Small robots made a big impression at Springfield Elementary School! During the Bucks County Intermediate Unit’s Mobile Fab Lab week-long residency, students explored STEAM—science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics—through hands-on digital design and robotics activities. In the classroom, students used iPads to program rolling robots, testing their instructions and navigating around obstacles. These interactive challenges bring computer science to life while encouraging collaboration, creative thinking and problem-solving.
Third graders participated daily in both computer science and digital fabrication, discovering how a digital design can become a physical product. Second graders explored digital fabrication, while fourth and fifth graders took part in computer science activities.
Equipped with tools including 3D printers, a laser engraver, vinyl cutters and robotics equipment, the traveling lab brings exciting technology directly to students. With age-appropriate lessons guided by the Fab Lab Program Coordinator, the residency gives Springfield’s young learners opportunities to experiment, create and discover new possibilities—one design and one line of code at a time.