Exploration, Making, Play!
A new school designed to help transform the way society views learning
Developing deep understanding and meaningful relationships through creative and playful experience.
Pick up that Drill and Make something.
Girls are introduced to leverage and fulcrum points by making a three pillar system to balance marbles
Play, Solve, Learn Physics
Students Play “Newtons Playground”.
Student learn to articulate conceptual solutions from Newtonian physics for their sandbox game
Designing a new Roller Coaster module.
Students build a roller coaster virtually then physically before they’re tasked with verbalizing physics concepts associated with kinetic and potential energy
Mobile Game-Based Learning
Students Play and Learn through the mobile game “Motion Math”.
Students freshen up on fractions and number line knowledge with Motion Math.
Immersion and Embodiment
Learning Forces through becoming a bird
Students learn the invisible world of forces through an accurate bird simulation
GameMakers at PlayMaker School
Students Pitch Video Game Concepts to Panel of Judges
Students experience their first foray into the world of Game Development: pitching to potential stakeholders.
Lights, Camera, Action!
PlayMaker School Productions
Students take on the roles of cinematographers, hosts, and editors to create a film technology in PlayMaker School’s innovative learning environment.
“...PlayMaker will incorporate principles of game-based learning into the entire instructional model, but with an additional focus on making and discovering. -Andrew Miller, Mindshift”Read More