Tag: construction

January 6, 2024
Making Music Boxes in colab
8th grade colab students recently undertook an ambitious challenge: to build a wooden music box! This project entailed conceiving of and executing several components: an instrument with multiple playable keys, a revolving crank mechanism to automate a melody of the…
October 17, 2023
6th Grade-Created Chess Boards
As a way to introduce the tools, materials, and construction possibilities available to them in colab this year, our teacher David challenged his 6th graders to team up and create chess boards. Students cut wood, stacked metal, and used found…