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Chevron Fab STEM Fellowship Podcast #03

Our host for the third entry of the Chevron FAB STEM Fellowship Podcast is Fellow Nathan Pritchett from Fab Lab Tulsa in Oklahoma, talking with Jani Ylioja and Ivan Sanchez from Fab Lab Oulu in Finland.
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Higher Education Goals- HBCU Pennant
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Higher Education Goals- HBCU Pennant

Students are going to learn about Historically Black Colleges and Universities and help educate their high school community about the importance of HBCUs. This lesson was authored by Corinna Heggen, Schenectady High School, Schenectady, NY.   They will select a HBCU to research and produce a descriptive “one-pager” to display…
2D design software, Vinyl Cutter, Digital desing, Vinyl Printer/Cutter, Color printer, ethnicity, Humanities, Culture
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I Can Be: Inspirational Black Figures, Poetry and Illusion
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I Can Be: Inspirational Black Figures, Poetry and Illusion

Students research achievements of a notable African American and use them as inspiration for a poem about the future and goals. After composing the poem, students, using side view photos of themselves and their chosen individual, create a stylistic Rubin’s Vase Illusion to accompany their poetry. Both the poem and the…
Vinyl Cutter, Computer, World Culture, ethnicity, Culture, Google Drawing
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PRIDE PIECES: EXPLORING SOCIAL IDENTITY, HISTORY, AND CULTURE- An Unplugged Remix
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PRIDE PIECES: EXPLORING SOCIAL IDENTITY, HISTORY, AND CULTURE- An Unplugged Remix

Students will create a neck piece based on symmetry, patterns, and colors seen in Black Panther as well as in traditional African art. They will learn how to simulate cultural and visual information to create their own symbolic neck piece. Students will be more aware of how visual symbols, color,…
Recycled Material, Scissors, Kid-Friendly Craft Supplies, TinkerCAD, paper, World Culture, ethnicity, cardboard, geometry, Arts, Humanities, Culture
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Nettrice Gaskins
Dr. Nettrice Gaskins has worked for several years in K-12 and post-secondary education, community media and technology before receiving a doctorate in Digital Media from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2014. She has focused on the application of cultural art…
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Oye Ajewole
Like to consider myself as a product designer. Studied mechanical engineering and applied the principles of engineering into the things I like. Currently work in digital fabrication, textiles, and fabric science and electronics. 
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Andrea Fields
Andrea has been making and teaching in fab labs and other innovation spaces since she was 15 years old. She has a master’s degree in civil engineering and currently manages an early childhood fab lab and her own consultancy. She…
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