I love this crocheted faux-hawk hat that Craftster user neosynthesis (Orange County) made for her co-worker’s son, Andrew. He was going to a school with strict rules about attire and hair, but, as she says, he’s “a little punk,” so she made him a hat-hawk. I like the way the way the yarn stripes on […]
Recently, I had a class of 7th graders designing in Sketchup. One of the projects is to accurately design a block of 2″ x 2″ x 1.25″. These designs were then converted to G code with Millwizard by an 11th grader who then milled them in the high school across the street on a Taig Micromill. This was a fun project that helped illustrate the concepts and processes of separating the design from the manufacture of objects.
The way it worked out was that the middle schoolers would make some designs, and share them with the high schooler. If the files were designed correctly, proper size, no overhangs, then they would be converted to code and milled. He was able to process 4 files in one class period by cutting in 2 inch insulating foam. Then, the next time I met with the 7th graders, I gave them the blocks they designed.
As a summation assignment for the CD scrounging, battery pack and junkbot project, students made videos showing their junkbot. In the videos, which were made on whatever equipment they had available to them, they were to show the ‘bot, explain what they did to make it and explain a bit about how it works. Part of the project was a writing assignment had them write about their Junkbot and tell about what they learned in the project. Not all of the students put the videos online, instead emailing them in. Having the videos online definitely creates a better, more lasting record.
Calli at Make It Do It shows you how to sew a messenger-style school bag with iron-on template designs.
Make this apple print backpack for back to school by Ellen at Alpha+Mom.
Members of the South Kingstown High School Robotics team explain the vehicle they made for the MATE ROV 2009 regional competition at Massachusetts Maritime Academy. If you were a participant on one of the teams in this year’s regional competitions, please add your photos to the MAKE Flickr pool, and if you could, please use […]
Image from VEIL VEIL, a design initiative in Victoria Australia, has an innovative proposal of reorganizing city schools. It does not appear that the plan has been implemented, but the description presents a positive view of their proposal to solve some of the educational and environmental problems facing school systems. Students from all quarters meet […]
