Makerspace Benchmarks - Google Drive


1		Maker Skills Progression
2		A	B	C	D	E	F	Levels are formative, not summative.

3	2-D design (i.e. Inkscape, Illustrator, etc.)	Draw rectangle and set line to correct vector state (width and color.)	Create object at correct size/scale.	Draw interlocking components of a 2-D tongue-and-groove object.	Create object incorporating both vector and engrave components.	Draw components of 3-D tongue-and-groove object, taking into account material thickness.
4	3-D design (Tinkercad)	Can log into Tinkercad account.	Finished Tinkercad tutorials.	Place one object on top of another using measurement numbers and the align tool.	Bulid and assemble a working hinge from primitives.	Reproduce a non-primitive object from physical measurements.
5	Bee-Bots	Turns Bee-Bot on.	Programs to a chosen letter.	Spell a word.	Spell multiple words.	Create application/game for other students.
6	Box cutter	Can open and close box cutter	Knows "First Rule of Box Cutter."*	Accurately cut a straight line.	Accurately cut a curved pattern.	Scoring (See Cardboard B, below.)	*"When you're not cutting something AND looking at the blade, keep it closed."
7	Cardboard engineering	Safely cut a sheet of cardboard along a straight line.	Make curved components using scoring.	Join two pieces of cardboard using a smooth (lap) joint.	Accurately measure and cut a fitted headgear base to size.	Makes moving joints.		Examples of Cardboard Attachments
8	Circuitry	Correctly identifies positive lead on an LED.	Lights an LED using cardboard circuits or circuit blocks.	Lights an LED using alligator clips and a AA battery holder.	Builds a series circuit, incorporating a switch.	Builds a parallel circuit, incorporating a switch.
9	Cleaning-up	Stops working promptly at clean-up time.	Cleans own work area.	Uses protective covers on work surfaces.	Helps others clean their work areas.	Recycles recoverable materials.
10	Cooking	Follows proper sanitary practices.	Can measure ingredients properly. Understands differences between liquid and dry measurements.	Reads a recipe and understand measurement abbreviations.	Performs ingredient manipulations such as stirring, whipping, folding and flipping.	Knife-handling and cutting skills. Can differentiate types of cuts and choose appropriate cuts for desired product. Knife selection. Applies proper safety techniques when cutting.
11	Copper tape (Paper circuits)	Peels backing from tape.	Manipulates tape through a 90-degree turn, keeping conductive side up.	Creates circuit gaps for LED and battery.	Creates corner-fold switch over battery.	Creates parallel circuit powering multiple devices.
12	Cubelets	Identify battery Cubelet.	Attach and operate a second Cubelet.
13	Design Thinking	Articulates general intent	Uses empathy to identify second-party needs.	Consciously uses multiple iterations as a growth tool.	Confidently and effectively shares results.	Comfortable circling back through multiple iterations of the design cycle and identifying contextual "finished."	Accepting feedback without offense
14	Drafting	Sketch design on plain paper and explain verbally.	Sketch design on plain paper indicating dimensions.	Properly use dimension format with arrows.	Draw straight-sided, two-view, design to scale on graph paper indicating dimensions.	Draw 3-D object, showing hidden lines, using isometric graph paper.
15	Drilling	Select appropriate bit and install in hand drill.	Safely clamp work to sacrificial surface.	Uses blue tape on bit to set depth.	Select correct bit for screw pilot hole.	Drill flush pocket hole.
16	Folding/Origami	Accurately folds a sheet of paper in half.	Accurately create accordion folds.
17	Hammer & nails	Drives prepostioned nail	Consistently starts nail in wood unassisted.	Selects correct nail.	Drives nail without bending.	Removes nail using "helper" board.
18	Hot glue gun	Pick up and hold hot glue gun properly.	Plug-in and load hot-glue gun.	Uses appropriate amount of glue for the application.
19	littleBits	Identify power Bit and connect battery.	Connect a "work" Bit to power Bit.	Incorporate a switch in a working circuit.
20	Makey Makey	Connect MM to laptop.	Run "banana" piano.	Use pre-grounded switches. (No foil bracelet.)	Command MM from Scratch using jumper wire connections.	Use MM to control external device via Scratch.
