Maker culture

High school (ages 12+)
Making & Design

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/maker-culture

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is Maker Culture?Maker Culture is a community where people love to build, invent, and fix things with their own hands, using tools and sharing ideas online.
2. Why do makers use open‑source hardware?Makers share designs and instructions publicly so everyone can learn, adapt, and improve projects together.

Hacker Culture: A subculture valuing technical expertise, problem-solving, and the exploration and modification of systems.
Open-Source Hardware: Hardware whose design is made publicly available, allowing anyone to study, modify, distribute, and manufacture it.
Additive Manufacturing: The industrial production of computer-generated three-dimensional objects by successively adding material layer by layer (commonly known as 3D printing).