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Literary Mapping With Ozobots
Trace a journey of a literary character through an Ozobot and a map.
Coding and Physical Computing
Expressive Models
Custom Molded Rubber Stamps
Use Tinkercad to design and 3D print a mold with unique shapes to create rubber stamps out of reusable casting material
3D Modeling and Printer
Collections and Collages
Expressive Models
3D Print Hacks in Tinkercad
Design expressive 3D creations quickly using existing online models and shapes. Little to no experience with Tinkercad is needed!
3D Modeling and Printer
Collections and Collages
Expressive Models
Shadow Casters
Cast unique and interesting shadows using a hand-fabricated LED projector and custom shadow caster shapes.
Craft Tools
Electronics Tools
Vinyl/Craft Cutters
Expressive Models
Moiré Animations
The Moiré technique uses a mask that only reveals slivers of an image.
Craft Tools
2D Design Software
Expressive Models
Paper Lanterns
Students will create light up decorations using tealights (or electronics for added difficulty) and a paper bag that will be cut using a vinyl cutter.
2D Design Software
Vinyl/Craft Cutters
Expressive Models
Felt Funsters
Use conductive thread to light up some crafty creations!
Craft Tools
Electronics Tools
Expressive Models
Math Mobiles
Students create mobiles to practice math skills associated with geometry, number sense, and even an intro to algebra.
Craft Tools
Vinyl/Craft Cutters
Technical Models
3D Map Puzzle
Students create a 3D model of countries with features that show the history of a country.
3D Modeling and Printer
Expressive Models
Craft Foam "Rubber" Stamps
Students create a foam stamp by carving into foam and attaching it to a back wooden plate.
Vinyl/Craft Cutters
Expressive Models
Molds, Stamps, and Stencils
Custom Cork
Students studying Spanish idioms created two-sided laser cut cork coasters to demonstrate their grasp of the concept and language through a creative and expressive medium.
2D Design Software
Laser Cutter
Expressive Models
Create a Creature
Students synthesize their knowledge about ecology to extrapolate the life histories, ecological niches, and physical adaptations of theoretical animals.
3D Modeling and Printer
Expressive Models
Custom Currency
Students work in groups to design systems of currency, with each student working to design a different denomination.
3D Modeling and Printer
Laser Cutter
Expressive Models
Graphics
Festive Flashlights
Students will make an LED flashlight, a reflector, and a symbol out of easy-to-find materials. Your symbol will come to life as the reflected light washes over it.
Craft Tools
Electronics Tools
Vinyl/Craft Cutters
Expressive Models
Graphics
Papel Picado
Create eye-catching designs using a technique called Papel Picado (“cut paper”), a form of Mexican folk art in which an elaborate design is cut out of colored paper.
Vinyl/Craft Cutters
Collections and Collages
Expressive Models
Light-up Flowers for Día de Muertos
This activity is used in Spanish classes when students are learning about the Latin American holiday, El Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead).
Craft Tools
Electronics Tools
Expressive Models
Math Battleship
Design a Battleship-inspired two player game with math.
3D Modeling and Printer
2D Design Software
Laser Cutter
Toys and Games
Light-Up Acrylic Displays
This inexpensive and easy project is a great starter project and will help new makers get familiar with simple electronics, image processing, and using the laser cutter.
2D Design Software
Laser Cutter
Expressive Models
LED Quiz Boards
Light up understanding with interactive quiz boards!
Craft Tools
Electronics Tools
Toys and Games
Technical Models
Tetris Tiles
To demonstrate understanding with a set of custom laser cut Tetris pieces.
2D Design Software
Laser Cutter
Collections and Collages
Felt Skulls for Día de Muertos
This activity is used in Spanish classes to learn about the Latin American holiday Dia de Muerto (Day of the Dead).
Craft Tools
Electronics Tools
Expressive Models
Identity Squares
Students design and create images around identity, to show belonging, showcase what they have learned, or advocate for a topic.
Craft Tools
Vinyl/Craft Cutters
Collections and Collages
Expressive Models
Weaving Patterns and Computational Thinking
Students are introduced to computational thinking and coding concepts through hands-on weaving and pattern design – no computers needed!
Craft Tools
Sewing and Textiles
Technical Models
Expressive Models
Custom Laser-Cut Mirrors
Learn beginner and advanced graphics techniques for laser cutters while designing and making custom mirrors.
