Bit Space Chicago Offers Hands-On Summer Camp For Kids Who Like To Build Things
(CBS) -- Parents looking for a more educational and hands-on experience for their kids this summer may want to try a new camp for those interested in making things.
Bit Space in Lincoln Square is equipped with 3D printers, laser cutters, computer-controller routers among other tools that would allow kids to take a concept from the computer into reality.
IIT Architecture Professor Thomas Kearns is director and part owner.
He says the space is like a maker lab with a curriculum, helping kids from elementary to high school learn about design, engineering and technology.
During a typical week-long camp this summer, Kearns says kids will design and make small scale furniture such as a stool or birdhouse.
It's like re-thinking the old shop class that many people took in high school, he says, exposing children to the process and making them creative thinkers early in life.
For more information, visit bitspacechicago.com.