Design

Learning in the Making: Shapes in Nature

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Project Guides

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Learning

Using geometric shapes that occur in nature as inspiration, design and build a sound structure for your stuffed...

Learning in the Making: Paper Box Motion Story

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Project Guides

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Learning

The Paper Box Motion Story is like a tiny, manual movie theatre! It can be used to summarize information, share...

Learning in the Making: Sewing

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Project Guides

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Learning

Practice sewing skills by making a stuffed animal while following along with this activity video and project guide...

Learning in the Making: Design

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Project Guides

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Learning

Learn about and try out the design process by designing your own shoe with this activity video and project guide.

Learning in the Making: Stamps & Patterns

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Project Guides

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Learning

Learn to make stamps in order to create and explore patterns with this activity video and project guide.

Learning in the Making: Autumn Festival Lanterns

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Project Guides

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Learning

Lanterns are used in cultural celebrations across the globe! Learn how to create autumn festival lanterns with this...

Learning in the Making: Self-Love Headgear

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Project Guides

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Learning

Make headgear to express who you are and your love for yourself with this activity video and project guide.

Learning in the Making: Revolutionary Screenprinting

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Project Guides

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Learning

Learn about the revolutionary applications of screenprinting in the Black Panther Party and try out screenprinting...

Tla'amin Basket Weaving: Coding and Indigenous Teaching

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Stories & Examples

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Learning

This teacher blog post details a rich hands-on activity that integrates coding and indigenous basket weaving,...

d-loft STEM Resources

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Curriculum

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Learning

d.loft STEM has produced a series of curriculum units that explore STEM through the lens of design thinking and a...

The Exploratorium's Tinkering Studio Projects

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Website/Database

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Learning

This online database of project ideas and instructional guides from the Tinkering Studio, part of the interactive...

How to make a middle school maker program from scratch

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Stories & Examples

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Program Design,

Makerspace Management

In this article, middle school teacher Kevin Jarrett reviews the manifesto, mantra, and materials necessary to make...