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Our Impact

Data

So how many students, teachers and community members have we impacted so far?

8,956
Students On
Field Trips
3,877
Students In
Workshops
32
Students In
Internships
From 4 High Schools
155
Job Coaching Experiences
From 4 High Schools
3,840
Tours & Teacher Explorations, Presentations, & PDs
This data was last updated on 10/09/2017.

Students, teachers, parents and community members who attended our World Maker & Inventor Expo (2016-present):
12,133

In total, we have impacted 29,092 students, teachers, and community members!!!

2016/2017 Workshop, Club & Field Trip Topics

  • 3D Printing 101
  • Little Bits: Boolean Algebra
  • MakeyMakey & Circuitry
  • Arduino for Beginners
  • Optical Theremin
  • POV Wand: Arduino Workshop
  • Raspberry Pi
  • Graphic Design: Using Adobe Ilustrator
  • Aviation
  • Robotics: EV3
  • Robotics: Ozobots
  • Robotics: Sphero
  • Newspaper Towers
  • Catapult Painting
  • Geothermic Slime
  • Upcycled Gardening Pallets
  • Fingerprint Forensics
  • SDR Radio
  • Binary Coding: Jewelry Making
  • Logic Pro: Recording Studio Session
  • Robotics: Boe Bots
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Partnerships with Gifted/Talented middle school and Design School
  • Animal Shelter Public Service Announcements
  • Radio/Podcast
  • Commercial creations
  • Raspberry Pi
  • Photobooth building
  • Metal works
  • Architecture
  • Crocheting: The Math Behind the Yarn
  • 3D Design
  • Animation
  • Toyota Legacy Video


2015/2016 Workshop, Club & Field Trip Topics

  • 3D Printing 101
  • 3D Printing Intermediate
  • A walk with Monet in painted Fields
  • An evening with Van Goh
  • Art of Magic And Perception
  • Aviation: flight simulation and balsa wood flyers
  • Building radio controlled blimps with Pegasus Club
  • Coding Spheros
  • Drones with Pegasus Club
  • Geodesic domes
  • Green screen editing
  • Hacking an LED bulb for fingerprinting with a Boone County Police Detective
  • Introduction to Arduino electronics: Control the world!
  • Introduction to hand tools: mini-corn hole sets
  • Introduction to hand tools: penny hockey games
  • Little Bits electronics
  • Make your own puppet
  • Make your own stocking
  • Makey Makey electronics
  • Mini hot air balloons in flight with Pegasus Club
  • Ozobot Programming
  • Pro photography with your smart phone
  • Robotics EV3 camp
  • Scrap rivet jewelry with electronics, wiring & solder
  • Stamping technology with Toyota engineers
  • Torch Making With Recycled Materials
  • Wearable STEM

Grants, Sponsorships & Donations

Kensington - Donation of over $3000 in items for NKY Makerspace, including sit-stand desk, charging stations/docks, headphones, etc.
Chick-Fil-A of Northern Kentucky  - Proud sponsor of 2017 World Maker Expo!
C-Forward - Proud sponsor of 2017 World Maker Expo, and donor of all Maker Ambassador t-shirts for volunteer organization
All State: Bob Parsons Agency - Proud sponsor of 2017 World Maker Expo!
Gorilla Maker - Proud sponsor of 2017 World Maker Expo, providing prizes and sponsorship of Design Challenge competition. Has continued to donate into the 2017-2018 school year via new GM3D505 printer!
Gateway Community & Technical College - Proud sponsor of 2017 World Maker Expo!
ASWD Law Firm - Proud sponsor of 2017 World Maker Expo!
Four Seasons Tent Rental - Proud sponsor of 2017 World Maker Expo, through donation of chairs/tables for Expo!
Ozobot - Donation of Ozobot for World Maker Expo 2017!
University of Kentucky; College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment Cooperative Extension Service - Proud sponsor of 2017 World Maker Expo!
Simunic Patent Law - Proud sponsor of 2017 World Maker Expo, and provided Louisville Bats tickets as reward for EV3 competition at Expo!
Boone County 4-H STEAM Clubs - Proud sponsor of 2017 World Maker Expo!
Duke Energy - Proud sponsor of 2017 World Maker Expo!
Greater Cincinnati STEM Collaborative - Year II : $2,000 grant to support after school 3D printing clubs across four middle schools, in collaboration with Boone County Public Library
Monoprice - $5,000 in product for our video studio
National Girls' Colaborative Project/NASA KY - $1,000 grant for our Pegasus Club - Girls in Aerospace
Flight Depot - $500 Sponsorship of t-shirts for Pegasus Club
Gorilla Maker - $5,200 in product ($2,600 3D printer for a student invention competition and donation of a $2,600 3D printer to the MakerSpace)
KY Innovation - $500 grant to support prizes and legal assistance for students in an invention/3D modeling competition.
Greater Cincinnati STEM Collaborative - Year I : $2,000 grant to support after school 3D printing clubs across four middle schools
Boone County Recycle Center - $500 grant to support recycled torch making and our torch relay at the Maker Expo.
What's So Cool About Advanced Manufacturing Video Competition? - $500 for GoPro and accessories.

2015/2016 Student Intern Projects

  • 3D modeling: gears, launching tubes, trophies, chuck key holder, iPad bracket, streaming cam bracket, strand beest parts and much more
  • Computer input control device with Makey Makey: Dance Dance Revolution for Girl's STEM Day
  • Design of MakerSpace business card using Photoshop and Illustrator
  • Edited graduation video with Final Cut Pro for Northern KY Chamber of Commerce Leadership NKY 2016
  • Edited training video with Final Cut Pro for BOSCH Automotive
  • Field trip leaders: multiple invention team visits, Makey Makey, Little Bits, Water Color Bot, green screen, 3D printing, song recording and more
  • iSense 3D scanning: busts and locker handle
  • MakerSpace tool and furniture assembly
  • Makey Makey protector prototyping: 12 prototype invention, problem solving and 3D modeling project
  • Pneumatic tennis ball launcher (5 prototypes)
  • Printrbot upgrades: added larger heated beds, power supplies and z axis to four 3D printers to triple build volume
  • Produced & edited PBL & Service Learning video in collaboration with teacher leaders across Boone County
  • Produced & edited PSA for Boone County Animal Shelter
  • Produced & edited song for Boone County Animal Shelter
  • Produced & edited song using Little Bits electronics and sounds from a field trip
  • Shot, edited, Photoshoped & Illustrated photos for Boone County Animal Shelter resulting in a dramatic increase in adoption rates
  • Sign making: vinyl plotting, styrofoam/coardboard cutting and Mod Podge
  • World Maker & Inventor Expo: Presented pneumatic tennis ball launcher
  • X-Carve build: Students built a 1x1 meter CNC carving router with XYZ.
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