Sample Project Match for Mentors

This form is intended to help us understand who you are as a mentor and what kinds of skills and passions you would bring to the Makerspace, so that we can match you with the right kids.

Name

Address

Home Phone (____)____-______ Mobile Phone (____)____-______ Email address

Best way and time to reach you

In the space below, please tell us about why you’d like to mentor a Young Maker and your experience mentoring, if any.

Are you able to attend Maker Faire on ______ ? yes / no

Have you ever attended Maker Faire? yes / no If so, which ones?

… and have you ever exhibited at any of those events?

Take a look at the Maker Faire exhibits listed here: makerfaire.com/search.csp and name a few that you really like.

What skills can you share with our Makerspace as an “expert” (or at least as someone very experienced)? What areas do you dabble in—that is, you are very interested in them, have some experience doing them, or are really motivated to learn more about them, enough that you can stay ahead of an equally motivated teenager? We’ve included a list of some of the kid-friendly content areas from projects at previous Maker Faires to help you brainstorm. Please be specific when appropriate (for example, if you list “Programming”, you may want to list your favorite languages.)

I’d like to learn more about …

I can be an expert on…

Alternative Energy Animation Arduino & Kits Art Cars Architecture Arts Astronomy / Space Bicycles Biology Chemistry Circuit Boards Construction Kits (LEGO, K’NEX, etc.) Crafts	Dance Electronics Farming Fashion Fire Arts Flight Food / Cooking Gaming Gardening GPS Graphic Design Hacking Halloween / Horror Humor Kites Knitting Lights / Glowing	Mathematics Mechanics Microcontrollers Music Musical Instruments Papercraft Photography Physics Printmaking Programming Recycling Robots Rockets Rube Goldberg Devices	Sewing Social Media Spying/Surveillance Sustainable Living Technology Tesla Coils Toys Transportation Vehicles Video Water Weather Wind Wearables Wireless Woodworking

Is there anything else you’d like to tell us about yourself, your projects, background or interests? (Use the back!)