LC Makerspace

"A makerspace is a place where students can gather to create, invent, tinker, explore and discover using a variety of tools and materials."

In the LC, there are several makerspace opportunities available to staff and students:

3D printer
Cricut Letter and Shapes Cutting Machine
Makey Makey Circuits
Google Cardboard VR

3D printing

We print often so stop by the LC to see our 3D printer in action or to get a tutorial on how it works.

Example of a student project. 16 hours to print.

Not a good day for the 3D printer.

Mr. Whately's Physic's Class project

Student Council Grad Oscar Awards 2020

The Trinity Learning Commons has a Cubicon Single Plus 3D printer.

3D printing is available for teacher and student projects. For non-school related prints it is 10 cents per gram.

Printer Bed Size: 19cmD x 24cmW x 20cmH. Printer will only recognize GCODE files (.HFB).

We use only PLA filament. White filament can be coloured with Sharpie Permanent Markers or painted with Sharpie Oil Paint pens.

The 3D Printing Process:

The 3D design software Tinkercad is available on both the Staff and Student Portals.

Files must be submitted to Library Technician Ms. Handley on USB and in .STL file format. She will prepare it for printing using the Cubicreator or Launchpad software and will let you know how long the print will be and how many grams it will need.

Cricut Letter and Shapes Cutting Machine

The simplest explanation is that the Cricut Explore is an electronic cutting machine that looks sort of like a printer. But instead of printing your designs on paper, it uses a very precise blade and a series of rollers to cut out letters and shapes for school displays, bulletin boards and school projects. Staff and students must provide their own cardstock.

Students have access to the Cricut machine in the LC after school from 2:15pm to 3:00pm Monday - Thursday.

Many of the displays inside and outside of the LC have been created using the Cricut.

MaKey MaKey Circuits

A MaKey MaKey is a small circuit board that turns physical objects (like a banana) into buttons for your computer. It works by creating electrical circuits. ... To complete the circuit, the person in the picture needs to hold a ground wire. This ground wire works as a return path for the electricity.

For a circuit to work, electricity needs to flow in a circular path, from a power source (when we’re using a MaKey MaKey our computer is the power source), to a object (ex. banana), and then back to the power source (it travels through you back to the laptop).

Students may use a Makey Makey kit in the LC during their lunch period or after school (from 2:15pm to 3:00pm).

Visit the Makey Makey website for lots of inventive examples and "how to" instructions.

Google Cardboard (VR)

Google Cardboard is a virtual reality (VR) platform developed by Google. Named for its fold-out cardboard viewer into which a smartphone is inserted, the platform is intended as a low-cost system to encourage interest and development in VR applications.

To try virtual reality right from your phone, use Google Cardboard. View pictures, play games, and experience virtual reality through this VR viewer. Learn more about how Cardboard works at https://vr.google.com/cardboard/.

Google Cardboard VR apps

Students can use Google Cardboards in the LC during their lunch hour or after school from 2:15pm to 3:00pm Monday - Thursdays.

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