21	Measuring	Measure the length of an item using non-conventional units.	Measure using standard units.	Lay-out a 90-degree angle cut using a tape measure and a factory edge.	Comfortably work in both metric and Imperial systems.	Use calipers to measure the depth of a hole and an inside diameter.
22	Micro:bit	Connect Micro:bit to laptop.	Write a word on the display.
23	Minecraft Education Edition	Log into Minecraft school account.	Join teacher's world.	Build a house with a door.	Build a roller coaster that runs to the end with gravity only.	Research and build a scale replica of a real building or monument.
24	Sawing	Cuts using a miter box.	Safely secures non-miter box work with clamps.	Start cuts unassisted.	Accurately follow a drawn straight line.	Measure and cut a 45-degree miter joint.
25	Scissors	Safely carries scissors.	Cuts accurately along a drawn straight line.	Accuratey cuts irregular line.	Cuts non-quardalateral from interior of material.
26	Safety	Wears appropriate safety equipment without being reminded.	Follows written safety guidelines and notices.	Makes the safer choice.	Makes the safer choice.	Makes the safer choice.
27	Sewing (manual)	Sews with pre-threaded needle.	Threads needle.	Pins pieces of fabric together and keeps track of pins.	Sews perimeters with straight stitch on wrong side.	Sews invisible stitch on right side.
28	Sewing (machine)	Feeds fabric at appropriate speed and direction.	Starts and stops machine at appropriate time; cuts thread.	Follows sewing lines.	Follows sewing lines, including curves and corners.	Troubleshoots machine, including rethreading main spool and bobbin.
29	Soldering	Turn on soldering iron and sets to proper temperature.	Tins soldering tip.	Uses proper tip cleaning techniques, before, during and after use.	Solders two multi-strand wires together using proper wrap technique.	Desolders connection or component.
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31		NOTES:
32		Where does accessing and safely putting away and cleaning up tools, supplies, etc. come into play?	What level will be badged? Could be different levels of badging.
33		Resources in the GLC and Think Tank. (Also Cubelets, LittleBits)
34		Maker rubric theory
35		Sample rubric 1
36		Sample rubric 2
37		Why not to grade in a makerspace
38		Wilson School District (Pa.) K-5 scope and sequence
39		Aspirations not standards (Ref this file)


1		Maker Skills Progression
2		A	B	C	D	E	F	Levels are formative, not summative.

3	2-D design (Inkscape)	Draw rectangle and set line to correct vector state (width and color.)	Create object at correct size/scale.	Draw interlocking components of a 2-D tongue-and-groove object.	Create object incorporating both vector and engrave components.	Draw components of 3-D tongue-and-groove object, taking into account material thickness.
4	3-D design (Tinkercad)	Can log into Tinkercad account.	Finished Tinkercad tutorials.	Place one object on top of another using measurement numbers and the align tool.	Bulid and assemble a working hinge from primitives.	Reproduce a non-primitive object from physical measurements.
5	Bee-Bots	Turns Bee-Bot on.	Programs to a chosen letter.	Spell a word.		Create application/game for other students.
6	Box cutter	Can open and close box cutter	Knows "First Rule of Box Cutter."*	Accurately cut a straight line.		Scoring (See Cardboard B, below.)	*"When you're not cutting something AND looking at the blade, keep it closed."
7	Cardboard engineering	Safely cut a sheet of cardboard along a straight line.	Make curved components using scoring.	Join two pieces of cardboard using a smooth (lap) joint.	Accurately measure and cut a fitted headgear base to size.	Makes moving joiunts.		Examples of Cardboard Attachments	Examples of Scoring
8	Circuitry	Correctly identifies positive lead on an LED.	Lights an LED using cardboard circuits or circuit blocks.	Lights an LED using alligator clips and a AA battery holder.	Builds a series circuit, incorporating a switch.	Builds a parallel circuit, incorporating a switch.
9	Cleaning-up	Stops working promptly at clean-up time.	Cleans own work area.	Uses protective covers on work surfaces.	Helps others clean their work areas.	Recycles recoverable materials.
10	Cooking	Follows proper sanitary practices.	Can measure ingredients properly. Understands differences between liquid and dry measurements.	Reads a recipe and understand measurement abbreviations.	Performs ingredient manipulations such as stirring, whipping, folding and flipping.
