Medieval Makers (Afternoon, August 18th through August 22nd, 2025)

Technology has always been something humans are good at. Back at the dawn of recorded history, we were building pyramids (no aliens involved), creating weapons to challenge our environment, and using science to turn lead into gold! (If you don’t think we have accomplished that last one, I urge you to look into the cost of electronic solder these days.) In Medieval makers (which is totally one of the hardest words to spell, btw), we will spend the week creating some of the great inventions of the middle ages. We will make swords and shields, personal catapults, design castles and kingdoms, and end the summer with a jousting competition on our wheeled horse, DesCartes (Get it?).