Design
Fab-in-a-Box Stickers: Deep Dive
Learners will design complex, multi-layered 2D graphics using xDesign and the Brother ScanNCut Vinyl Cutter. That this activity focuses on basic visual concepts, such as balance, symmetry, and negative space.
August 24, 2025
Fab-in-a-Box 3D Printed Dice: Exposure
Learners will open a pre-made die model in xDesign and adjust parameters to customize shape. Export the modified model for 3D printing and discuss how changes might affect balance or…
August 23, 2025
Fab-in-a-Box Stamps: Exposure
Learners will begin to explore the fundamentals of 2D design by transforming hand-drawn images into digital files suitable for laser cutting.
August 23, 2025
Fab-in-a-Box Paper Pop-Up Nametags: Exposure
Learners will explore the intersection of math, design, and engineering through pop-up paper art! They will use a vinyl cutter to transform flat cardstock into dynamic, three-dimensional nametags. By adding…
August 22, 2025
Fab-in-a-Box Pinwheels: Exposure
Learners will be customizing pinwheels using the pre-designed xDesign template. Discuss shape, balance, and symmetry and adjust the xDesign pinwheel template to personalize blade count and angles.
August 22, 2025
Fab-in-a-Box Stickers: Exposure
Learners will be hand-designing simple vinyl stickers to be cut out on the Brother ScanNCut Vinyl Cutter. That this activity focuses on basic visual concepts, such as balance, symmetry, and…
August 22, 2025
Fab-in-a-Box Pinwheels: Exploration
Learners will be designing pinwheels using a step-by-step xDesign template. Discuss shape, balance, and symmetry and adjust the xDesign pinwheel template to personalize blade count, angles, and cut decorations.
August 22, 2025
Introduction to mobile robots and domotics
In this lesson students will have to choose between building a model of a space with 3 automated elements using sensors and actuators of different kinds or building a mobile…
June 6, 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
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
Structure and Function of a WiFi Lamp
This series of lessons focuses on developing a battery-operated Wi-Fi lamp. The focus is on developing the program mode, particularly controlling an LED strip, and the basics of HTML programming.
March 29, 2025
Light it Up
Design Challenge: Design and build a lamp/light with non-addressable LEDs and an on/off switch. Constraints: Design and laser cut the body of the lamp Use a non-addressable LED light strip,…
February 12, 2025