In the class, students have access to 3D printers, a laser printer, cricut machines, sewing machines, shirt presses, jewelry making equipment, and more. Sarah Kendall, who teaches the class, said one of the primary benefits of the class is that it encourages skill building. “A lot of it has come down to their ability to learn new skills. We have key presses and cricuts and laser cutters, things I’ve had to learn to do. And then they’ve done a lot of collaboration with each other in order to figure out how to make the product, and then how to make it efficiently so we can get several things made at a time, and how to go about marketing and producing so their product is successfully sold,” Kendall said.
In the STEAM lab elective, students in each grade level have largely written their own curricula, focusing on robotics and more. These classes also have access to 3D printers…
