Piloting the SunburST Makers' InnoFest 2016

SST and the Makers' Lab were privileged to organise the pilot run of the SunburST Makers' InnoFest programme, which is kindly supported by the Singapore Technologies Endowment Programme (STEP). The objectives of the programme is to nurture students into future makers, and develop deep students' interests in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM). 

Over 30 students from the Seconday 1 and 2 classes (2016) gamely volunteered to sign up for the programme over 2 full days on the 1st and 2nd June 2016, during their school holidays. Students were exposed to and had hands-on sessions with sheet materials and electronics, and in the end, make a USB-powered desktop lamp as their final reward.

More pictures captured during the entire 2 days could be viewed in the official SST's Facebook page, and the Makers' Lab@SST page. Some of them are shown below:

 

 

 

 

 

Our first school event

During SST's Open House 2016 on the 28th May 2016, the Makers' Lab was up and running to being part of the slew of events being organised. Two sessions of our making workshop were planned and conducted. We received overwhelming support from visitors, and easily hit our target of having 15 pairs of parent and child for each of the session, and maybe more! Sadly we have to reject a number of visitors who came in a little later, as places were really limited.

Nonetheless the general feedback that we received were fantastic, with many finding the sessions enjoyable. Each pair also enjoyed bringing back the completed clock that they made. Below are some photos from the sessions.

 

 

 

 

Makers' Lab is now on Instagram too!

Hello there, we're now on Instagram too, with the handle @MakersLabSST. Do follow or check us out for any latest updates.

Makers Lab is on Twitter!

Our second foray into social media! We are on twitter now, with the twitter handle @MakersLabSST. Come follow us for updated news and happenings.

Makers' Lab on Facebook

As part of the process to document the development of this lab, and the happenings, a Facebook account was set up in July 2015.

Below is a screenshot of the page. The link to the page is: https://goo.gl/UXwQ4T

Works-in-progress (part 2)

Following up from the construction works at the earlier stages, here are some photos of the lab taking shape a few weeks after. You can see some of the forms, look and feel of the lab being realized.

The metallic frames that would form the tables in the lab.
Hexagon-shaped to reflect the 6 facets of applied learning of SST

View from the window display, furniture being
arranged at the light-duty side of the lab.

Finally the tables for the light-duty area are being installed.
Note the absence of dangling wires!

Overhead elements are being added to create additional
work and storage space above each table.

Another view of the light-duty area. Benches are designed to
cater to the size of the students.

A view of the light-duty area (background) from the heavy-duty area (foreground).
The segregation is intentional, in order to ensure the creation of 2 separate type of
working spaces, as well as to ensure safety.

Another view of the tables on the heavy-duty side of the lab.

Works-in-progress

Here are some pictures of the construction phase of the Makers' Lab. As we move along towards the final completion of the lab, let us not forget that the space is just one aspect of the lab. More work still needs to be done in order to get the Maker Programme going!

The light-duty area; all the previous setups ripped apart, including the flooring

A view from the outside through the current window display.
The walls that acts as the rear walls of the window display
is hacked away to create a more open concept. 

Adding in the wiring along the floor, to increase the aesthetics feel of the
room later on, with no wire visible wire trunkings. 

Adding in the floorings. A hardy one was chosen to both aesthetically
complement the look and feel of the lab, as well as to provide functional protection.

On the heavy-duty side of the lab, storage units are constructed to store tools
and equipments (right of picture), and raw materials (background)

Introduction to 3D printing for staff

To promote a MAKER culture in SST, 2 runs of an 'Introduction to 3D printing' training was conducted at the Art, Design, Media and Technology (ADMT) Studio. A total of 14 staff attended the training. Here are glimpses of both sessions:

Participants of the training in session 1

Hands-on session...the best part of the training

Setting up the machine

Machine printing out a letter cutter, done in 15 minutes

Another example of a print out, a mask for costume party

Participants in session 2

Using Sculptris, one of the software use to create digital models, before printing

Vendor proposal

After careful evaluation, the final vendor for the construction of the Makers' Lab was decided. Here's a sneak peek (artist's impressions) of the completed lab.

'Blackboard' at the light duty space 

View of the entire light duty space from the back

View of the heavy duty area from the front