Last month we hosted our first annual Mini Maker Faire at Westside Neighborhood School. With ten stations to choose from, children in grades 3 through 5 from throughout Los Angeles navigated the maze of opportunities in our STEAM corridor to laser cut hand drawn art, code robots, work with power tools, build cardboard creations, and engage in virtual reality. Map in hand, students explored the various stations, collecting stickers along the way as they completed each activity.
Participants coded custom robots using the Hummingbird Robotics platform and the SNAP! programming language. They designed 3D models using Tinkercad. They visited far off lands and outer space through Google Expeditions, and painted in a 360 virtual world with Oculus Rift.
Teacher, student and parent volunteers helped to facilitate our stations. We accommodated approximately 100 children, with many parents in tow. We were joined by the wonderful people from the reDiscover Center who ran the String Art station in our Maker Court.
It was a tremendous first run, and the experience provided us a solid foundation to build upon for the coming years. Below is the Mini Maker Faire map, and a few pics from the event.
Participants coded custom robots using the Hummingbird Robotics platform and the SNAP! programming language. They designed 3D models using Tinkercad. They visited far off lands and outer space through Google Expeditions, and painted in a 360 virtual world with Oculus Rift.
Teacher, student and parent volunteers helped to facilitate our stations. We accommodated approximately 100 children, with many parents in tow. We were joined by the wonderful people from the reDiscover Center who ran the String Art station in our Maker Court.
It was a tremendous first run, and the experience provided us a solid foundation to build upon for the coming years. Below is the Mini Maker Faire map, and a few pics from the event.
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