Maker course
🛠️ Maker Skills & Fabrication
Build practical maker competence through workshop safety, design briefs, measuring, marking, cutting, joining, adhesives, fasteners, cardboard prototyping, textiles, wood basics, simple circuits, sensors, microcontrollers, CAD, digital fabrication, mechanisms, finishing, repair, workspace care, testing, iteration, sustainable materials, documentation, collaboration, and a prototype capstone.
Complete lesson syllabus
Every lesson below contains age-banded facts and quiz questions. Some lessons also include a make-or-explain artifact prompt. Titles are shown in their current course order.
- Maker Mindset & Safety
- Design Brief
- Measuring & Marking
- Cutting & Joining
- Adhesives & Fasteners
- Cardboard & Paper Prototypes
- Textiles & Sewing
- Wood Basics
- Simple Circuits
- Sensors & Microcontrollers
- CAD & 3D Shapes
- Digital Fabrication Tools
- Mechanisms & Motion
- Finishing & Repair
- Workspace & Tool Care
- Testing & Iteration
- Sustainable Materials
- Documentation & Portfolio
- Collaboration in the Workshop
- Prototype Capstone
How age adaptation works
The lesson record contains separate fact sets and quiz questions for Pre-K, kindergarten, early elementary, and upper elementary. This is not the same paragraph with a smaller font: vocabulary, detail, and question demands can change by age band. Parents can still choose a different level if their child needs it.
Assessment and records
Course quizzes provide immediate practice feedback. Completion and progress can feed parent-managed records, but a quiz score is not a teacher-issued grade, independent diagnosis, or accredited course credit.
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