School collaboration

We organize different kinds of activities for different classes. We adapt the duration and content to the children's age and the teacher's interest. The activities include:

• Fab Lab visits
  Where the children can see different machines working and get a grasp of digital fabrication.
• Workshops at Fab Lab
  Where the children learn different digital fabrication processes such as laser cutting, 3D printing, or simple electronics.
• Longer workshops (~ 1 week)
  Where the children can experience different digital fabrication processes by building a project. These workshops are specially suitable for MOK-viikko activities. We can organize the activities in collaboration with teachers providing support to the children during the whole week.
• TET (Työelämään tutustuminen) practices
  We are hosting students for their TET-practices. Students can get in touch directly with Fab Lab Oulu.

Yes we can! We have a Mobile Fab Lab: a portable version of some of our main machines that we can take with us to your school. We can organize a workshop at the school or help teachers to organize their own learning activities using these machines.

In addition, we may borrow some of the machines to teachers so they can use them in their classes. If needed, we will offer online or face-to-face (when possible) support to teachers with instructions on how to use the machines. We might even assist teachers on-site when organizing the activities.

More information about Mobile Fab Lab found below.

Fab Lab Oulu has been offering face-to-face teacher training since 2018 through STEAM in Oulu.

This year we will organize some online workshops covering basic principles of digital fabrication, such as 2D design, vinyl cutting, introduction to programming with microbit, and 3D printing.

We are open to course content suggestions, but topics might include:

• Design process model for digital fabrication
• Electronics fabrication
• Molding and casting
• Furniture fabrication

Finally, we are participating in "STEAM:illa taitajaksi - Laatua laaja-alaiseen osaamiseen", a 5 ECTS hybrid course (online+face-to-face) organized by Topik with the collaboration of Faculty of Education and City of Oulu.

This course presents basic principles of STEAM, maker culture and how to integrate it in learning environments.