Maker Mindz Apps Start a Chapter or Club
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Start a Maker Mindz chapter or club

Bring hands-on STEM to your school or community. You lead the club, an adult supervises, and Maker Mindz helps with kits, activities, mentors and certificates. Free for students in grades 6 to 12.

Apply to start a club

What your club gets

  • STEM kits, project ideas and lesson plans from Maker Mindz
  • Live sessions with Maker Mindz mentors
  • Certificates for members and leadership experience for you
  • Your club featured on Maker Mindz
  • Help finding funding for supplies

What you need

  • You are a student, 13 to 19 years old
  • One adult supervisor (18 or older), such as a teacher, librarian or parent, who is present at every meeting
  • Parent or guardian consent if you are under 18, renewed every year
  • A safe place to meet: a school, library, community center or other public place, or online

How it works

Apply
Fill in the form below. It takes about 10 minutes.
Confirmations
We email your adult supervisor, and your parent or guardian if you are under 18, to confirm.
Get approved
Maker Mindz reviews your plan and emails you, usually within two weeks.
Launch your club
Hold your first meeting with kits and activities from Maker Mindz.

Club application

Fields marked are required.

1. About you (student leader)
Your interests
2. Your club Type of club
Members' grades
Will other student volunteers help you run the club?
3. When and where
How can Maker Mindz help? (optional)
4. Adult supervisor

Every Maker Mindz club needs one adult (18 or older) who is present at every meeting, for example a teacher, librarian, coach or parent. We will email them to confirm.

6. Agreements
To keep everyone safe, an adult supervisor is at every meeting, and clubs meet in a school, library, community center or other public place, or online. Clubs never meet in a private home, and members never share personal contact details without a parent's okay.