Explore the 2019 Chevron STEM Education Award Lessons
Fabricating turtles to understand turtles
This activity includes a “hands on” strategy that mixes the use of two different digital fabrication tools (laser cut and 3D printing) and silicon mold, to produce replicas of animals…
Fabstory
Make the Fabstory Blocks Initial story. Tell to the participants an initial story using the Fabstory blocks Technique 1: What would happen if…. On a brainstorming ask 3 questions than…
Uncovering a Hidden History – The Lives of African Americans During Reconstruction
Students will respond to research about the lives of African Americans during the Reconstruction era. This era was a critical time that laid the groundwork for many social issues we…
IN THIS COLLECTION
This collection includes 4 lessons from our first, second, and tied third place winners. These lessons cover ecology, history, science, and the arts. The lessons were designed for students in grades 7-12 for communities all around the world. The educators in the collection teach in formal and informal education settings in Brazil, Mexico, Ghana, and the United States.
about THE CHEVRON STEM AWARD
Chevron has partnered with the Fab Foundation since 2016 to celebrate educators using STEM and digital fabrication for student learning. There have been over 160 submissions for the STEM Award to date, and Chevron has awarded $40,000 to educators who are creating lessons and activities for their students and sharing them with the Fab Foundation network worldwide.
Chevron and the Fab Foundation are using this award to highlight people in the network who are making a change and doing amazing work to impact the lives and livelihoods of children and youth around the world.
“Chevron is committed to investing in STEM education to encourage students and community members to be the innovators and makers of the future.”
Janet Auer, Advisor, Education and Corporate Programs at Chevron
Kinetic Stories: Bringing Art to Life with Simple Machines
This lesson invites students to merge creativity, storytelling, and engineering through the design of a moving automata. Students explore how art and motion can work together to express ideas, emotions,…
November 7, 2025
RulCompass = Ruler + Compass
This is a prototype of a mathematical tool designed using Digital Fabrication for Students. When teaching Geometrical Construction to 13-year-olds, students typically need to purchase a compass, which can…
November 5, 2025
Decimals (Rounding off)
In this lesson, students explore rounding off decimals using number lines. In the past, number lines was drawn on the whiteboard to help students visualise rounding positions. To enhance…
November 3, 2025
The Art of Tessellations
In this art lesson, students are introduced to the concept of tessellations through the works of M.C. Escher. They learn how repeating shapes can fit together without gaps or overlaps,…
November 3, 2025
Armenian History: Easy with FabLab
During the lesson, students consolidate their previously acquired knowledge. For this purpose, a puzzle map is used, marking the regions of Great Hayq, an ancient Armenian province. This activity emphasizes…
November 2, 2025
Vector Addition with Laser Cutting
[PRE-CLASS] Cut pieces with laser cutter; vectors should be cut from 3.15mm Trotec MDF, while board can be assembled with either 3.15mm or 6.25mm Trotec MDF. Review 2D vectors with…
November 1, 2025
The Workings of Mechanisms
Students will be able to experiment with different kinds of mechanisms and observe how their different pieces interact and work together.
October 31, 2025
Mapping Canadian History Through Borders
In this lesson, students will explore the evolution of Canadian borders from 1837 to the present day through an interactive mapping game. Using a stencil of Canada, they will visualize…
October 31, 2025
Protect our teeth
Understand the structure of your teeth and develop good habits to take care of them.Caring for your teeth should start with daily habits, developing good practices for using and protecting…
October 29, 2025
Drawing techniques: Orthographic projection
Students learn to draw orthographic projections using the three principal views of an object (front, top and right side view). We use the glass-box concept to show how views are…
October 26, 2025
Eco Spectroscope – See Quantum Fingerprints of Light
Participants will learn about spectroscopy and the significance of spectra in understanding light and matter. They will observe how different light sources such as natural light, LEDs, and oil lamp…
September 22, 2025
Recycling Paper into Art & Decoration
In this lesson, students explore sustainability by recycling paper into art and decoration. They begin by discussing the importance of recycling and selecting paper as their focus, then practice sorting,…
September 22, 2025
Bag Tags with Inkscape and xTool
Students will create a bag tag. Students will use Inkscape to create a design to engrave on a 3×3 shape of their choice. Students will make provision for a hole…
September 19, 2025
FCH – Clayprinting
The “Clayprinting” activity is part of the FabConnectHer project, which supports young women to build skills, get inspired, and find opportunities in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and maths). In…
September 17, 2025
FCH – Earring bottle caps
The “Earring bottle caps” activity is part of the FabConnectHer project, which helps young women get inspired, learn new skills, and find opportunities in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and…
September 17, 2025
FCH – Floating Light
The “Floating Light” is part of the FabConnectHer project, which supports young women in learning new skills in science, technology, engineering, art, and maths (STEAM). In this lesson, students make…
September 17, 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.