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MakeyMakey Inventor Biography Bottle
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MakeyMakey Inventor Biography Bottle

Students will choose a scientist or inventor from the past or present to research in order to write an informational report.  While the students are progressing through the writing process, they will design and create a bottle that looks like their chosen innovator.   Students will then code with…
Recycled Material, Block coding, Scratch.mit.edu, Makey Makey, International, build challenge, cardboard, programming, drama, World History, Arts, Coding, Creationist, Electrical Circuits, Scratch, Block Coding, Creativity, Storytelling, Makey-Makey, Social Studies, Thinking skills
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Exploring Innovation and Invention
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Exploring Innovation and Invention

In this lesson, the students will learn the history of innovations through fun and play. The files for stickers or laser cutting will the attached to this lesson which the teacher will have to prepare in advance. The students will get to play with the stickers/ laser cut “innovation timeline”…
Laser Cutter, Vinyl Cutter
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Advancements in Agriculture: Introducing the Smart Scarecrow
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Advancements in Agriculture: Introducing the Smart Scarecrow

This lesson introduces students to the complexities of modern agriculture and highlights the role of technology and innovation in farming practices. The main focus is on the Smart Scarecrow, a prototype designed to protect crops from birds and wild animals, as an example of a use of technology for Human…
CAD, CNC, electronics, 3D printer, 2D design software, 2D and 3D design software, laser cutter, Hand Tools, Soldering Iron, Recycled Material, Computer, Robotics, TinkerCAD, Tinker-CAD, Bench vise, Cardboard, Soldering, Solder wire, Tape Measure, plywood, Intro to Fab Lab, 3D printing, imagination, 3D modeling, soldering, sound, motion, energy, geometry, electricity, Electronics, Arts, CNC, laser cut, Woodworking, Engineering, Creativity, Robots, Rural Futures, Plants, Design Thinking, Solar System
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Treasure map of learning: Verbalizing, reflecting and self-assessing learning
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Treasure map of learning: Verbalizing, reflecting and self-assessing learning

This lesson will help the children to verbalize and reflect on their learning. The idea of the lesson is to reflect on a learning situation that the children participated in earlier. It can be one lessons, a week of different kind of learning situations or a project that has been…
Laser cutter, Early Childhood, Games, laser cut, Community
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Blue Home - Explore the Solar System
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Blue Home - Explore the Solar System

Learning about the solar system is always fun, but it can be even more fun if it was through a game!   This lesson provides the knowledge about the Solar System Planets by going through a story, where the students [players] are the main characters.   The story starts when…
electronics, 3D printer, Laser cutter, Arduino, 2D and 3D design software, Soldering Iron, Digital desing, Programming, Game Design, LED strip, Microcontroller, Soldering, Solder wire, Games, 3D printing, soldering, physics, programming, light, laser cut, Electronics Production, Arduino, Game Design, Coding, Earth, Space, Solar System
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tmontenarello
I began my journey as an international educator in Peace Corps Thailand, where my interest in cultivating world citizens peaked. I continued my teaching career at the International School of Aruba where I have taught both secondary mathematics and third…
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TWangzom
Tshering Wangzom is a lab manager and engineer at Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck Super Fablab. She has Bachelor in Electronics and Communications and MSc. in Networking and telecommunication. She is in charge of managing the lab and also developing and running…
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