FIAB - Exploration Lessons
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
Fab-in-a-Box Casting & Molding: Exploration
Learners will design either a two-step mold or a two-part mold using step-by-step xDesign templates.
August 22, 2025
Fab-in-a-Box Automata: Exploration
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
Fab-in-a-Box Balsa Glider: Exploration
Learners will follow a step-by-step tutorial to design their own glider using CAD tools. A pre-provided 3D file for the nose cone will be incorporated into their design. After fabrication, they will test and…
December 3, 2024
Fab-in-a-Box 3D Printed Dice: Exploration
Design your own 3D-printable dice! Use CAD (computer-aided design) software to build out an idea in three dimensions. Choose your dice geometry and decide what to put on each face.…
December 3, 2024
Fab-in-a-Box Spinning Tops: Exploration
Give engineering a spin: experiment with physics while designing and fabricating a custom spinning top! Get hands-on with energy, force, and momentum as you experiment with different 3D-printed designs. How…
December 3, 2024
Fab-in-a-Box Botanical Press: Exploration
Combine art and science: customize and fabricate a botanical press that can be used over and over again to preserve leaves and flowers for crafts or dissection.
December 3, 2024
Fab-in-a-Box Stamps: Exploration
Students will embark on a creative journey to design a personal logo that reflects their (or a brand’s) unique identities and values. By combining graphic design principles with self-reflection, they…
December 3, 2024
Fab-in-a-Box Invention Kits: Exploration
Create your very own invention kit! Design and laser cut a set of two-dimensional shapes that can slot together to make three-dimensional structures. Finished kits can be used for…
December 2, 2024
Fab-in-a-Box Paper Pop-Up Cards: Exploration
Explore math, form, and function while engineering pop-up paper art. Use a vinyl cutter to make two-dimensional artwork “pop!” Add score and cut lines to cardstock to fabricate custom, folding…
December 2, 2024
Fab-in-a-Box Stickers: Exploration
Learners will apply shape and composition skills in digital 2D design using guided CAD software. They will deepen their understanding of graphic design principles, balance, symmetry, and negative space, and…
December 2, 2024