The Lab's pinball arsenal is growing! At the end of our after school session, we began researching play surface elements, and on Monday it will be time to engineer bumpers, ramps, spinners, and circuits. #increasethecrease Castilleja School Cardboard Teck Instantute

High schoolers are applying engineering principles to construction of real structures. How much sand will these support? Castilleja School

Middle school girls got Firia Labs Code Bots lit up after school today. Great to hear them almost unconsciously murmur, "So cool" as they used a variable in #python to control the timing of light sequences. Well get motors spinning on Wednesday! Castilleja School

The Bourn Idea Lab was proud to contribute laser cut table numbers to the fabulous Fabulous Daughter Dinner Dance!

A group of middle school girls just wrapped up two weeks of programming Firia Labs CodeBot robots with #Python. What a fun dive into physical computing! Castilleja School

Ninth grade Fitness students are taking a break from the gym to fabricate their own balance boards. The miter saw, drills, and router all saw action today. We'll finish the rollers, then add a microcontroller next class. #makered Castilleja School

We used buttons to practice w before getting out the conductive thread Friday for our light up wearables project. We also had time to code + run light patterns on the microcontrollers again. Bags and hats are the most popular items for the planned lights so far. Castilleja School

Fitness students added art and adafruit industries cpx microcontrollers to the balance boards they made. They programmed the accelerometer input to reward every few seconds in balance with another LED light. Then, time to test! Castilleja School Microsoft MakeCode

Closer look at the woodworking, art, and coding that Castilleja Athletics fused into a Fitness class. This balance board rides on a section of PVC pipe.

Jann Murray-Garcia, MD visited the Biotech/Bioethics class to discuss why race must be included when learning about biotechniques & bioethical discussions. Understanding race as a social construct allows students to better evaluate race-based medicine and genomic research.

This Castilleja School grad (and Castilleja Bourn Idea Lab regular) isn't even out of college yet, and she is already having an impact:

Mandarin student is constructing a park as part of a unit on city structures. She'll explain her creation in Mandarin on a presentation.

Cat toys for shelters? Yep. The Bourn Idea Lab has that. Fabricating for a good (p)cause. Pets In Need Castilleja School

The Bourn Idea Lab wants to help everyone keep making, designing, and sharing even if we can't be together. Please have a look at this resource page we put together for creating and playing at home. Castilleja School sites.google.com/castilleja.org…

Here's the page of home-friendly making and designing projects I'm curating for those impacted by #covid19 closures. Many thanks to the great educators whose work appears here. Let's stay connected and supportive and creative! bit.ly/makingathome youtu.be/r60lVTDkMQ0

Check out this fantastic resource created by Rob Morrill. 🌟 The resource site is ideal for students to browse no/low cost projects they can complete at home while complying with distance learning. More:bit.ly/MorrillMakinga… Jeff Paulson Tinkercad Microsoft MakeCode

The Bourn Idea Lab is about to transport 3D printers to one of its satellite affiliates to help produce personal protective equipment for medical staff.

Bourn Lab's satellite printing facility at capacity working on face shields to donate to medical workers, our frontline heros.

Wish so many folks in different jobs had first rate personal protective equipment like face shields, but until then: youtu.be/5_0kf3ocQno

Face shields cut in <10seconds each on the Roland DGA on loan from Castilleja Bourn Idea Lab and Rob Morrill Thank you Fujifilm America Open Innovation hub for PET! Emergency Design Collective #herobrigade