Makerspace
Purpose: The purpose of the Yo-Yo project is to learn how to document work on a web-portfolio.
Description: Students will make wooden, handmade yo-yos. Students will make web-portfolios to record the whole process.
Purpose: The purpose of the arcade project is to learn to connect the digital world with the real world through programming and woodworking.
Description: Students learn to program video games using Make Code Arcade. Games will be uploaded to a retro arcade cabinet that the class builds together.
Purpose: The purpose of the Spa Products Project is to understand how pricing and branding affect a product's marketability.
Description: Students will create a mock lip balm company.
Purpose: The purpose of the Video Production Project is to experience how outlining and planning are important for producing high-quality results.
Description: Students will create scripts and storyboards, and shoot, direct, act in, and edit their own videos. They will be involved in digital storytelling and learn to work with a team while engaged in the creative process.
Purpose: The purpose of the Carnival Project is to consider audience while planning and making.
Description: Students will create a school carnival with games, attractions, shows, and prizes. Students will consider price, win probability, and value while being a singular part of the whole.
Purpose: The purpose of the Slingshot Project is to practice recording the steps of a project on a web-portfolio.
Description: Students will build homemade slingshots out of wood. The will document the process of planning and construction on their web-portfolios
Purpose: The purpose of the Advanced Programming Project is to build a complex computer game using small, simple steps.
Description: Students will learn Javascript and use MakeCode Arcade to upload their games onto an Arcade Machine.
Purpose: The purpose of the Soap Craft Project is to cultivate precision in measurements and enhance understanding of chemical reactions.
Description: Students will make soap to carve into 3D shapes to be modeled.
Purpose: The purpose of the 3D Design project is to learn to move design from one medium to another.
Description: Students will learn to 3D scan objects to be printed or manipulated in virtual reality.
Purpose: The purpose of the Design-A-Project project is to learn how you learn.
Description: Students will plan, schedule, and execute their own projects while documenting the process on their web-portfolios
