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PROJECT LIBRARY

Check out ideas from our project library! Browse projects developed for your grade level to find options for your class visit to CraterWorks. Most projects are customizable in collaboration with our Education Project Developer to ensure that outcomes supports classroom instruction. 
MORE PROJECTS WILL BE ADDED. HAVE PROJECT IDEAS? WE WANT TO HEAR THEM!

Kindergarten through 2nd Grade

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PASSPORTS TO ADVENTURE

These are projects that focus on names, classroom signage and systems, core words, telling time, and so on. 

Standards: Reading, Language, Math, Health, Science.​

Field Trip Nametags (K.RF, 1.RF, 2.RL.7)

Students make durable name tags to use on class adventures or in learning groups. Tools and methods vary based on age and project details.

  • Project time: 60 mins (scalable)

  • Customizable design options

  • Skill requirements: None

Laser-cut Clock (K.N.CC.A, 1.GM.C, 2.GM.D)

Students make a large wall clock for the classroom or individual clocks for home. Students can customize the clock face in Adobe Illustrator or acrylic paint, depending on available time and skill level. 

  • Project time: 120 mins (scalable)

  • Customizable design options

  • Skill requirements: None

  • Materials fee may apply

Habit Stacker Mobile (K.Personal Care, 1.LS 1.2)

Students make and decorate a hanging mobile for the classroom or home. The Habit Stacker helps to reinforce positive morning and evening routines.

  • Project time: 60 mins (scalable)

  • Customizable design options

  • Skill requirements: None

SCIENCE CAMP

Projects designed to introduce younger students to the sciences through hands-on creativity.

Standards: Math, Health, Science.​

Clothes Pin Insects (K.ESS2.2, 1.LS1.1)

Students make insects out of clothes pins, wire, and acrylic paint. Instruction includes discussion of insect color, number of legs, etc. to better understand their unique places in the ecosystem. 

  • Project time: 60 mins (scalable)

  • Customizable design options

  • Skill requirements: None

Solar Prints (K.ESS3.1, 1.PS4.3)

This one is part scavenger hunt, part science lesson. Students will collect and identify plants, flowers, other interesting items from nature, then make a solar print of their found objects on light-sensitive paper.

  • Project time: 60 mins (scalable)

  • Customizable design options

  • Skill requirements: None

  • Materials fee may apply

Life Cycle Classroom Display (K.ESS.2,  1.LS1.1,2.LS4.1)

Your students learn a bout nature and create life cycle displays for the classroom. Classroom curriculum can inform which life cycles are depicted in the displays (local trout, for instance), or pick a couple of animals and start making!

  • Project time: 60 mins (scalable)

  • Customizable design options

  • Skill requirements: None

Grades 3 - 5

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MISHMASH MATH

Hands-on crafting and building projects that incorporate math at your classroom's level.

Standards: Math, Science

Math Maze Board Game

Students create individual components of a board game, or design and make the whole game! At its core, the game require solving math problems to advance player position.  

  • Project time: 120 mins (scalable)

  • Customizable design options

  • Skill requirements: None

Wooden Ratio Robot 

Building a ratio robot helps students develop basic measuring skills and an understanding of ratios by designing their own unique wooden block figure.

  • Project time: 60 mins (scalable)

  • Customizable design options

  • Skill requirements: None

Middle School

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PASSPORTS TO ADVENTURE

These projects are for students who are beginning to develop an understanding of their places in the world and their own personal style. 

Standards: Math, Science, Language, Reading, Health

Custom Key Chain + Phone Stand

This a great introduction to Adobe Illustrator and basic design for the laser cutter. Students will be challenged to either customize or design their own key chain that doubles as a phone stand.  

  • Project time: 120 mins (scalable)

  • Customizable design options

  • Skill requirements: None

Laser-etched Labyrinth 

Another fun introduction to incorporating Adobe Illustrator into the design engineering process! Finger labyrinths are a tool often used to calm its user by tracing paths craved into wood. Students will draw their own labyrinths then finish the project on the laser cutter.

  • Project time: 120 mins (scalable)

  • Customizable design options

  • Skill requirements: None

High School

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CREATURE COMFORTS

These projects are build projects for all sorts of critters, from bats to bees. During the design process, students learn a little about the science of the creatures needs and how those needs are incorporated into their builds.

Standards: Math, Science, Language, Reading, Health

Mason Bee Houses

Mason bees are very picky and  have some specific requirements for their homes. Students will learn about those limitations and opportunities to get creative in designing a custom mason bee home for our pollinator friends.

  • Project time: 120 mins (scalable)

  • Customizable design options

  • Skill requirements: None

Bat Boxes 

We don't often see them, but bats are everywhere and they're a beneficial part of our ecosystem. Students will learn a bit about bats and follow instructions to assemble a cozy place for our flying friends to snuggle up.

  • Project time: 120 mins (scalable)

  • Customizable design options

  • Skill requirements: None

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