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Learning in the Making: Self-Love Headgear

October 14, 2020 by Maker Ed Staff Leave a Comment

Learning in the Making: Self-Love Headgear

Hats, tiaras, and crowns, oh my! One way people across cultures have displayed their love for themselves and their culture is headgear! From the Indigenous peoples of the Americas to the ancient pharaohs of Egypt to the royals in England to football teams with their helmets, people have designed special pieces to be worn on their heads to communicate and celebrate who they are. What do you love about yourself? How can you share what you love about yourself with the world around you?

Filed Under: Learning in the Making: LIVE!, Project Guides, Projects, Videos + Project Guides Tagged With: SEL, social-emotional learning

Fulfilling the Maker Promise, Year Two

June 13, 2018 by Jakki Spicer Leave a Comment

Fulfilling the Maker Promise, Year Two

In 2016, Digital Promise and Maker Ed launched the Maker Promise, a campaign to bring quality making experiences to students across the country. Since the launch, we’ve challenged school leaders, educators, and community members to show their support for maker learning by committing to being champions for making, supporting spaces to make and learn, and […]

Filed Under: Community, Maker Promise, Professional Development, Projects, Resources

Getting Started with Making: Three Back-To-School Project Ideas

September 6, 2017 by Jessica Parker Leave a Comment

Getting Started with Making: Three Back-To-School Project Ideas

It’s back-to-school time, and one of the best ways to get excited about the new school year is to engage colleagues and/or students in a making activity! Making is an awesome opportunity to get adults and youth excited, have them engage a “hands-on and mind-on” approach.

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Filed Under: Curriculum, Projects

Young Makers present 103 projects at Maker Faire Bay Area

June 3, 2014 by Stephanie Chang Leave a Comment

Young Makers present 103 projects at Maker Faire Bay Area

You might be noticing that makers are getting shorter and more wrinkle-free these days. Their ideas and creations, though, are no less inventive or surprising. All children are makers, innately curious and imaginative, naturally inclined to create and build. And these days, it’s starting to show in the number of youth you might trip over […]

Filed Under: Community, Girls, Maker Faire, News, Projects, Young Makers

Maker Camp keeps on making!

August 30, 2013 by Maker Ed Staff

Even though camp ended officially two weeks ago, Maker Camp remains very active and is full of kids making great projects and sharing them with others.

Filed Under: Events, News, Projects, Young Makers

Join us at Maker Camp!

June 30, 2013 by Maker Ed Staff

Join us for 30 Days + 30 projects July 7th to August 16th, 2013 Six weeks of awesome projects (both low- and high-tech) and epic field trips (Pixar, NASA, America’s Cup Oracle Team, and more!)  You can follow along from anywhere in the universe. Just follow MAKE on Google+ to join in for free: https://plus.google.com/+MAKE […]

Filed Under: Events, News, Projects, Workshops, Young Makers

Grant’s amphibious bike

December 14, 2012 by Maker Ed Staff

Grant attended World Maker Faire New York in 2011 and was inspired to create his own project for 2012.

Filed Under: News, Projects, Young Makers

Soaring to great heights: The Viper

December 4, 2012 by Maker Ed Staff

The Viper is a full-motion flight simulator inspired by the TV series Battlestar Galactica. It was built by five Young Makers and debuted at Bay Area Maker Faire in 2012.

Filed Under: News, Projects, Young Makers

Casey’s Arduino Hamster Ball

December 4, 2012 by Maker Ed Staff

Inside this autonomous hamster ball are weights that are under software control, used to guide the ball. Hamster not included, nor is it needed!
in any direction.

Filed Under: News, Projects, Young Makers

Cameron’s Tesla Coil

December 4, 2012 by Maker Ed Staff

Cameron shares his ideas for the construction of a Tesla Coil with other Young Makers in one of the
“plussing sessions”, part of each monthly meeting.

Filed Under: News, Projects, Young Makers

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