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The Carnegie Science Center’s Mobile Fab Lab brought to Community Day School an exciting STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) experience recently for the eighth-grade class. Each eighth-grader participated in a two-day workshop called “Design For Good Days.”

Carnegie Science Center’s Mobile Fab Lab. (Photo courtesy of Community Day School)

Students first learned to use design software and equipment, including vinyl cutters, laser cutters and 3D printers. They then designed, created and tested a prototype that could make a positive difference in the life of an individual, their school, community or society at large.

Showing off their creation. (Photo courtesy of Community Day School)

Example designs included Braille bathroom handle clip-ons, gender-neutral bathroom signs, a water filter and an innovative fidget spinner. The students also prepared a “pitch” explaining who they were helping, the problem their “design for good” might address and why their design was important.

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Instruction from Carnegie Science Center. (Photo courtesy of Community Day School)

Keeping it tight with SureBonder. (Photo courtesy of Community Day School)