OASIS Lab
4D
by Cindy Cullwell, EL and LS STEM Teacher
The Oasis 4D Lab is the new makerspace for Early Learning and Lower School. It is a place where students begin to establish a mindset of taking risks, embracing mistakes as a part of learning, and creative thinking. Students become problem solvers by taking part in a wide range of learning experiences that guide them through the process of discovering, designing, developing, and delivering. These learning experiences include robotics, coding, engineering challenges, upcycling projects, and tinkering. Students are learning to think like an engineer by going through the Engineering Process of asking, imagining, planning, creating, and improving when tackling a problem. I am beyond excited to take on the role as the new Oasis teacher. As a former classroom teacher, I know how important it is to enhance the curriculum beyond the classroom. I strive to provide students with learning opportunities that not only develop a maker mindset, but support the classroom curriculum. When you pass by the glass walls of the Oasis you might see students collaborating to engineer a structure that can hold the weight of an object. You might see students working with partners to code a robot to find its way through a maze. Students might be upcycling material into something new and beautiful. 16 | TORCH
This new space has endless potential due to its flexible design and student friendly layout. It opens up a new realm of possibilities for our students to show their knowledge and explore their creative sides. Albert Einstein says it best, “Creativity is intelligence having fun!� That is exactly what the Oasis provides.
