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Fab Lab

science, technology, engineering, art and math all come together in a digital fabrication lab. it's build and equipped w/ 3D printers, vinyl cutter, epilogue laser cutters, milling machine, and a computer guided router. A lot of digital heavy duty equipment.

Guidelines for creating QR codes

1. Find a QR code generator 2. chose the type of code you want to create 3. enter the info 4. click submit 5. the QR code should appear on your screen. Copy and paste it, or save it to your computer as an image file for future use.

QR code ideas for the classroom

1. make displays interactive 2. promote a book 3. meet the author 4. access web w/o the wait 5. scaffold student learning

STEM

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH skills into a unique learning opportunity that can appeal to all students.

Makerspace

provide hands on experiences that may contain science lab, woodshop, computer lab or art rooms. must be designed to accommodate a wide range of activities, tools and materials. diversity and cross-pollinations of activities are critical to the design making, and exploration process and set makerspace and STEAM apart -activities include: cardboard construction, prototyping, woodworking, electronics, robotics, digital fabrication, building bikes and kinetic machines, textiles and sewing

STEAM

added art to STEM

3 ways fab lab could be included in grades 3-8 curriculum

it can teach students how to be project managers, engineers, designers - all at once. can allow students to make things from furniture to action figures and circuit boards. learn how to make image on the computer into a physical prototype, this all will give them skills they will need in the new economy.