We are excited to offer this workshop series for girls and boys ages 14+ to learn about welding, 3d printing, coding and robotics! This program is called Exploring with Innovation Academy, and takes place in Alexandria, VA at Building Momentum, a problem-solving organization with expertise in training people of all ages in fabrication and building technologies. Learn more and register at: https://scoutingevent.com/082-innovation
Whom is this program for?
This is for individuals ages 14 – 21, with an interest in learning! You do not have to have experience in any of the fabrication technologies – Building Momentum’s educators are experts at teaching individuals at all skill levels. Do you like tactile activities? This is for you!
When?
- This program will run every other Monday, 5pm – 8pm, beginning 10/23
- The educational workshops are: 10/23, 11/6, 11/20, 12/4, optional 12/18
- Additonally should plan to attend any 5 community days to serve as volunteers and get the required experience with hands-on shop times. There are many weekend and no-school days to attend community days:
2023: 11/3, 11/7, 11/11, 11/22, 11/24, 12/18, 12/19, 12/20
2024: 1/15, 1/22, 2/11, 2/19, 3/18, 3/22, 3/25, 3/26, 3/27, 3/28, 3/29, 4/1, 4/2, 4/10, 5/3, 5/27, 6/7
Where?
Building Momentum | 5380 Eisenhower Ave Suite C, Alexandria, VA 22304
What will you learn?
Each of the 5 sessions will be focused on a specific area. Roughly speaking, the focus of October is welding, November is 3D printing and CAD, December is robotics/coding.
Exploring with Innovation Academy is a fun and hands-on program to learn many skills and explore future careers! This is our second semester of offering the program – please check out the experiences of our first cohort from this spring: Innovation Academy: building 3D printers in 3 hours – We Own Adventure
We hope to see you in the fall series!
Please reach out to stem@ncacbsa.org with questions or sign up for the program here.
