Lessons in arts of Troe-Ko, Tshem-Zo, Shing-Zo, and De-Zo
Troe-ko and 3D printing
What is Troe-ko? The craft of making traditional ornaments in Bhutan is known as Troe-ko. Its products are widely used by Bhutanese women. There are two types of Bhutanese…
Tshem-zo and Wearable technology
What is Tshem-zo? The art of tailoring in Bhutan is known as Tshem-zo. This art can be classified into three parts: 1. Tshem drup the art of embroidery 2. Lhem drup the…
Shing-zo and CNC
What is Shing-zo? The practice of using wood to make houses, bridges, temples and dzongs in Bhutan is known as Shing-zo. The result of this woodwork can be seen all…
De-zo and Paper circuit
What is De-zo? The Traditional art of paper-making in Bhutan is known as De-zo. The people engaged in making De-zo are known as Dezop. Dezho is mainly used as carrying…
IN THIS COLLECTION
This collection includes 4 lessons developed exclusively for SCOPES-DF and the Fab Foundation by the Bhutan Fab Lab, including Troe-Ko and 3D printing, Tshem-Zo and wearable technology, Shing-Zo and CNC, and De-Zo and circuits.
about THE Bhutan COLLECTION
“In honor and love to preserve and promote the 13 Arts and Crafts of Bhutan. Our Fab Lab Bhutan team has developed these lessons to bring some life and freshness. Digital Fabrication and our ancient arts and crafts are interwoven in these lessons.” -Fab Lab Bhutan
Fab-in-a-Box Automata
This lesson introduces learners to the fascinating world of automata; kinetic sculptures powered by simple mechanical systems. Through hands-on fabrication using laser cutters, vinyl cutters, and 3D printers, learners will…
May 5, 2025
Climate Data with AI – مخيم الشتاء: بيانات المناخ باستخدام الذكاء الاصطناعي
Over the course of three days, participants will collect and analyze climate data from various software. The collected data will be analyzed by AI and visualized using graphic software to…
May 4, 2025
Guiding Growth: Training Plants Through Light Mazes
Lesson Summary: “Guiding Growth: Training Plants Through Light Mazes” In this interdisciplinary STEM lesson, students explore how plants respond to their environments by observing and guiding the growth of pea…
May 1, 2025
Fabricating Transparent Bio-Fabric Pots for monitoring plant Systems
Lesson Summary In this lesson, students will explore the basic needs of plants and how their external structures—roots, stems, and leaves—support their survival and growth. Students will identify the environmental…
April 29, 2025
Yikes, the Power Went Out
This activity was devised to provide an experiential, Next Generation Science Standards-based, Project-based, model lesson for preservice elementary teachers on how to design science lessons grounded in making and fabrication…
April 29, 2025
Create an RC car with upper primary.
In this lesson, we will be teaching upper primary school students how to use Micro:bit to program a small robot car. This is a bit of an advanced coding program…
April 24, 2025
Building a simple circuit in a box for matching words or definitions to concepts in a fun way.
The idea of this lesson is to have students build a simple circuit in a box designed to be a simple game of matching words or definitions to concepts. On…
April 24, 2025
Solar power car for primary students
In this lesson, students will learn about renewable energy, circuits, and create a solar power car to combine their learning.
April 22, 2025
Designing and Building a Multi-Function Voronoi Lamp
Students will design and create a Voronoi-style 3D-printed lamp shade using MakeMyVase, model and fabricate a base for the Adafruit Circuit Playground Express, and incorporate components from the Adafruit Electronics…
April 20, 2025
Sensory Circuit Simulation
In this project, students will design and build an electronic circuit that mimics the touch sensory system, exploring how neurons communicate through electrical and chemical signaling. Using 3D-printed neuron models,…
April 10, 2025
Winter 3D snowman
This is a primary lesson that helps students get familiar with Tinkercad for 3D design during the winter season.
April 8, 2025
Clay Bells + Electronics
Student will learn to design and construct clay bells that are enhanced with electronics
April 3, 2025
Scratch Coding + Advertising Technique Analysis
In this lesson, 4th-grade students will integrate their Scratch coding skills with media literacy concepts. Students will analyze a print advertisement by identifying persuasive techniques and create an interactive Scratch…
April 1, 2025
Pulse Monitoring with RGB LED and Microcontroller
In this lesson, students will explore the relationship between heart rate, physical activity, and emotions using a pulse sensor and an RGB LED. By integrating biology, physics, and programming, students…
March 31, 2025
Sustainable Solutions: Building a Smart Greenwall for Urban Environments
The “Sustainable Solutions: Building a Smart Greenwall for Urban Environments” project integrates renewable energy and urban greening to enhance sustainability education. Students will collaborate across disciplines to design and construct…
March 31, 2025
Growing plants with the help of technology
Working together with the Science area, students will build a model of a greenhouse and include in the model automation systems to handle some of the tasks associated with it.…
March 31, 2025STANDARDS-ALIGNED
Community contributed lessons aligned with Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) offer formal educators innovative pathways to teaching content knowledge. The Fab I Can Statements are a resource to develop technology-literate learning progressions to align with content standards.
FAB TESTED
Periodically lessons are adapted and tested by the Fab Foundation team based on a call for submissions from fabbers, educators, and makers. Our inaugural set of lessons for the SCOPES-DF project were Fab Tested in 2016 and are tagged Fab Tested on the website.
OPEN-SOURCE VALUES
Lessons are distributed under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC license, that permits free use and re-purposing by others.