theMake.club organised its classes around three tables: the maker skills every member practised, an engineering-skills ladder from planning to online networking, and a grid of projects matched to each age.
Maker skills
| Skill | Key topics |
|---|---|
| Collaboration | |
| Sharing | Tools, workload, ideas, spotlight |
| Group speaking | Timing, relevancy, sway, listening |
| Helping peers | Listening, helping, teaching |
| Project Management | Planning, role performance, documentation |
| Technology | |
| Engineering Design | Schematics, 3D modeling, electronics, programming, prototyping |
| Craft skills | Beauty, stability, effectiveness, efficiency |
| Collaborative assembly | Micro actions, project roles, effective use of assistance and vice versa |
| Research & Learning | Online skills acquisition, market research, social networking |
| Communication | |
| Verbal Presentations | Clarity, speed, tracking, flexibility, interaction, topic coverage, confidence |
| Written | Grammar, appearance, ease of reading, topic coverage |
| Emotional intelligence | Strength, timing, effectiveness |
| Technical communication | Accuracy, ease of reading, topic coverage |
| Critical Thinking | |
| Reasoning & Judgments | Logic, analysis, multiple viewpoints, make conclusions |
| Systems Thinking | Understanding how parts of a whole interact to produce an outcome |
| Solve Problems | Conventional and innovative solutions, ask questions that clarify issue |
| Research | Veracity, relevancy, citation, integration with project |
| Creativity | |
| Big Ideas | Innovative and inspiring concepts |
| Creative Process | Brainstorming, sketching, modeling, writing |
| Growth of Idea | Feedback, combine with other ideas, discard pieces, add pieces |
| Implementation | See idea put into reality, sustain idea over period of time, revise but keep core concept |
Engineering skills
Each column climbs from the first step (bottom row) to the most advanced.
| Planning | Designing | Prototyping | Circuit Design | Programming | Engineering Theory | Online Research | Online Networking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circuit Board 1 | C++, Javascript | Flight | Collaboration with USA students | ||||
| Spec Pack | 3D Printing | Modular Components | Robotics | HTML, CSS, CMSs | Radio, Wifi, Bluetooth | Creating Content | Sharing Content |
| Schematic | 3D File | Moveable Components | Bread Board 2 | Lego Mindstorm | Light & Sound | Finding and learning online | e-Etiquette & Behavior |
| Drawn to Plan | Multimedia | Sticks & Tape | Soldering | Arduino | Gears & Motion | Website accounts & Online privacy | Online communities |
| Big Ideas | Papercraft | Clay | Bread Board 1 | Scratch | Structural | Research & Online Safety | Online with theMake.club |
Projects by age
| Age | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade | 3rd–4th | 5th–6th | 7th–8th | 9th+ | ||||
| Toy | Paper Plane Engineering | Toy Car | Toy Car | Toy Robot | Toy Robot | Mechanical Hand | Quadcopters | Mechanical Robot |
| Circuit | LED flashlight | Vibrating Motor | Motor + LED circuit | Blinking Lights | Microphone Switch | Step Motors | Timing Circuit | 2-in-2-out Logic Circuit |
| Electric Toy | Superhero with LED eyes | Bumble Bot | Electric Car | Turning Head Robot | Audio-responsive Robot | Handwave Robot | Enhanced Quadcopter | Circuit Robot 1 |
| Circuit 2 | Groove Windmill | Groove Pressure Switch | Groove Recorder | 2 circuits, one power source | Motion Sensor | 3-in-3-out Logic Circuit | ||
| Robotic Toy | Speaking Robot | Greeting Robot | Lego Circuit Robot | Circuit Robot 2 | ||||
| Programmable Toy | Lego Mindstorm Robot | Arduino Robot |
These tables were made for theMake.club’s “Club Skills” page and are restored in 2026 from SteamHead’s archive. The page itself was never captured online, so the date shown is that of the earliest archived home page that links to it. Spelling has been corrected; content is otherwise as written.