14 STEAM TRUNKS. 2 CAMPUSES. ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES FOR MAKING + LEARNING.
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Drew’s mobile makerspaces play an essential role in fully integrating STEAM into core classes and Project-Based Learning initiatives. Each cart focuses on a specific strand of making—from construction to electronics to 3D printing to arts and crafts—and provides the tools and materials students need to experience STEAM with their own hands.
The versatility and accessibility of these STEAM trunks make it possible to transform any academic space—a core class, an enrichment class, the media center—into a dynamic, exploratory environment that challenges students to think critically and creatively, try their ideas, make connections, collaborate with others and find inspiration. |
STEAM Trunks are available for check-out at the following times:
Morning | 8:30 to 11:30 am Afternoon | 12:30 to 3:30 pm All Day | 8:30 am to 3:30 pm 
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Arts + Crafts Trunk | 3 total | Elementary, Junior + Senior Academy
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Stocked with paper, poster board, recycled materials, markers, paint, clay, crayons, tape and much more, this versatile trunk offers students all the resources they need to creatively present their ideas and develop an aesthetic for their projects.
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Construction Trunk | 3 total | Elementary, Junior + Senior Academy
This portable woodshop gives students the chance to apply math, engineering and design principles to build practically anything with their own hands. Makers will learn how to utilize hand tools safely while also experiencing the satisfaction of DIY projects.
This portable woodshop gives students the chance to apply math, engineering and design principles to build practically anything with their own hands. Makers will learn how to utilize hand tools safely while also experiencing the satisfaction of DIY projects.
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3D Printing Trunk| 2 total | Elementary, Junior + Senior Academy
Equipped with four Printrbots, this trunk allows students to produce three-dimensional objects using digital modeling data. These 3D printers use colored plastic filament to produce an object layer by layer.
Equipped with four Printrbots, this trunk allows students to produce three-dimensional objects using digital modeling data. These 3D printers use colored plastic filament to produce an object layer by layer.
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Electronics Trunk | 2 total | Elementary, Junior + Senior Academy
Using batteries, LED bulbs, snap circuits and a myriad of other electronics supplies, students will harness the power of electricity to create devices that light up, move around, make noise and more. Thanks to our friends at Radio Shack, this trunk is fully equipped to introduce students to skills such as soldering, wiring, prototyping, manufacturing and electric circuit design.
Using batteries, LED bulbs, snap circuits and a myriad of other electronics supplies, students will harness the power of electricity to create devices that light up, move around, make noise and more. Thanks to our friends at Radio Shack, this trunk is fully equipped to introduce students to skills such as soldering, wiring, prototyping, manufacturing and electric circuit design.
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GT Hummingbird Robotics Trunk | 2 total | Elementary, Junior + Senior Academy
Using Scratch or Arduino paired with Hummingbird Kits that include a breadboard, sensors, motors, and LEDs students will harness the power of electricity and coding to create devices that light up, move around, make noise and more. Thanks to our friends at Georgia Tech, this trunk is fully equipped to introduce students to skills in robotics.
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Coding, Gears + Games Trunk | 1 total | Elementary Academy
Games, puzzles and gadgets such as Dash + Dot robots, Gears! Gears! Gears! and Legos will challenge students to solve problems, use logic, work through processes, experiment with trial and error, and apply design thinking.
Games, puzzles and gadgets such as Dash + Dot robots, Gears! Gears! Gears! and Legos will challenge students to solve problems, use logic, work through processes, experiment with trial and error, and apply design thinking.
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Virtual Reality (VR) Trunk | 1 total | Elementary, Junior, and Senior Academy
NEW! 8 ClassVR Headsets available for station teaching. Explore web content in 3D. Conduct virtual field trips and visit places beyond the scope past possibility! Reach out to the STEAM Team for training.
NEW! 8 ClassVR Headsets available for station teaching. Explore web content in 3D. Conduct virtual field trips and visit places beyond the scope past possibility! Reach out to the STEAM Team for training.
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TinkerYard: Pin Balls, Pulleys, and Paint | 1 total | Elementary Academy
NEW! When heading to the TinkerYard to learn about forces, simple machines, and other STEAMy studies check out the paint for the painting wall, ropes for weaving and using in the pulleys, and pin balls for the pin ball machine.
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Puppet Show Theater | 1 total | Elementary Academy
NEW! A mobile Puppet Theater available for your professional Project Based Learning productions.
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Out Teach Science Trunk | 1 total | Elementary Academy
NEW! A mobile Out Teach Science Trunk available for your professional Project Based Learning experiments and observations.
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STEAM Trunk Wishlist
Our STEAM Trunks have been so popular that we are in need of the supplies to replenish them! We are grateful to any parents or friends of Drew Charter who would like to donate the following maker materials:
Magazines
Cardboard boxes of any size
Old t-shirts, button-down shirts or smocks
Empty plastic or metal coffee cans
Our STEAM Trunks have been so popular that we are in need of the supplies to replenish them! We are grateful to any parents or friends of Drew Charter who would like to donate the following maker materials:
Magazines
Cardboard boxes of any size
Old t-shirts, button-down shirts or smocks
Empty plastic or metal coffee cans