Achieve Foundation

We partner with Achieve Foundation, which supports high-quality education for South Orange and Maplewood School District students, for their annual maker fair. Maker Madness promotes access to experience-based STEAM learning and career readiness for students of all types and all grade levels. We run the kaleidoscope station, where each student who visits builds their very own kaleidoscope, combining concepts from geometry and light with art. Our kits work well for students with sensory sensitivities, too.

Children and STEMagic volunteers building kaleidoscopes together at a long table during the Maker Fair
  • Four STEMagic Kits volunteers in team shirts at the Maker Fair
  • Four children colouring the paper templates for their kaleidoscopes, with markers, stickers and cardboard tubes spread across the table
  • Two STEMagic volunteers in team shirts leaning in to help children decorate their kaleidoscope tubes at the busy Maker Madness hall
  • Children and parents around a red table covered in markers, stickers and cardboard tubes, holding up the kaleidoscopes they’ve finished
  • The STEMagic Kits kaleidoscope station sign on the table, with children and volunteers building along the length of the table behind it
  • The Maker Madness sponsor board listing the event’s supporters