White House Science (Maker) Faire
We are very excited to announce that three of our very own Lighthouse students are exhibiting today at the White House Science (Maker) Faire today!
From Kindergarten Danger Day to LED Tutus: Making in Schools
The Creativity Lab’s very own Aaron Vanderwerff gave an East Bay Nerd Nite talk last night at the New Parkway Theater, entitled, From Kindergarten Danger Day to LED Tutus: Making in Schools. The talk focused on the importance of learning through the head, hands, and heart, sharing the mission that Maker Ed and the Lighthouse…
Adaptable Habitats: Integrating Curriculum into 2nd Grade Making
The 2nd graders at Lighthouse are spending the next few weeks learning about habitats of the Bay area and how animals adapt to live in them. Since we have a weekly making time, we decided to do an integrated curriculum making project. The kids (in groups of two) will build one of the four habitats…
The Tour + Plus Morning Making
Tour + Program Planning + Making By 9 a.m. a mix of art, science, elementary, high, middle school teachers, educational planners- from schools, both public and charter, had gathered in The Creativity Lab for our first ever Tour + professional development session. It was the ultimate melting pot. A place where new methods of teaching,…
Color-Coded Clean Up: Organizing Your Makerspace
During the holiday break the Creativity Lab decided to take advantage of the student-free time by transforming the already awesome makerspace we’ve built, to an even more student-friendly place. The golden rule in organization is this: in the end everything has a place, within the place it functions. To break this down a little, here…
Making Videos!
Check out what the Lighthouse Creativity Lab is up to by watching two new videos we have created to more easily share the making at Lighthouse model. The first video is of our 2nd graders, watch as they discuss making hand-sewn puppets and explore Lego WeDo kits. The second video focuses on how our making…
Expanding Possibility: the Transformative Nature of Scribble Machines
Wednesday, December 18 was not only my birthday, but also the Lighthouse Community Charter School Winter Expo. Parents are required to attend three events each school year and the Winter Expo is one of them. My mind goes to the single parent, exhausted from a 12-hour workday, having then to trek across Bay Area rush…
Making Puppeteers
Three instructions were given to our 2nd graders this week as they set out to construct puppets out of felt. 1. Draw our favorite design BIG 2. Cut out paper 3. Cut puppet out of felt – two times Working from a design they’d finalized during the last class, they were asked to transfer their…