TXWES Makers Lab

7 Principles of a Makerspace

1. Critical Thinking

2. Encourage Creativity

3. Collaborative Learning

4. Combining STEM & Humanities

5. Suits All Learning Styles

6. Prepare Students for New Technology

7. Marketable Skills

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Project for Dr. DeLotto's Creative Writing Class

English:

• Pick an element from a short story and make something representing that element on the 3D Printer.

• Creative Writing: Display creative work in a non-traditional way.

  • A Student printed their poem on ribbon using the direct-to-garment printer, and that ribbon was used as the tongue of a sculpture.

  • Create their own paper with papermaking kit, then used lemon juice to write their work in invisible ink. 

Art: 

• Create by sketching, drawing, painting something that symbolizes something personal, digitize it, and them create something on the direct-to-garment printer or Glowforge with the drawing.
• Students create a classroom badge with adjectives and graphics that represent them.

Science:

•  Create a board game on biology and make the items for the game with equipment in the lab. 
• Create and customize a balloon powered car and test which cars go the farthest.
• Create a workable simple machine.

Business or Economics: 

• Design a logo for a business created by the students. Students can create fliers, buttons, etc with logo on it. 

History:

• Create something to symbolize a period in history (Reconstruction, Industrial Revolution, etc.)
• Create a board game based on the era of Reconstruction.