Educators Lessons - Manufacturing

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Manufacturing Lessons

Students learn career skills and design principles, including ergonomic, empathetic, circular, and universal design, through open-ended challenges.

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Glowforge 500 (Exploring Physics with Gravity Racers)

Using what they know about applied physics, students race towards the finish line with a custom, Glowforge-made derby car.

Shrink-O-Matic (Or, Making Products at Scale)

Explore the complex relationships between size, scale, and manufacturing processes by creating two versions of a product — one full size and one scaled version.

Condense the Nonsense: Workshop Organization

Identify and transform points of clutter, disorganization, and difficulty through simple organizational solutions.

Think Inside the Box (Redesigning packaging to reduce waste)

Design packaging that minimizes the amount of materials used while maintaining a product's integrity during transport or shipping.

Level-up for Lefties

Redesign or adapt a common product to make daily tasks more efficient and enjoyable for lefties.

Accessible Innovations with Universal Design

Using universal design principles, redesign an ordinary product to make it more accessible for anyone to use.

Capstone Challenge: Sustainable Strategies for Circular Design

Create a sustainable design solution that maximizes the lifespan of a product. Students will consider the product’s impact on the environment throughout its lifecycle, including its manufacturing process and its capacity to be repurposed or recycled at the end of its usefulness.