Suggestions for running an NJ Makers Day event at your school.

1. Planning a
New Jersey Makers Day Event
Poster Sessions @ NJASL March 2020
Leslie Wise, @vemlibrarylove and @wiseleslier

2. Planning for New Jersey Makers Day
March 19 & 20, 2020
1. Administrative Buy-In
a. Date, Time, Location
b. Scope (one school v. District)
c. Funding (e.g. District, Association, Grant)
2. Volunteers
a. Groups (e.g. National Honor Society, Robotics,
Student Council)
b. Teachers and Staff
3. Stations (Maker Stations, Locations, Materials)
4. Marketing (Social Media, Newsletters, Newspaper)

3. 1. Administrative Buy-In and Support
❏ Where and When: Confirm availability of
Date (3/19-20), Time, Location
❏ Principal, Secretary, District Admin,
Affected Teachers (PE, library, etc)
❏ Who? Scope (one school v. District)
❏ How are you funding? (District, Grant)

4. 2. Volunteers
2. Volunteers
a. Groups (e.g. National Honor Society, Robotics,
Student Council)
b. Teachers and Staff
c. Methods
i. email District or School email groups
ii. Share a Google Form for sign-ups
iii. Mention evaluations (community building,
outreach, District Goals)

5. Example: Volunteer Form

6. 3. Stations plus Locations, Materials
binary bracelet
Coding
Makey Makey
SNAP! circuits
Pinwheels
pom poms
little bits creations
sewing station
Spectrascope
brush bots
Bookmaking
stop motion
build a catapult
paper airplane contest
Dash and Dot robots
Sphero robots
Green Screen

7. 3. Stations - Signs

8. Locations: Map
it Out!

9. Main location: Library Media Center

10. Catapult
Passport

11. Lego Station
Augmented Reality

12. Paper circuits
Pencil Crafts

13. TinkerCAD / 3D
Printing Demos
Kindness
Rocks

14. Binary
Bracelet
Makey Makey
Piano

15. NJ Makers Day @
Middlesex Team!

16. 4. Marketing: Newsletters, eblasts, Twitter
Public Relations and Communications

19. Reach out!
Leslie Wise
@wiseleslier
ALSO:
Doug Baldwin &
Kate-Lynn Brown
@njmakersday
Njmakersday.org
Piscataway
Public Library
Both at NJASL in the Vendor’s
hall and presenting!