2D Design Software
Laser Cutter
Expressive Models
Graphics
MiniGolf
Student will design a golf green that share a common content standard theme.
Craft Tools
Shop Tools
Technical Models
Light-Up magnetic Tiles
Create an individualized tile that lights up when added to a magnetic whiteboard with a clever electrified trick.
Craft Tools
Electronics Tools
Expressive Models
Engraved Jewelry on Cricut
Engrave custom designs into jewelry blanks and more using a Cricut cutter.
2D Design Software
Vinyl/Craft Cutters
Clothing and Wearables
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Box Automata
Students represent dynamic situation by constructing machines that utilized automata cam motion.
Craft Tools
Laser Cutter
Technical Models
Expressive Models
Shadow Scenes
Using silhouettes, cut-outs, and 3D nets, students created vector designs of festive shapes that cast interesting shadows when lit with a tealight.
Craft Tools
Electronics Tools
Vinyl/Craft Cutters
Expressive Models
Graphics
DIY Pinball
Laser cut, 3D print, make by hand, and even code to create a custom pinball game for one or two players.
3D Modeling and Printer
Electronics Tools
Coding and Physical Computing
Laser Cutter
Shop Tools
Collaborative Mirror Display
Students create an expressive mirrored tile as part of a collaborative display. Designs are laser cut into the back of a pre-cut mirrored acrylic tile.
Laser Cutter
Collections and Collages
Expressive Models
Data Globes of the World
Custom globes showing geographic, political or demographic information.
Craft Tools
Technical Models
Black Out Poetry with Lights
Students take a more advanced approach to blackout poetry - a style of poetry in which you piece together different words from a body of text to create a new poem.
Electronics Tools
Expressive Models
Tile Puzzles
Students will craft a tile puzzle using laser cut pieces.
2D Design Software
Laser Cutter
Expressive Models
3D Models from 2D Materials
Learn low-tech prototyping techniques that work on their own or support learning digital design and fabrication.
Craft Tools
Laser Cutter
Technical Models
Expressive Models
Chess Sets
Students design and make chess pieces to create their own unique set with a common theme.
3D Modeling and Printer
Craft Tools
Laser Cutter
Toys and Games
Expressive Models
Passport Stamps
Students create passport stamps using graphic design software and a vinyl cutter.
2D Design Software
Vinyl/Craft Cutters
Molds, Stamps, and Stencils
Etched Glass with Vinyl Stencils
By creating custom etched glasses, students explore graphic design while building hands-on maker skills.
Craft Tools
Vinyl/Craft Cutters
Expressive Models
Bill of Rights
Students work in groups on projects about the Bill of Rights and the controversies that surround them.
3D Modeling and Printer
Electronics Tools
Laser Cutter
Expressive Models
Coding and Apps
Scratch for Maker Projects
Code your own creative animation or story with Scratch!
Coding and Physical Computing
Toys and Games
Coding and Apps
Clothespin Characters
Students build a character/object with motion and/or an electrical circuit.
3D Modeling and Printer
Craft Tools
Electronics Tools
Toys and Games
Expressive Models
3D Art: War and Humanity
Students in an 11th grade social studies class created a 3D art object affirming their capstone thesis on the effects of war on an individual’s humanity.
Craft Tools
Vinyl/Craft Cutters
Expressive Models
Ancient Village Models
Students will make accurate models built to represent research done in middle school history.
3D Modeling and Printer
Craft Tools
Technical Models
Expressive Models
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Glowing Figurines
Students create decorative/meaningful figures and make them light up with embedded LEDs.
Craft Tools
Toys and Games
Data Visualization Models
Use tools and materials to make a data model with a variety of questions about each participant.
Shop Tools
Technical Models
Tealight 3D Scenes
Use Tinkercad to put a 3D scene on a cover for a battery-powered tea light.
3D Modeling and Printer
Electronics Tools
Expressive Models
Rover Design Challenge
Build electric toy Rovers that run on monorail tracks.
3D Modeling and Printer
Electronics Tools
Mechanical Devices
Coding Weaving Patterns in Scratch
Students practice computational thinking and coding concepts through weaving and pattern design.
Coding and Physical Computing
Sewing and Textiles
Coding and Apps
Personalized Rulers
Use Tinkercad to design bespoke rulers with custom units and features. The rulers can be designed for fabrication on a 3D printer, or with a laser cutter or vinyl/craft cutter.
