2026 Classroom Technology Project: The Kitchen

 

Last year we had a significant design project which we detailed during the course of the year based around a Dolls House.  This was detailed extensively and you can view the project in its entirety here.

When looking around various events and community fundraisers occasionally an object can be located which has potential to engage the students in the process of making it or adapting using the technology that we have at our school such as our 3D Printers, Laser Cutter or Sticker Machine.

This item shown left was located today.  It cost the princely sum of $10.00 to purchase it.   It is a students kitchen and is 1.1m long, 1.1m high and 0.5m wide.   The condition of the object overall could be described as fair.

On first inspection the wood for the base of the design is not warped, damaged or needing replacing.   The sink is obviously missing, however this could be replaced as a 3D Print.   The panels all could respond really well to be cleaned and have a decal sheet from the sticker machine applied to them.  This would really make the whole unit pop.

All the doors on all of the cupboards, the oven and fridge are all functioning really well.   Students could potentially create items for a number of these places using some of our technology.   It is conceivable with a bit of work that students could bring this back to near as good as new and potentially use it as a gift to our junior school or as a fundraiser as part of the school events later in the year.

First and foremost we need to get this item to the students so they can inspect it, start to formulate some plans and look at potential designs and resourcing that we can use to complete the project.