MAKING IT! IS A HIGH TECH DISCOVERY CENTRE FULL OF EXCITING AND FUN THINGS TO SEE, DO AND MAKE FOR ALL AGES. Be amazed at how inventions happens – how they succeed or fail – design your own fizzy drink – produce designs using light-box drawing techniques and explore 3D Computer Aided Design – explore different materials and test them to destruction – try to run an assembly line and put your head into a virtual factory making newspapers, cans and bottles – pits your wits against the “bottle filling challenge” – puzzle out the mysteries of bar codes – and star on the front page of a newspaper, print a copy to take home. You...
Are You Eligible For A Subsidy For Your School Group?
During the school year 2011-2012 we are offering substantial and irresistible subsidies for primary school groups visiting the making it! discovery centre from the following postcode areas:- MANSFIELD – NG18 / NEWARK/BASSETLAW – NG22 GEDLING – NG6 / BROXTOWE – NG9 During the school year 2012/13, we are offering the same offers for primary schools in the following postcode areas:- ASHFIELD – NG1 / BASSETLAW – DN22 GEDLING – NG4 / GEDLING – NG15 NEWARK – NG15 The subsidies have been made possible through collaboration with Nottinghamshire County Council to promote educational visits for Design & Technology...
Spooky Hunt – Winner
CONGRATULATIONS to Chloe Nunn of Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire who successfully found all the “Spooky” pictures on our Halloween treasure hunt. Thanks to all those who took part. Well done.
New for October 2011
Making it! have launched a brand new exciting kit just in time for the October half term – our ”High Speed Flyer” is constructed from plastic with a “self decorated” tail and powered by a motor which runs on a AA battery – suspended from the ceiling, it rotates with the aid of a...
Cup Cake Decorating Masterclass
At making it!, we have launched cupcake decorating classes which are suitable for all abilities and ages. Click on the link below to find out more information – they are highly recommended and a great way to socialise with your friends and family. cupcake workshops
