Nova Labs MakerSchool provides an uncommon, innovative approach to education by offering authentic opportunities for learning, play, and experimentation within a working makerspace.
Nova Labs MakerSchool Summer Camps offer hands-on STEM and maker experiences where children design, build, and create using real tools in a collaborative makerspace. Campers engage with technologies like 3D printers, laser cutters, and electronics, fostering experimentation, problem-solving, and iterative design. The programs aim to develop real-world skills through project-based learning, encouraging creativity, confidence, and critical thinking. Students might design personalized keychains using Tinkercad, create custom stickers with vinyl cutters, or build wooden boxes with laser cutters and wood-burning tools. Other activities include engineering cardboard capsule machines, learning soldering, exploring robotics, and engaging in woodworking and metalworking projects. The camps provide access to tools and experiences not typically found in traditional summer camps, allowing students to bring their ideas to life and gain confidence in working with various materials and technologies.
Campers engage in hands-on projects, exploring various tools and technologies in the makerspace, with each session offering a complete camp experience with its own curriculum and projects.
The camps are ideal for budding hobbyists, tinkerers, engineers, artisans, or entrepreneurs who are curious, creative, and eager to learn by doing.
3850 Jermantown Rd., Fairfax, VA
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