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A group of high school students build robots in UPrep's ULab Makerspace

 

Makerspaces

Whether it’s building self-driving cars or prototyping new inventions, UPrep students make their ideas come to life in our Upper School and Middle School Makerspaces.

UPrep is dedicated to empowering students to become curious, critical, and adept design thinkers and problem solvers. Through courses, in-class projects, clubs, and competitions, students utilize our two Makerspaces to gain invaluable experience in design, engineering, robotics, and digital arts.

The ULab’s Upper School Makerspace is 1,123 square feet, which is roughly half the size of a singles-style tennis court. The Middle School Makerspace is on the main campus. Students have access to both fabrication and design facilities, where they are encouraged to explore new technologies, brainstorm and prototype solutions to real-world challenges, and embrace our rapidly evolving technology landscape with confidence, imagination, and purpose.

Students in UPrep's Makerspace construct a robot.

 

Students in UPrep's Makerspace use VR headsets to explore the muscular system.

 

Both Makerspaces are available for use before and after school, and during Community Time and Office Hours, providing ample time for students to use a wide range of materials and tools that can be used in numerous activities, from sewing to soldering. They can bring in projects from home, build a project with faculty coaching, or join one of many clubs where beginners and experienced students alike can build and learn new skills with their peers.  

Our faculty use both Makerspaces and their resources to create engineering, design, and creative projects for their classes. Previous examples include engineering students designing Calder-style mobiles and making the mobiles with the 3-D printers; a science class building robotic arms to mimic the operation of a human arm; and P.E. and Spanish classes using VR headsets to enhance their learning. In addition to whole-class projects, students can visit the Makerspace to get tools, coaching from faculty and staff, or materials for their class projects. 

In our Makerspaces, students learn to use the tools and materials they need to design and engineer their world.

Makerspace Offerings

Browse our current Makerspace programs and resources.

A student uses a 3D pen in UPrep's Middle School Makerspace.

 

UPrep's Upper School robotics team poses with their robot after a competition.