Makers' Lab

OPEN - BREAK - TEST - CHANGE - FIX - MAKE...better! Learn to reduce, reuse, repair, reinvent, remake at the Makers' Lab!

At the Makers’ Lab we believe that being innovative and creative is required for success in the 21st century, and that we can teach these skills. Every day we help students connect their passions with new ways of thinking to solve a wide variety of challenges both in the classroom and in the modern world. When students learn how to harness their passion, they work hard, take risks and learn to fai

10/25/2022

First graders begin to work as a team on their path to understanding Leonardo’s bridge.

05/21/2020

Great chat with Harrison Watkins of as we prepare to launch Virtual WonderLab. Harrison is an MCDS alum and is bringing creative fun to students from 5-10 years old all summer long!

05/21/2020

How many MCDS 8th graders this year? Good guess!! Something special this way comes as I prep 81 small kits for each of them. Shhhh, don’t tell ‘em. @ Marin Country Day School

05/01/2020

Making 30 Face Shields for SF General and UCSF to evaluate. My household helper preps plastic. @ Marin Country Day School

04/23/2020

Full video at www.makerslab.com under Covid-19. Successful test prototype of a face shield for UCSF.

04/14/2020

The in-between conundrum. Between shooting videos for , , the new www.makerslab.com website for Tinkering, we accidentally bought an 18 pound ham for Easter. For five of us. In fairness, it was the last one. Now, figuring out ham soup. Can’t go the thick soup route. Lets see what happens if we treat it like chicken soup, but don’t add salt. 👍 @ San Rafael, California

04/10/2020

Face shield plastic three days early! The MCDS Makers’ Lab is going into face shield production! Working with to get them a prototype face shield so I can get some feedback loops going on a film only shield. We should be able to do a few hundred a day if needed. @ Marin Country Day School

01/15/2020

The STEAM roller project 2020! A collaboration between Art and the Makers’ Lab, each design team creates a themed rubber band car which applies a printed graphic as it moves. Performance art, print art, simple machines...so deep in learning! @ Marin Country Day School

01/15/2020

The Inclusivitree has sprouted leaves! Each leaf decorated by students with the reverse having an action to take to help build a more inclusive community. The leaves are held in place by friction and can be engaged with in person or you can deliver a leaf. Let the grand experiment begin! @ Marin Country Day School