3D Modeling and Printer
Technical Models
Expressive Models
Attribute Accessories
Students will make accessories reflecting a particular time in history, novel, or literature that they enjoy.
Craft Tools
Clothing and Wearables
3D Printed Cookie Cutters
Design and 3D print cookie cutters of meaningful characters or objects, or in pie-slices to understand fractions better.
3D Modeling and Printer
Expressive Models
Molds, Stamps, and Stencils
Ornament Generator
Students learn to use Tinkercad Codeblocks to create an ornament.
3D Modeling and Printer
Coding and Physical Computing
Technical Models
Visual Poetry
Students will create a scene depicting a visual representation of a poem.
2D Design Software
Laser Cutter
Expressive Models
Monster Genetics
In this Monster Genetics project, students demonstrate their understanding of inherited traits, engage in creative design, and strengthen their crafting skills.
Craft Tools
Sewing and Textiles
Technical Models
Expressive Models
Snappy Rings
Get started with Tinkercad and 3D printing by designing a custom interchangeable snap-on ring.k
3D Modeling and Printer
Clothing and Wearables
Cause and Effect Board
Students will make a light up puzzle game centered around cause and effects. They will design the puzzle using touch sensing circuits.
Craft Tools
Electronics Tools
Technical Models
Probability Dodecahedron
Students make a polyhedron using laser-cut faces and a paper net to support the shape.
In math, nets are 2D shapes that can be folded up to make a 3D solid shape.
Craft Tools
2D Design Software
Laser Cutter
Technical Models
Tilt-Buzz
Combine creativity with simple electronic components to make fun gizmos that blink or buzz when you tilt them. No soldering required!
Electronics Tools
Expressive Models
Candy Casts
Design and create molds for pourable candies, crayons, and figurines. The molds are typically quick to print, minimizing 3D printer time.
3D Modeling and Printer
Expressive Models
Molds, Stamps, and Stencils
Microbit Rover
Code a rover to avoid obstacles with block-based coding or Python in micro:bit
Electronics Tools
Coding and Physical Computing
Mechanical Devices
Coding and Apps
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Biome Dioramas with Micro:Bit
Students will create a diorama of different biomes, with organisms being able to react to their environment.
Craft Tools
Electronics Tools
Coding and Physical Computing
Expressive Models
Pop-Up Books
Make a pop up book relating to the content that they are learning.
Craft Tools
2D Design Software
Vinyl/Craft Cutters
Expressive Models
Infinity Mirrors
Students consider the infinite, explore electronics, and construct custom designs in this infinity mirror project.
Electronics Tools
Expressive Models
Constellation Box with Lights
Students chose a constellation and designed a display box that lights up to reveal its star pattern.
Electronics Tools
Laser Cutter
Vinyl/Craft Cutters
Technical Models
Air Column Flyers
Construct a contraption with plastic cups & lids, ping pong balls, feathers, paper, pipe cleaners, and more, and observe if and how it flies in the air column.
Craft Tools
Electronics Tools
Technical Models
Videos - Words from the Myths
Students will work together to research and create a video over any subject matter
Photo and Video Tools
Graphics
Audio and Video
Amplifier with a Piezo Contact Pickup
Combine a mono amplifier board kit, a piezo electric disk, and a potentiometer to make a custom amplifier with a contact pickup. Use amplifier to amplify sounds.
Electronics Tools
Audio and Video
3D Hacks Spanish Idioms
Design 3D printed models that express local language quirks and idioms (expressions whose meaning cannot be derived literally from its elements or atypical grammar).
3D Modeling and Printer
Expressive Models
Automata with 3D Printing
Student will use Tinkercad for fabrication on a 3D printer or laser cutter to create automata machinery.
3D Modeling and Printer
Toys and Games
Technical Models
Expressive Models
Paper Canoes
Using an assortment of craft materials, students constructed paper canoes with personalized stickers to tell a story about themselves.
Craft Tools
Vinyl/Craft Cutters
Expressive Models
Code Wiggly Snake
Use Tinkercad Codeblocks to make an articulated snake.
3D Modeling and Printer
Coding and Physical Computing
Toys and Games
Coding and Apps
Automata with PVC Pipe Base
Students design and create machines with moving objects/characters that symbolize abstract concepts and represent dynamic situations.
Craft Tools
Shop Tools
Mechanical Devices
Expressive Models
Code Charm Bracelet
Create an articulated charm bracelet using Codeblocks in Tinkercad.
