MakerSpace

The Center is closed Thursday, November 28th and Friday, November 29th for the lab holiday. Our hours will resume on Saturday, November 30th.

The Lederman Science Center’s hours will be changing for the winter. Please view them on our Plan a Visit page.

Join us to get hands-on with STEM! Our MakerSpace provides learners with an opportunity to explore STEM fields through making, experimenting, and play. MakerSpace programs encourage students to ask questions, get creative, and develop the 21st-century skills needed to join the next generation of STEM professionals.

MakerSpace classes

STEM Spotlight

Students ages 8-10 work with their guardians to discover STEM careers and get hands-on with Fermilab science.

Visualizing STEM

Students ages 11-14 spend four days getting hands-on with physics through MakerSpace projects inspired by science.

SAGE Camp

Science Accelerating Girls’ Engagement in STEM (SAGE) is a one-week summer camp for public high school students ages 14-17 hosted by national laboratory scientists and engineers to share what life in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) professions is like.

Teacher Studio

Teacher Studio is a hybrid learning community for formal and informal educators interested in hands-on, maker-based learning. The Teacher Studio is a collaboration between the University of Wisconsin-Madison PLACE, Betty Brinn Children’s Museum, Building for Kids children’s museum, Madison Public Library, and the Fermilab Office of Education and Public Engagement.