KSSB’s MakerSpace Continues to Provide STEM and Job Skills Opportunities for Students

January 31, 2022
Molly Reardon
Education

1 boy with short brown hair and 2 girls with curly brown hair pulled into a bun sit at a table together. Each has a piece of paper in front of them and they are leaning over the paper with the 3D pen

3D pens were added to the STEM van, MakerSpace activities and let some of the students use them recently. One student shared the experience as “instant accessibility”, “first time I can feel what I had drawn”.

a girl with curly brown hair pulled into a bun leans over a table holding a 3D pen and drawing on a piece of paper 1 boy with short brown hair and 2 girls with curly brown hair pulled into a bun sit at a table together. Each has a piece of paper in front of them and the girls are leaning over the paper with the 3D pen while the boy is facing the camera smiling male student with short black hair and wearing sunglasses sits at a table holding a 3D pen and a drawing of the olympic rings on a paper in front of him

This student is learning the basic operation of the 3D pen: how to hold the pen, the location of the start/stop button, and keeping the pen on the work surface. Note: use cardboard, wood, braille paper but not a smooth glossy surface. The experience helps the student understand shapes, angles, drawing, etc.

A student completed an Ozobot then shared their experience with another student.

Three types of media were available for the student to complete the project- print, large print, and Braille. Student selected a color coded graphic of a completed project to work from.

student with brown curly hair pulled into a bun and wearing glasses sits at a table working with snap circuits

KSSB student does a brief demo of Code Jumper. Note the ease of use. Students start with one of 25 stories or songs, and arrange them with the individual plug-in units.

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Molly Reardon