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Maker Challenge 2

Design your own theme park

Use any materials from your home to construct a model of your theme park. 

Bonus challenge? Look at your theme park design and ask yourself:

  • How can I make my design more accessible for all?

  • How can I re-imagine my rides and overall park layout so that everyone--no matter age or ability--can feel included?

Inspiration and ways to learn more

In a forest in Northern Italy, a man known simply as Bruno has spent nearly a lifetime building an amusement park by hand. Bruno, who has no formal engineering or construction training, designed rides inspired by the movement of nature. Today, patrons can enjoy more than 40 manually-powered rides, all for free.

  • Imagineering in a Box: Imagineering in a Box is designed to pull back the curtain to show you how artists, designers and engineers work together to create theme parks. Go behind the scenes with Disney Imagineers and complete project-based exercises to design a theme park of your very own.

This Virtual Makerspace was created by Rachel Mainero, Information Literacy Specialist (ILS) at Reuther Middle School in collaboration with Julie Rains, Technology Program Consultant at Virtual Campus. Additional resources were provided by Lisa Mele, ILS at Van Hoosen, Kristi Trimboli, ILS at Hart, and community partnerships.