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Tinkerfest

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Tinkerfest

  • Date

    Sep 20

  • Time

    10 am – 5 pm

  • Ages

    All Ages

  • Admission

    Included with Admission

A Daylong Celebration of Curiosity and Creativity!

Tinkerfest is a daylong celebration of curiosity and creativity! Explore more than 45 interactive activities hosted by innovative community exhibitors designed to engage and inspire the inner builders, coders, artists, makers and tinkerers of all ages. Each activity invites children and families to tinker, make, invent, create, play and imagine!

Some of the activities include building robots, exploring solar cars, making sound kits, hands-on coding, and watching pumpkins being launched with a giant 18-foot slingshot!

Admission

Included with admission, $5/*Access Pass, $5/Indiana college students with ID, 50% off admission for Scouting America, Girl Scouts, Indiana 4-H and their families; includes $4 parking validation. *Access Pass members need to purchase tickets in person OR call 317.232.1637 to receive discounted prices.

 

Member
FREE
Senior
$20
Adult
$22
Youth
$16

Vendors

IEEE Women in Engineering Central Indiana Section Affinity Group: Power up with circuits, sensors and robots!
Lego Great Ball Contraption: Watch the machine move small balls throughout the contraption.
Corteva Agriscience: Learn about seed dispersal and hydraulics.
FIRST Robotics: See robotics demonstrations.
Starbase Indiana: Experiment with straw rockets.
Ivy Tech Automotive & Ed Martin Automotive: Test your skills at changing a tire, spark plugs and more through the Automotive Careers Exploration and Interactive trailer.
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology: Explore computing history artifacts.
Conner Prairie: Visit the Smithsonian SparkLab!
Purdue Solar Racing: Check out a solar race car and learn about solar energy.
Sarah Nichols: See weaving demonstrations.
Indianapolis Fly Casters: Tie your own fishing flies.
Indiana University Bloomington Game Design: Check out different game demos.
Glass Arts Indiana, Inc/Indy Fused Glass, LLC: Make glass mosaics on magnets.
IU School of Medicine Makerspace: Tinker with anatomy busy books.

Tactile Engineering: Explore a computer screen for your hands.
Independence Science: Find out how we make light refraction accessible.
Kids Explore Robotics: Watch, tinker and play with robots.
Superior STEAM 4H Club: Experience FIRST LEGO robots, Osmo toys and other STEM activities.
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology: See Robots for the Streets & A-maze-ing Robots where kids can play with 3D printed robots and explore children’s books about STEM and robots.
Latinas Welding Guild: Take part in virtual welding.
The Gurl Code: Check out Ozobots, STEM Legos, Littlebits, Makey Makey, Binary coded bracelets, Code with Barbie and a paint station.
iCode Fishers: Experiment with coding, drones and robotics.
TekVenture Maker Space: Build your own electric circuit, make a button and mix theater with tech.
Girls STEM Institute: Learn about plants and take part in other STEM activities.
Deeply Ingrained – Woodshop on Wheels: Try your hand at wood working.
Uplands Maker Mobile: Explore your creativity with a variety of STEM activities.

Pumpkin Chunkin’ with Team Fahrfunflinger

Experience the thrill as this giant 18-foot slingshot launches pumpkins more than 300 feet in the air right on our front lawn! Here’s when to watch.
Saturday: 10:30 and 11:30 a.m., 12:30, 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30 p.m.