Subject: Engineering
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Learning in the Making: Sewing
Practice sewing skills by making a stuffed animal while following along with this activity video and project guide.
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Learning in the Making: Shapes in Nature
Using geometric shapes that occur in nature as inspiration, design and build a sound structure for your stuffed animal with paper dowels by following along with this activity video and […]
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Learning in the Making: Design
Learn about and try out the design process by designing your own shoe with this activity video and project guide.
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Learning in the Making: Observation Machines
Follow along with this activity video and project guide to make your own observation machine to help you look closely at and explore the complexity of the world around you.
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Learning in the Making: Autumn Festival Lanterns
Lanterns are used in cultural celebrations across the globe! Learn how to create autumn festival lanterns with this activity video and project guide.
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Learning in the Making: Everyone Loves Puppets!
Puppets are a widespread form of theater and storytelling with varieties and styles across the world. Learn how to make a moving puppet by following along with this activity video […]
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Approaches to Curriculum Integration
This online learning module will lead you through four different possibilities – “approaches” – for integrating maker-centered learning into your classroom or learning space.
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Learning to Be Brave and Breathe: An Interview with Reyna Hamilton
In this interview, Maker Ed chats with Reyna Hamilton: a versatile educator, maker, and tinkerer; Manager of School Programs at UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science; and guest host on […]
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Cyber Arcade: Programming and Making with micro:bit
This curriculum is a fun and creative introduction to computer science and hands-on making for makers in elementary and middle school grade levels with little to no experience in programming […]
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Lighthouse Creativity Lab Project Guides
This collection of 10 project guides offers vibrant snapshots of maker-centered learning in a formal K-12 school setting with cross-curricular, hands-on activity ideas.