Turnkey STEM Programs for Schools
✓ Easy to Integrate ✓ Flexible
✓ Requries MINIMAL teacher prep
Our professional development courses will help your teachers deliver engaging hands-on programs that will supplement your curriculum.
*We offer options that can be delivered virtually or in person.
Why Teachers Love Our Programs
Can I tell you that I have taught a ton of after school classes in my career and this Bitspace Wearables class is a dream come true - seriously. I am Team Bitspace all the way!
—K. Redmond
Karen and I both really liked the way the curriculum was organized. We liked how the platform had pictures and text intermingled to show what the text was talking about and close-ups of the wiring. This was super helpful!
—V. Wilson
I really enjoyed this course! It was very informative and supports my philosophy of what education should be. I want to thank you also for the thought-provoking exercises.....WOW! I cannot wait to put my plan into action and share it with my colleagues :)
—R. Metz
What We Offer
Make It! Courses
Teachers receive self-paced online training and professional development from us to deliver our maker courses. We also provide material kits for each student!
Entrepreneurship Program
Help foster the next generation of change-makers, innovators, and entrepreneurs. Teachers will learn to help their students develop design thinking and collaborative skills to solve real-world issues.
Field Trips
Treat your students to an immersive learning experience by giving them a day to work on a physical project at our shop! We'll provide you with the space and the tools you need to bring your curriculum to life!
Our Make It! Courses
These courses include all of the training and professional development needed to prepare teachers to present these courses at your school, plus complete material kits for each student with everything they need to successfully complete the course project.
Electronics Courses
(Teach them online or in person!)
These easy-to-follow courses will help teachers give their students a basic understanding of circuitry through projects. Students can then carry that understanding into the creation of additional projects and activities.
Wearable Electronics!
This course will introduce students to circuits as they use various electronic components combined with textiles to assist in the creation or modification of smart clothes. Students will be able to express themselves through a combination of engineering and art while learning many new skills; from sewing and making to electronics.
Get Instant AccessRobots!
This course is designed to support you in setting up a Robots! enrichment program using our supplied kits. Each chapter presents a new aspect of using Arduino hardware and software as it helps students build coding and engineering skills by utilizing the power of design prompts and material constraints. And, when all is said and done, they get to make some really cool robots.
Get Instant AccessGrab Both Electronics Courses (SAVE $100)
This includes access to both Wearables and Robots courses, 3 professional development hours per course, access to the BitSpace Curriculum, and 1 materials kit for the teacher. You can also purchase additional kits for your students at $35 each.
Get the Electronics BundleWoodworking Courses
Students will learn to design, build and test their very own creation in this hands-on learning project that introduces design thinking, woodshop tools & techniques, and a launching point for making.
Race It!
Feats of strength, speed and beauty abound in our Make It, Race It course. Students have the opportunity to design, build and test their very own racing vehicle in this hands-on learning project that introduces students to design thinking, and woodshop tools and techniques.
Get Instant AccessPlay It!
Our Make It, Play It! class allows for true iteration as students create a series of physical rough drafts and build on techniques to gain an understanding of the scope of what they can create. Each week students learn new skills and tools that they immediately apply.
Get Instant Access📌NEED TOOLS?For our woodworking courses, schools without woodworking tools can rent tools from us for these projects. Alternatively, we are happy to provide you with a tool list that you can purchase.
Grab Both Courses (SAVE $100)
This includes access to both Race It and Play It Courses, 3 professional development hours per course, access to the BitSpace Curriculum, and 1 materials kit for the teacher. You can also purchase additional kits for your students at $15 each.
Get the Woodworking BundleOur Entrepreneurship Program
This course includes everything you need to help students use the design thinking process to address an issue or problem in their community and work to find a solution.
Get an array of online resources that can be easily shared with students to have them collaboratively seek solutions, prototype possibilities, and create a pitch deck presentation.
*Includes Professional Development
* No kit of materials
📌Note: Chicago-area schools can add a field trip to BitSpace and work with our guides to create their product prototype in our professional shop.
Field Trips
A day in the shop is a fantastic way to ignite your young makers minds, expand their making skill set, or bring your curriculum to life with a physical project. We offer specific projects or we can tailor your field trip to the projects and activities you are doing with students in the classroom.
Each field trip includes 3 hours of making for up to 28 students in our professional maker lab.
Physical Game Design (appropriate for grades 2-6)
Students will work with our team of professional makers and guides to design and build their very own custom game.
Using computational thinking skills, design thinking, creativity, and fun, students will design, build, and take home a game of their own creation.
Mechanisms and Movements (appropriate for grades 4-8)
Partnering with our team of professional makers and guides, students will use basic circuitry to create designs that move using motors, lights, or other mechanisms. From motorized “Captcha” boxes and automata to vehicles and bots, students will design and create their own motorized mechanism in this field trip that incorporates making, motors, and electronics.
Communicating with Machines (appropriate for grades 5-10)
This field trip will have students incorporating coding into their building designs as they work with our staff of guides to code an Arduino to complete a specific task.
Creating everything from light up fortune tellers to drawing robots, students will use design thinking and coding in their smart creation.
Custom Designed Field Trips
Bring your curriculum to life by working with us to turn your lessons into tangible and exciting maker-inspired learning opportunities.
We will consult with you on a project that connects to your curriculum and then lead your students through its creation.