A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO LAUNCHING YOUR FIRST MAKER PROGRAM

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52 Step 4: Choose Structure, Projects & Activities Activity 6: Explore & Choose Activities ACTIVITY 6: EXPLORE AND CHOOSE ACTIVITIES There are nearly limitless activity guides, tutorials, curriculum and resources available for use in your maker program. Use the results from your Maker Strengthsfinder Worksheet to select activities you feel confident including in your first maker program. Remember to start with the lowest-hanging fruit. TIME: 2-8 Hours PEOPLE: 1-4 MATERIALS: Maker Program Activity Guide, computer, and internet connectivity MAKER PROGRAM ACTIVITY GUIDE This is a Maker Program Starter Kit Resource, available in the appendix and on Google Drive. To help you get started, we’ve put together a Maker Program Activity Guide to help you quickly identify beginner-level projects that match your strengths and the needs of your program. This guide includes the following information for over eighty beginner-level maker activities: • • • • • • • • • • • Title & Link Description Source/Author Skills Learned Type of content (kit, video, step-by-step guide, etc) Target Grades Estimated hours to complete Difficulty to facilitate Estimated cost of materials for 10 learners Advanced software & equipment required (beyond standard classroom materials like scissors, paper, markers, etc) Potential Tie-ins to Core Subjects Use the Maker Activity Guide to identify the specific activities that you’d like to incorporate into your program. Of course, feel free to also use activities that aren’t included in this guide or that are of your own invention! “Even if you don’t have access to expensive… hardware, every classroom can become a makerspace where kids and teachers learn together through direct experience with an assortment of high and low tech materials.” ~ Gary Stager and Sylvia Martinez in Invent to Learn GO TO STEP:
53 Step 4: Choose Structure, Projects & Activities Activity 3: 6: Program Explore Vision & Choose Worksheets Activities Maker Program Activity Guide Activity Title Brief Description Source Category Content Type Hours to Difficulty Complete Coding with Paper: Space Race Game The Perfect Recipe Make Your Own Mondrian Pop-Up Penguin Game Interactive Space Wizard Game and Controller 5 Chairs Exercise Wallet Project Underwater Microphone Kit Make a Music Video DIY Sound Effects The object of the Space Race game is to navigate your rocket ship safely through the galaxy of aliens and satellites, all the way to the moon. Using the pre-made coding blocks students can create a ‘program’ of directions for their rocket to follow and complete its mission. Do you have a favorite recipe that you want to share with the world? With this project we will use code to write a recipe that looks as good as it tastes. Paint makes a mess. Code is so much cleaner. Use this project to recreate a classic Modern artwork, Piet Mondrian’s Composition II in Red, Blue, and Yellow in your browser using basic web building blocks. Make a simple game to play with your friends and family. See if you can find all the penguins without waking the yeti! Remixing a game that is designed for integration with a MaKey MaKey powered controller is a great introduction to the key concepts of building an interactive game! All you need is a Scratch account, a MaKey MaKey, and some basic construction items! The 5 Chairs activity encourages students to design models of chairs based on design principles they pull from user profiles. This activity also encourages students to iterate on their designs and practice using different materials. The Wallet Project is a one-hour overview of the entire design process Fractus Learning Google Creative Lab Google Creative Lab Google Creative Lab Digital Harbor Foundation d.school d.school Coding Coding Coding Coding Coding & Electronics Design Thinking Design Thinking Grades Step-by-Step Guide 1 Easy K-8 Step-by-Step Guide 3 Intermediate 6-12 Step-by-Step Guide 3 Intermediate 6-12 Art Step-by-Step Guide 3 Intermediate 6-12 Art Step-by-Step Guide 2 Intermediate 3-8 Potential Subject Tie- Ins Science; Space - Science; Space Step-by-Step Guide 1 Intermediate 4-12 - Step-by-Step Guide 1 Intermediate 4-12 - Follow National Geographic Explorer, Shah Selbe, on his adventure into the wilds of the Okavango Delta in Botswana to listen for wildlife. At home, you can have your own adventure with an underwater microphone, also known as a hydrophone, by listening to the sounds in your local pond, river, ocean (or bathtub). KitHub Digital Media Kit 2 Easy K-8 Students work together to create a short music video for a familiar children's song. Education World Digital Media A basic overview of the art of sound effects, including how to make them, how to record them, and even how to automate them. Instructables Digital Media Step-by-Step Guide 5 Intermediate K-8 Advanced Software & Equipment Required Computers with internet Computers with internet Computers with internet Computers with internet and acces to Scratch, Makey Makey Link https://www.fractuslearning. com/2014/11/18/coding-with-paperprintable-game/ https://googlecreativelab.github.io/coderprojects/projects/perfect_recipe/ https://googlecreativelab.github.io/coderprojects/projects/mondrian/ https://googlecreativelab.github.io/coderprojects/projects/pop_up_penguins/ https://blueprint.digitalharbor. org/projects/interactive-space-wizardgame-and-controller/ https://dschool.stanford. edu/groups/k12/wiki/17761/5_Chairs_Exer cise.html https://dschool.stanford. edu/groups/k12/wiki/c739e/Wallet_Project .html Science, marine science, ecology Hydrphone Kit https://kithub.cc/hydrophone/ Art; Launguage Camcorder and Computer with basic video editing software Video Instructions 2 Easy 3-12 Art Microphone http://www.educationworld. com/a_lesson/01-1/lp226_05.shtml Arts; activity is standardsaligned http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY- Sound-Effects/ GO TO STEP: 1
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Page 3 and 4: 3 Introduction Hello! Autodesk make
Page 5 and 6: 5 Introduction WELCOME TO THE WORLD
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Page 9 and 10: 9 Introduction HERE’S YOUR ROADMA
Page 11 and 12: 11 Introduction SO WHAT IS A MAKER?
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Page 17 and 18: 17 Introduction ENGAGEMENT By its n
Page 19 and 20: 19 Introduction LEARNING TO LEARN I
Page 21 and 22: 21 Introduction At Autodesk Educati
Page 23 and 24: 23 Step 1: Get in the Maker Mindset
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Page 93 and 94: 93 Appendix APPENDIX: TEMPLATES Thr
Page 95 and 96: 95 Appendix COMMON TERMS IN MAKER E
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