Christina Jenkins
Join Bay Area educators for a back-to-school maker blitz at Girls Garage in Berkeley! Participants
can choose to attend for one or two days, and will leave with a
collection of hands-on activities designed for the first week of school.
All activities are low-cost and applicable to students across all ages
and subjects. We will provide all materials and coffee, as well as supply lists and
how-to guides to take home; lunch is on your own. (Participants will
also have the opportunity to laser etch a personalized sign for their
classroom on each day!)
Where: Girls Garage, 1380 Tenth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710
When: August 17 and 18th, 10-4pm
Cost: $75 per person, per day
Register (link)
Thursday, August 17 / Bonanza!
10-12pm: Screen Printing Basics – Learn how to create stencils to print on fabric. We’ll supply a tote, and you can bring your own t-shirt. Perfect for school apparel, sports teams, or one-off designs or quotes of your choice.
12pm-1pm: Working Lunch – Continue screen printing, and/or enjoy lunch nearby: Whole Foods, Farm Burger, Chipotle, and Tokyo Fish are all within 2 blocks. Participants can also explore our inspiring library full of books about design and education over lunch.
1-2:15pm: Blackout Poetry – Inspired by artists like Austin Kleon and Tom Phillips, learn how to transform any text into poetry. You’ll leave with a framed print and many ideas about how to use constraints to prompt creative thinking in the classroom.
2:15-3:45pm: Bookbinding - Learn 2 bookbinding techniques that students can use to create their own journals, picture books, sketchbooks and zines.
3:45-4pm: Reflect on classroom practice and distribute supply lists.
10-12pm: Block Printing Basics – Learn how to carve rubber blocks to create personalized stamps for printing on paper. We’ll experiment with patterns, and you’ll leave with a framed print of a personalized tessellation.
12pm-1pm: Working Lunch – Continue printing, and/or enjoy lunch nearby: Whole Foods, Farm Burger, Chipotle, and Tokyo Fish are all within 2 blocks. Participants can also explore our inspiring library full of books about design and education over lunch.
1-2:15pm: Paper Architecture – Inspired by Richard Serra’s Verb List and based on pop-up enginering, you’ll practice making 3D sculptures that are perfect for math, engineering, storytelling and more.
2:15-3:45pm: Paper Circuits – Using easy-to-acquire materials like copper tape, coin cell batteries and LEDs, learn how to use simple circuitry to teach physics, illuminate books and experiment with conductivity.
3:45-4pm: Reflect on classroom practice and distribute supply lists.
Joe Donahue
Christina Jenkins
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