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PROJECT: |
Demonstration “Fab Lab” for Galapagos students and science teachers |
PARTNERS: |
Fundación Scalesia and Dalio Family Foundation |
STATUS: |
Final design and preparation for construction as of January 2018 |
The Tomás de Berlanga School, operated by the Fundación Scalesia, provides bilingual education with an environmental and leadership focus to over 200 students. The school also serves as a training ground for all public school teachers on Santa Cruz Island and an example of best practices in action. One of its greatest infrastructure needs has been a science lab to teach TdB School students and to conduct professional development for public school science teachers.
Our science advisors encouraged us to follow the Fab Lab approach, which calls for a flexible workshop atmosphere that can be configured for more traditional chemistry and phyiscs instruction, but then easilly reconfigured for robotics and other cutting-edge scientific investigation and engineering projects.
Characteristics of the TdB School’s Fab Lab include:
The facility will be designed in a way that makes maxiumum use of natural light and ventilation, and appropriate building materials.
Funding for this project comes from the Dalio Family Foundation, Randall and Sally Knight, and the Pistell Family Foundation.
Additional funding is needed for:
For more information, please send us an email.
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