SCOPES Digital Fabrication – K-12 Digital Fabrication for STEM

K-12 STANDARDS-ALIGNED OPEN-SOURCE

Our community makes digital fabrication lessons for classrooms.

Find Out More

Let’s Fab What Do You Teach?

Join our community to develop equitable learning in the 21st century!

Create and share digital fabrication lessons with educators all around the world.
Latest News
Carter G. Woodson's Culturally Responsive Pedagogy meets Seymour Papert's Constructionism
March 04, 2019
Latest Lesson Plans
Independent Reading Visual Representation
May 23, 2019
Latest Lesson Plans
Lesson Landing Pad: 3D Printing
May 21, 2019

Lessons Featured Plans

View More
Biomedical Engineer
GE Brilliant Career Lab

Biomedical Engineer

This lesson reflects on “Everyday in the life of a Biomedical Engineer” What does a Biomedical Engineer do? Biomedical Engineer Conduct research, along with life scientists, chemists, and medical scientists, on the engineering aspects of the biological systems of humans and animals. Design and develop medical diagnostic and clinical instrumentation,…
3D printer, 2D and 3D design software, laser cutter, GE Collection, Fab Tested, 3D printing, 3D modeling
Get the Lesson Plan
Dora Milaje Tabi Boot
Black Panther Collection

Dora Milaje Tabi Boot

This lesson originates from Ruth Carter’s approach to costume design for the Black Panther film. Students will create a pattern using software to be laser etched into soft material that is laser cut to make a tabi-style boot. If time allows, students can create shoe accessories such as 3D printed…
electronics, 3D printer, laser cutter, Special Collection, Fab Tested, laser cutting, 3D printing, sewing
Get the Lesson Plan
Alejibres with DF
Community Contributed

Alejibres with DF

Alebrijes are imaginative and colorful Mexican art sculptures that have transformed into mythical creatures of the culture that act as spirit guides. This lesson begins with students watching the Disney movie, Coco and continues to an art and history lesson before students use their imaginations to design their own Alebrije…
2D design software, laser cutter, Laser cutter, Vinyl Cutter, Fab Tested, Early Childhood, Museum/Science Center, Intro to Fab Lab, International, World Culture, laser cutting, imagination, legends, sculpture
Get the Lesson Plan
View More

Inclusive Subject Areas

View More Lessons
Technology
Engineering
Art & Design
English Language Arts
World Cultures
Mathematics
Computer Programming
Science
View More Lessons
Carter G. Woodson's Culturally Responsive Pedagogy meets Seymour Papert's Constructionism
March 04, 2019
Carter G. Woodson's Culturally Responsive Pedagogy meets Seymour Papert's Constructionism
Otherness, Film, and Digital Fabrication
January 31, 2019
Otherness, Film, and Digital Fabrication
Revisiting the Future via STEM Week
November 21, 2018
Revisiting the Future via STEM Week
(Re)Mix the Kicks!
November 10, 2018
(Re)Mix the Kicks!

Practice Featured Community Contributors

Lab Incharge
Supriya Kadam
Hiii,I am Supriya Kadam. I have done Electronics engineering and then fab academy deploma. Reading books,writing poems,talking with different people,tracking are my hobbies. After my graduation I have started working with Vigyan Ashram and now I am working here as…
Read More
Informal educator
jessicanielsen
Jessica is a native Texan with a passion for inspiring future STEM and STEAM leaders. Her education foundation is in fine art and she is an enthusiastic artist and maker. She earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology in 2015 and…
Read More

Ideas Latest Blog Posts

Carter G. Woodson's Culturally Responsive Pedagogy meets Seymour Papert's Constructionism
March 04, 2019
Otherness, Film, and Digital Fabrication
January 31, 2019
Revisiting the Future via STEM Week
November 21, 2018
(Re)Mix the Kicks!
November 10, 2018

Partners Our Partners