AFS NEWS Chapter Demonstrates Metalcasting at Grade School Maker Camp
In July, the AFS Bir- mingham Chapter partici- pated in Maker’s Camp at Trace Crossings Elementary School, Hoover, Ala., to demonstrate the metalcast- ing process with Foundry in a Box, a kit that allows students to create their own castings from pressing the oil-based sand into a small matchplate mold, melting tin in a microwave oven and safely pouring the molten metal into the mold. Members of the chapter helped 80 students from kindergarten through fourth grade produce a casting that they could wear home as a necklace. Maker’s Camp at Trace Crossings Elementary School provides students a venue to engage in a variety of “maker”
beginning robotics. T e Maker Movement is
a current name for facilitated, hands-on learning experi- ences that engage students of all ages. T e movement fi nds real-world ways to spark creativity and purpose in learning science, technology, engineering, art and math. T e school and Samford
AFS Birmingham Chapter members Jon Montgomery, Rex Heat Treat (with his daughters Jamelyn and Aubrie); Johnny Williams, Alabama Art Castings; and Hai Nguyen and Kelly McCool, both students at the University of Alabama- Birmingham, helped demonstrate metalcasting at the Maker’s Camp.
experiences. Along with metalcasting, students explored engineering design, game making, electric company cir- cuits, new technology innovations, and
University worked collab- oratively to provide a unique experience for students of parents who were seeking a creative outlet over the summer break. According to Trace Crossings Elementary, the excitement and end re- sults were contagious. Plans
are being made for a teacher profes- sional development “Makers Fair” this fall and to repeat the summer camp again next year.
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