Remake Learning
Congratulations to our GSA Robotics team! This past Saturday they traveled to south Pasadena and competed in the 2015 Greater Los Angeles Botball® Tournament. Adara, Emma, Gabe, Matthew, Morgan, and Siena (grades 7-9) competed against twenty-two other middle and high school teams from Los Angeles and other surrounding … [Read more...]
This Friday is a big day for our eighth graders. They are participating in our Holiday Boutique, selling ornaments and other products that they have designed and marketed as part of an entrepreneur unit in language arts. In just five weeks they have learned how to write business plans and use persuasive language to … [Read more...]
Garden Street Academy is excited to announce a new program allowing local students and teachers the chance to print their designs on our 3D printers. We're calling it the 3DSB 3D Printing Program, or 3DSB for short. Every month we'll print five projects designed by K-12 students attending schools in Santa Barbara, Goleta … [Read more...]
Meet Dino, our third MakerGear M2 3D printer at GSA Makerspace. With the support of MakerGear, a person wishing to remain anonymous donated the printer as well as several rolls of filament, extruders/nozzles, glass plates, and a license for Simplify3D's slicer software. The donor was looking for a worthy cause and liked … [Read more...]
We've added some wonderful people to our staff this year, but I wanted to highlight our new Technology Specialist, Mack Fixler. Mack joined us in August, and is working on some of our new technology programs here at Garden Street Academy. Mack has been prolific in bringing exciting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and … [Read more...]
Recently, I read a short Wall Street Journal article about a startup creating toys aimed at getting girls interested in tinkering and engineering. Given that we are implementing a science curriculum in our Middle and Lower Schools using the Lego Robotics platform, I wondered what we needed to do to make sure that all of our … [Read more...]
It's sure been a lot fun printing 3D designs created by Garden Street Academy students and staff, but how cool would it be to print yourself? Getting ready for the new school year, we've amped up the "Whoa, that's awesome!" factor by doing just that. We recently received a 3D scanner--a device that attaches to an iPad … [Read more...]
Thanks to everyone for coming out to our second 3D printing fair back on July 1st. We had even more kids and parents visit than our first event back in May, and they made some fantastic prints. Before we show off some of the prints, we want to give huge thanks to outgoing senior at Garden Street Academy, Preston Towers. … [Read more...]
Here's a very easy way to help GSA Makerspace using two mouse clicks or finger taps: follow this Facebook link and click on the green Vote button. What are you voting for? Guaranteed Rate, a mortgage lending company, is holding a contest on Facebook called the Ultimate Neighborhood Give Back Challenge. The challenge is to … [Read more...]
During our first and second sessions of the Makerspace elective, everyone made their own parts for Mr. Potato Head. I was on a team with Joy and Emily. I can remember that Joy made the accessories and facial features, Emily made the arms, and I worked on the shoes and a viking hat. I was interning on the days when the rest … [Read more...]