3D Modeling and Printer
Coding and Physical Computing
Clothing and Wearables
Key Kozies
Create decorations for keys in Tinkercad and 3D print.
3D Modeling and Printer
Clothing and Wearables
Molded Acrylic Bracelets
Students will engrave a design onto acrylic and then mold the acrylic into a bracelet
2D Design Software
Laser Cutter
Clothing and Wearables
Arduino Particle Meter
Introduce students to real world data collection by measuring particulates in the air
with a handheld device that they make themselves.
Electronics Tools
Coding and Physical Computing
Technical Models
Earthquake-Resistant Structures
Students will learn about earthquakes, and then design a structure to survive an earthquake.
Craft Tools
Technical Models
Emotion Emojis
Students will use a vinyl cutter to cut out color emojis.
2D Design Software
Vinyl/Craft Cutters
Graphics
Light-Up Backpack Tag
Students will create their own light up backpack tags.
Craft Tools
Sewing and Textiles
Clothing and Wearables
Shadow Boxes
Students will create a design box that will showcase a 3D object in layers (shadow box).
2D Design Software
Vinyl/Craft Cutters
Expressive Models
Pop Up Cards
Students will work together to figure out the mechanism of a pop up card and design and make one themselves.
2D Design Software
Laser Cutter
Expressive Models
Balloon Cars
Students will work to make a balloon powered car that uses materials complementing the students' age by teacher discretion.
3D Modeling and Printer
Craft Tools
Toys and Games
Technical Models
LED Constellation displays
Students use simple electronics and everyday materials to create light-up constellations.
Craft Tools
Electronics Tools
Expressive Models
Automata Linkable
Students design a character that can move by cam action and are linked together.
3D Modeling and Printer
Craft Tools
Laser Cutter
Mechanical Devices
Expressive Models
Arduino DFPlayer
Add sound to physical computing projects with this inexpensive MP3 player board.
Electronics Tools
Audio and Video
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Shape Stepping Stones
Students will identify and draw shapes on a tree cookie. Then students will bang nails until the area of their shape is filled, and older students can compile data into graphs.
Shop Tools
Technical Models
Light Sensitive Rover
Students investigate robotics that don’t use a computer to process logic. In this project, simple analog components to create a motor driver circuit that responds to light.
Electronics Tools
Toys and Games
Technical Models
Quiz Boards
Students will design a quiz board to test each other's knowledge.
Electronics Tools
Technical Models
Copper Pipe Glockenspiel
Learn the physics of sound and musical pipes while building your own musical instrument!
Shop Tools
Toys and Games
Technical Models
Fused Glass Art
Students will design art by fusing glass in a kiln.
Shop Tools
Expressive Models
Laser Cut Tree Medallions
Students laser engrave meaningful symbols and text into slices of tree branches.
2D Design Software
Laser Cutter
Shop Tools
Collections and Collages
Expressive Models
Mini Compost Bins
Students will design and 3D print an efficient composting bin in a cool design.
3D Modeling and Printer
Technical Models
Fan Powered Vehicles
Students will make a fan-powered vehicle that can be used to test a wide variety of boat characteristics
Craft Tools
Toys and Games
Technical Models
Fearbots
During a unit on Shelley’s Frankenstein, students were given this prompt: “Explore your own fears and create autonomous robots that demonstrate or represent those fears.”
Electronics Tools
Toys and Games
Expressive Models
3D from 2D: Simple Interlocking Shapes
Simplify an object down to the most important details to create a recognizable model.
Craft Tools
Laser Cutter
Vinyl/Craft Cutters
Expressive Models
Organizers
Students will create a storage organizer for a set of items.
Craft Tools
Laser Cutter
Technical Models
Mouse Trap Cars
Students design and build a mouse trap car that meets design criteria.
Shop Tools
Mechanical Devices
Magnetic Tiles
Use magnetic tape and any flat material to make individualized pieces of a content-themed collective work.
2D Design Software
Laser Cutter
Collections and Collages
Expressive Models
Laser Cut Frames
Students use 2D graphics tools to design a custom picture frame. The example shown above celebrates the winter holiday season.
2D Design Software
Laser Cutter
Expressive Models
Polygram String Art
Model polygrams compare rules and algorithms, analyze symmetry properties, and look at the relevance of their polygram in art and architecture.
Craft Tools
Technical Models
Expressive Models
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