Workshops
Our workshops are based on building, coding and designing selected products. We are there to help and guide you through the process.
Most of our workshops can be held online.
Air:bit
Age: 11 +
In this workshop you will learn how to build and manage the Air:bit drone. We will focus on how to use the micro:bit as a sender and receiver.
You will learn how to code and program the micro:bit to send short text-based user input over the radio, and modify the receiver to move the Air:bit drone when an incoming text is received. This by using block programming in Make:code.
What you learn:
- Components, motors, propellers, battery and sensors
- Block or java programming in Make:code
- Real-time measurements of temperature, acceleration and battery voltage
- Design and print your own drone frame
- Mathematics: geometry, functions and scaling
This workshop is suitable for interdisciplinary work in science, mathematics, engineering, technology, arts and crafts, physics, ethics and language subjects such as Norwegian and English.
Kolibri Drone
Age: 11 +
This workshop focuses on learning how to build and fly a drone.
Kolibri is a simplified micro building kit with a small 50g quadcopter. You will fly the drone using the included remote control.
Due to its size, this drone requires relatively little space and you can fly it just as well indoors as outdoors.
Hover:bit
Age: 11 +
Hover:bit is a fast, floating hovercraft. Experience true cross-curricular learning involving coding, paper crafts, design, gluing, aerodynamics, screws, bolts and assembly. We use recycled cardboard and natural plywood instead of plastic.
Once it's ready, the Hover:bit will quickly drift across the ground, limited only by your piloting skills.
Intro course with 3D printer
Age: 11 +
This course is suitable for those who want to start with 3D printing and 3D modeling. We can also customize the course for those who want to go in depth.
Intro course with vinyl cutter
Age: 11 +
A vinyl cutter cuts out foil that can be attached to clothes, cups, glasses and other flat surfaces. In this course, we'll make things like garment prints, cup designs or bring something else you want to decorate in a professional way!
Intro course with micro:bit
Age: 11 +
Get started with micro:bit, the mini computer with a screen, buttons and lots of sensors!
Did you know that all primary schools in Norway will be offered micro:bit by 2022?
Raslebott
Age: 8 +
In this workshop, you can make your own fantasy animal. Pre-cut wooden parts with head, legs and body are decorated and assembled with steel wire legs. A vibration motor is hooked up, and before you can say glue gun, the animal is on its way.
Here's what you'll learn:
- creativity
- Practicing dexterity
- Motor skills
- Basics of an electrical circuit (consisting of battery, connector plug and motor)
All on board: Boblemaskin
Age: 11 +
This is a great start to any building and coding skills. Learn how to control the motor and servo so you end up with an automatic soap bubble machine!
Creative robots
Age: 11 +
This workshop is about learning how a robot can solve a meaningless or meaningful problem, using micro:bit.
By identifying the problem, you will learn how to design your own robot that will solve the problem for you.
What you learn:
- Idea development, design and problem solving
- Motor skills
- How to code with make:code (block programming)
- How electricity works
- Design and mechanics
This workshop is suitable for interdisciplinary work in science, mathematics and arts and crafts, as well as electives such as programming and technology in practice.
MD2 Drone
Age: 14 +
MD2 is the oldest workshop on MakeKit, dating back to 2015. The drone has been continuously further developed since then. It is a brushless quadcopter with many power and modification options.
This workshop is great for businesses and team building, as well as a great in-depth workshop for older children.
What you learn:
- Basic components such as engines, regulators, flight controls, batteries, propellers, radio and frame
- Radio signals and flight directions
- Batteries, power distribution and charging
- Gyro and stabilization
- Flight training and safety
This workshop is also suitable for interdisciplinary work in science, mathematics, engineering, technology, arts and crafts, physics, ethics and language subjects such as Norwegian and English.
Teambuilding
Age: 16 +
Collaboration and relationship building are just as important as professional input in a business. Get your team together and do something fun and creative to increase your employees' ability to work together!
In this workshop, you and your team will learn how to build and fly a drone from scratch. You can choose between two different courses - basic and advanced.
Simple course:
Participants: 20
Time: 1-3 hours
This course focuses on teaching you how to build and fly a Kolibri drone. Kolibri is a simplified micro construction kit consisting of a small, 50g, quadcopter. You fly the quadcopter using the included remote control. Due to its size, the drone requires relatively little space and you can fly both indoors and outdoors.
Advanced course:
Participants: 20
Time: 4-5 hours
How about getting your team together and learning how to build and fly a drone from scratch? In this workshop, you'll borrow a kit consisting of a 500g quadcopter and learn about the basic components, as well as how to fly the drone using various settings and configurations on the supplied control board.
Drone design
Age: 10 +
Design your own drone! We draw it in CAD, e.g. Fusion 360, and produce it with a laser cutter or 3D printer.
The laser cutter cuts veneer sheets with millimeter precision. The 3D printer builds up the model and allows us to utilize the three-dimensional space.
