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The Brain Forest Makers Lab
The Brain Forest Summer Learning Program is dedicated to preventing summer learning loss and providing meaningful enrichment opportunities for public school students from underserved communities in Montgomery, Alabama. In its third year, our full-day, five week program will serve 180 rising 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students. The program is provided at no cost to participating families.
In pursuit of our goal to provide meaningful enrichment experiences for students, we are designing a makers lab. A makers lab is a space where people use creativity, technology, and the materials around them to make things. We imagine the Brain Forest Makers Lab as a place where students work together to design a 5 foot tall elephant made of recycled materials, build a miniature motorized helicopter, hone their geometry skills by folding origami cranes, and more. Students will have access to a variety of tools and materials, and will be guided by college-aged staff members.
In addition to being fun, making is also very valuable because it encourages students to collaborate and to become more confident in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, & Mathematics). Students of color and girls typically pursue careers in STEAM at lower rates than their peers. Building proficiency in STEAM is increasingly important as we prepare students for a future that we cannot even imagine. We hope that we will inspire the next generation of innovators by providing our students with access to the tools and knowledge they need.
With the money we raise, we plan to purchase:
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Makedo classroom set of toolkits
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Meccano-Erector super construction set
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Makey Makey kits
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Lego Education Wheels Kit and Creative Brick Kit
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The Extraordinaires Design Game
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Materials like LED lights, duct tape, batteries, magnets, origami paper, etc.
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