker Media have to offer. There are several ways to do this.
Sign up for Maker Faire's growing community of educators to receive information about upcoming field trip, school visit, and other Maker Faire-sponsored outreach opportunities, including a free ticket to Maker Faire Bay Area 2012 to the first 500 classroom teachers who sign up for the community. You may also want to come to our Educators' Meetup on Thursday, May 17th, from 4pm to 7pm.
We offer free tickets to the first 500 classroom teachers who request them --- sign up to get yours. (Please note: only classroom-based teachers of 15 or more students and pre-service teachers actively pursuing their credentials qualify for these special tickets. There are only 500 available, and you must make your request before May 1.) Why did your teaching colleagues come to Maker Faire last year?
On Thursday, May 17th, 2012, we host Education Day, when students may come to enjoy extended visits with Makers and some special hands-on workshops as Maker Faire is prepared. To learn more about this event, go to our Education Day overview
Handouts. For those teachers who bring their students to the preview event on Thursday or who organize a group to come on Saturday and/or Sunday, we have created a handful of resources to use with your students before, during, and after Maker Faire:
In the past, we have had many youth at the Faire, both as exhibitors and attendees. If you are interested in exhibiting your students' work as Makers (or in sharing your very own Maker-ish classroom projects), please see our Call for Makers. Consider holding a Maker Faire at your school to exhibit student work in a variety of disciplines as wide as we welcome at Maker Faire.
Modeled after hackerspaces, a makerspace is a place where young people have an opportunity to explore their own interests, learn to use tools and materials, and develop creative projects. See makerspace.com/ for more info.
The Young Makers program is a collaboration between MAKE, The Exploratorium, and Pixar. The purpose of the program is to inspire and develop the next generation of makers, creators, and innovators. This season of the program is underway, but we welcome new clubs to join --- and any and all efforts to get kids Making no matter where you make with kids. See youngmakers.org for more info.
Students and teachers who have their subscriptions sent to academic institutions enjoy a discounted school rate of just $19.95. Alternatively, you can take advantage of our fundraiser program, where your student salespeople can sell regular subscriptions to MAKE: Money for your group or school.
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