STEAM Labs

The Val Verde vision for elementary STEAM Labs is for versatile makerspaces that serve as the hub of engineering, ingenuity, and creativity at each site.

What is in a STEAM Lab?

Labs contain:

Flexible seating
Green screen for creating videos
Lego walls
HoverCam displays
- - Click Here for brief Tutorial
  - Click Here for Operating Manual
  - Step by Step HoverCam Pilot Guide
Sinks
Storage

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What Can We Put in Our STEAM Lab?

Here are some ideas on how turn your STEAM Lab into a learning space.

STEAM labs are low- and high-tech makerspaces.

- Makerspace for Education
  - - - includes ideas for how to design and what to purchase
- 3D Printing
  - - - Dremel 3D40-EDU
        Dremel Support- includes video tutorials, quickstart guide, and user manual
        Online PD Course
        Lesson Plans
      - Up Mini 2
        User Manual
      - 3D Printing Software
        TinkerCad
        Maker's Empire
- Video

- - - Padcaster
    - Stop Motion
      - HUE
    - Video Creation for iPad
      - DoInk
    - Video Creation for Chromebook
      - WeVideo

- Storage

- - - McDowell-Craig Mobile Storage

- Robotics

- - - Dash, Dot, and Cue
      - Tutorials
        aligned with Code.org's Computer Science Fundamentals series
    - KIBO
    - Cubelets
    - Ozobot
    - Snap Circuits
    - Lego Education
      - Lesson Plan Searchable Database
        WeDo 2.0 for Grades K-3
        Lesson Plans
        EV3 for Grades 4-8
        Lesson Plans
        Simple and Powered Machines

- Engineering Kits

- - - Rigamajig
    - Engineering is Elementary (EIE)
      - Lesson Plans
    - LittleBits
    - Tinkering Labs
      - aligned to NGSS Standards

- Science

- - - LabDisc
    - Vernier LabQuest 2

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