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  • PS 188 the Island School
  • New York, NY
  • Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Students in our Social Action Makerspace have the unusual opportunity to invent solutions to real-world problems. They use professional tools and materials to create their products. When visitors see what takes place they are astounded at the independence, intensity of focus, and excitement that occurs here. This is especially the case with woodworking. Students are so passionate and engrossed in their work when using these tools and materials to create products. Unfortunately, we do not have many of the resources to bring our craft to the next level of sophistication. The tools and materials requested here are designed to help students expand their ability to fashion materials into the solutions they have designed to address real world problems. Last year, students created bird feeders to place throughout the Lower East Side, diorama boxes to express social issues, and a framed screen for papermaking out of discarded paper. In the short term, their work in the Makerspace is giving them the skills to flexibly use low-tech tools to create and execute plans to transform raw materials into useful products. In the long term, students will begin to view themselves as capable crafters who see the value in applying STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) principles to work that is important to them. To arrive at this goal, we could really use your help. The materials requested here include a router and table top saw for carving out wood, a drill press for making holes, an oscillating sander for smoothing out their work and the plywood itself. We are also requesting certain materials to enhance and extend projects. These include paint, pvc pipes to connect parts of students' designs, sculpting compound for decorative elements in social issue dioramas, and microphones for students to document their process and reflections.

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Students in our Social Action Makerspace have the unusual opportunity to invent solutions to real-world problems. They use professional tools and materials to create their products. When visitors see what takes place they are astounded at the independence, intensity of focus, and excitement that occurs here. This is especially the case with woodworking. Students are so passionate and engrossed in their work when using these tools and materials to create products. Unfortunately, we do not have many of the resources to bring our craft to the next level of sophistication. The tools and materials requested here are designed to help students expand their ability to fashion materials into the solutions they have designed to address real world problems. Last year, students created bird feeders to place throughout the Lower East Side, diorama boxes to express social issues, and a framed screen for papermaking out of discarded paper. In the short term, their work in the Makerspace is giving them the skills to flexibly use low-tech tools to create and execute plans to transform raw materials into useful products. In the long term, students will begin to view themselves as capable crafters who see the value in applying STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) principles to work that is important to them. To arrive at this goal, we could really use your help. The materials requested here include a router and table top saw for carving out wood, a drill press for making holes, an oscillating sander for smoothing out their work and the plywood itself. We are also requesting certain materials to enhance and extend projects. These include paint, pvc pipes to connect parts of students' designs, sculpting compound for decorative elements in social issue dioramas, and microphones for students to document their process and reflections.

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