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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…

July 1, 2019
3D printer, Molding and Casting, Laser cutter, laser cutter, 3D printing, casting, cardboard, biology, Resin, laser cut
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…

June 28, 2019
laser cutter, 2D Design concepts, Intro to Fab Lab, 2D vector graphics, sculpture, geometry, Arts, Literature
Open Source Resources for Teaching Synthetic Biology in Low-Resource Settings

Despite the wealth of teaching resources available on the internet, there is a lack of good quality resources for teaching synthetic biology concepts in low resource settings. At the same…

June 27, 2019
electronics, 3D printer, laser cutter, Recycled Material, 3D printing, build challenge, biology, physics
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…

June 21, 2019
CAD, 3D printer, 2D and 3D design software, laser cutter, 3D printing, 3D modeling, build challenge, 2D vector design software