11	Copper tape (Paper circuits)	Peels backing from tape.	Manipulates tape through a 90-degree turn, keeping conductive side up.	Creates circuit gaps for LED and battery.	Creates corner-fold switch over battery.	Creates parallel circuit powering multiple devices.
12	Cubelets	Identify battery Cubelet.	Attach and operate a second Cubelet.
13	Design Thinking	Articulates general intent	Uses empathy to identify second-party needs.	Consciously uses multiple iterations as a growth tool.	Confidently and effectively shares results.	Comfortable circling back through multiple iterations of the design cycle and identifying contextual "finished."	Accepting feedback without offense
14	Drafting	Sketch design on plain paper and explain verbally.	Sketch design on plain paper indicating dimensions.	Properly use dimension format with arrows.	Draw straight-sided, two-view, design to scale on graph paper indicating dimensions.	Draw 3-D object, showing hidden lines, using isometric graph paper.
15	Drilling	Select appropriate bit and install in hand drill.	Safely clamp work to sacrificial surface.	Uses blue tape on bit to set depth.	Select correct bit for screw pilot hole.	Drill flush pocket hole.
16	Folding/Origami	Accurately folds a sheet of paper in half.	Accurately create accordion folds.
17	Hammer & nails	Drives prepostioned nail	Consistently starts nail in wood unassisted.	Selects correct nail.	Drives nail without bending.	Removes nail using "helper" board.
18	Hot glue gun	Pick up and hold hot glue gun properly.	Plug-in and load hot-glue gun.
19	littleBits	Identify power Bit and connect battery.	Connect a "work" Bit to power Bit.	Incorporate a switch in a working circuit.
20	Makey Makey	Connect MM to laptop.	Run "banana" piano.	Use pre-grounded switches. (No foil bracelet.)	Command MM from Scratch using jumper wire connections.	Use MM to control external device via Scratch.
21	Measuring	Measure the length of an item using non-conventional units.	Measure using standard units.	Lay-out a 90-degree angle cut using a tape measure and a factory edge.	Comfortably work in both metric and Imperial systems.	Use calipers to measure the depth of a hole and an inside diameter.
22	Micro:bit	Connect Micro:bit to laptop.	Write a word on the display.
23	Minecraft Education Edition	Log into Minecraft school account.	Join teacher's world.	Build a house with a door.	Build a roller coaster that runs to the end with gravity only.	Research and build a scale replica of a real building or monument.
24	Sawing	Cuts using a miter box.	Safely secures non-miter box work with clamps.	Start cuts unassisted.	Accurately follow a drawn straight line.	Measure and cut a 45-degree miter joint.
25	Scissors	Safely carries scissors.	Cuts accurately along a drawn straight line.	Accuratey cuts irregular line.	Cuts non-quardalateral from interior of material.
26	Safety	Wears appropriate safety equipment without being reminded.	Follows written safety guidelines and notices.	Makes the safer choice.	Makes the safer choice.	Makes the safer choice.
27	Sewing (manual)	Sews with pre-threaded needle.	Threads needle.	Pins pieces of fabric together and keeps track of pins.	Sews perimeters with straight stitch on wrong side.	Sews invisible stitch on right side.
28	Sewing (machine)	Feeds fabric at appropriate speed and direction.	Starts and stops machine at appropriate time; cuts thread.	Follows sewing lines.	Follows sewing lines, including curves and corners.	Troubleshoots machine, including rethreading main spool and bobbin.
29	Soldering	Turn on soldering iron and sets to proper temperature.	Tins soldering tip.	Uses proper tip cleaning techniques, before, during and after use.	Solders two multi-strand wires together using proper wrap technique.	Desolders connection or component.
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31		NOTES:
32		Where does accessing and safely putting away and cleaning up tools, supplies, etc. come into play?	What level will be badged? Could be different levels of badging.
33		Resources in the GLC and Think Tank. (Also Cubelets, LittleBits)
34		Maker rubric theory
35		Sample rubric 1
36		Sample rubric 2
37		Why not to grade in a makerspace
38		Wilson School District (Pa.) K-5 scope and sequence