Turning the top layer a few clicks, twisting the side a couple times and layer by layer, step by step, the puzzle of the Rubik’s Cube is unlocked in less than one minute by Hillcrest Junior High seventh-grader Immanuel Cowdell.
Immanuel can solve not only a Rubik’s Cube, but about any logic puzzle or speed cube put in front of him. He shows his makerspace adviser and teacher Beth McKinney, who is amazed by his technique as she was folding origami paper.
“I like coming to makerspace and just chilling here while I do these,” Immanuel said. “I want to go into tech and build my own PC.”
At another table, eighth-grader Kenzi Mead is making friendship bracelets out of embroidery floss and filling in bright designs on coloring sheets.
“There’s a lot of stuff you could do,” she said, adding that she wants to build with LEGOs next. “I don’t have LEGOs at home.”
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