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Maker workshop world: a child building with prints and circuits

MakerForge

A maker workshop in your browser — design a part, figure out how it would really be built, wire up a circuit, and iterate.

Open the Print Lab Wire a circuit

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Print Lab Size up a 3D-printed part — overhangs, bridges, bed grip — and predict: clean, needs support, or warps? Circuit Bench Read a little circuit, predict what happens, then run it and trace the whole loop with your finger. Concept Kits 16 kits · 400 questions across the design process, materials, circuits, and fabrication. Maker Quest A progression path through all 16 kits — clear each stop, then move on.
🛠️ Mill's workshop rule

Everything here is safe to explore in your browser. But real 3D printers, soldering irons, and cutting tools always need a grown-up first: “Tool first checked. Adult first told. Then we build.”

Brain Break Step away from the workbench for a quiet moment — a fun maker riddle or a short breather. Brain breaks help you remember what you learn.

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Design & build

Print Lab Predict whether a part prints clean, needs support, or warps — designing for how it is made. Circuit Bench Predict what a circuit does — lights up, stays dark, shorts out — then run it and trace the loop.

Learn & practice

Concept Kits 16 quiz kits · 400 questions on the design process, materials, circuits, and fabrication — a hint after a first miss, an explanation every time. Mixed practice A short round that shuffles the kits you have played, resurfaced when they are ready to review. MakerForge Sprint Race your OWN best on what you already know. Timer optional, no penalty for a miss. Trick Questions Brain-teasers with a twist — spot why the obvious build choice is a trap. Teach the Cast Teach a maker idea to a cast member still learning it — teaching makes it stick. Progress Your levels, days active, and how each skill area is coming along — saved on this device.

Play together

Maker Duel 2–4 players take turns on one device (or start an online room) — highest first-try score wins. Maker Quest A progression trail through all 16 kits — clear each stop, then move on.

For grown-ups — progress report →A private, on-device snapshot mapped to the skill areas practiced. Export a CSV or print — nothing that names you leaves this device. NGSS engineering design (MS-ETS1).

More ways to play

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Meet the cast — the characters who teach this

Each one stands for an idea you’ll practice. Tap a character to read their illustrated story and hear their audio drama.

Ensemble stories — the cast together

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What next? Pick a door

Chosen from what this app is about. What you open is remembered on this device only.

📚 Books for MakerForge

Read the story, print a workbook, or color the cast — free PDFs to read offline or print at home.

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