About this Event
Each after-school session focuses on hands-on projects meant to engage busy hands and expand curious minds. Programming spans from woodshop to welding to computer aided art and design to videography and animation.
Join us for Junior Woodworking After School
For girls and gender expansive kids* ages 8 -11
FRIDAYS, 4pm - 6:30pm
February 7 - March 28
@ UNCA STEAM Studio
Join us for an exploration of woodworking tools, their safe use, and their creative potential! We will be using a variety of freestanding and hand-held tools to better understand how to design useful objects using wood and fasteners (screws! nails!)
The curriculum of this program is aimed at younger learners, and will focus on tool use safety, practice through doing, and bravely making cool stuff with powerful and sometimes scary tools.
Already taken Junior Woodworking ? Don't worry! We'll tackle a new challenge this session!
Learning Outcomes:
- Physics of power tools
- Physics of body leverage
- 3D design using wood and fasteners
- Safe use of drills, saws, measuring tools
- Basic geometry and algebra in construction and design
- Jobsite teamwork
$300 - snacks, tools, and materials included!
Financial Aid is Available! Apply Here Prior to Registration
*SkillSet is open to students of all genders
SkillSet offers , , , and programming.
By teaching participants the Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math embedded in the objects they create, SkillSet equips the next generation of leaders and problem solvers with the tools to make change and build the future.
Learn more at www.skillset.tools
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
UNC Asheville STEAM Studio, 821 Riverside Drive, Asheville, United States
USD 300.00
