Maker's Design Lab
In the Design Lab, students engage in hands-on creative problem-solving as they learn to use hand tools, power tools, and specialized machinery. Projects range from imaginative cardboard-and-duct-tape arcade games to advanced builds like prop fabrication, often integrated with learning from science, math, and Jewish Studies. Student-driven side projects further encourage curiosity, creativity, and individualized growth.
Everyone can design, and everyone can contribute creatively to a meaningful design class experience!
All students engage creatively through these core values:
Responsibility:
personal use of tools, materials, and deadlines
Respect:
allowing the creative process to evolve ideas into prototypes
Collaboration:
creating with partners and working in groups
Resourcefulness:
inventing to the best of individual ability
Maker's Design Lab Spotlight
![Monster Designers]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1763583895/brandeishillel/p0oshrdbuhypckdrrsyo/PostThumbnails1_1.gif","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1763583895/brandeishillel/p0oshrdbuhypckdrrsyo/PostThumbnails1_1.gif","width":500}])
7th and 8th grade Design Arts Wheel students stepped into the role of toy designers in an exciting STEM collaboration!
![Design + Build]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1732128355/brandeishillel/k9dfxrivg3mmsu7b5eun/guitartbuild.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1732128355/brandeishillel/k9dfxrivg3mmsu7b5eun/guitartbuild.png","width":500}])
The 7/8 Design Lab class has been hard at work learning woodworking skills with their semester-long guitar-building project.
![5th Grade Action Figures]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1731532964/brandeishillel/huxjbmjzq9ze6dfyxwcx/actionfigures.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1731532964/brandeishillel/huxjbmjzq9ze6dfyxwcx/actionfigures.png","width":500}])
As 5th grade learned about character traits in Language Arts, we embarked on a design project inspired by comic books! First, students reflected on their own character traits as their 'everyday' selves, then chose traits that embody their 'superpowers' to create superhero identities for themselves
