The Game of Thrones Throne: Teaching Real Skills Through Real Projects
For 10 years, Roadstead Montessori has sent students to 757 Makerspace one day a week, all school year. Not for arts and crafts. For real manufacturing skills.
One semester: design and build a Game of Thrones throne chair with custom swords for every student.
Here's What Happened
Students learned Autodesk Fusion 360 and modeled the throne in 3D. Before wasting materials on a full-size build, we laser cut a scale prototype.
It failed. Pieces didn't fit.
We redesigned. Laser cut again. Failed again.
Multiple times until we got it right, thats what prototyping does for us. Fail fast, learn from it, fix and repeat.
Then we CNC-cut the full-size throne, hand-built custom swords in the woodshop, assembled everything, and installed it at their school. It's still there.
One project. Five professional tools. Zero hand-holding.
What Students Actually Got
Not a participation trophy. They got:
CAD skills used in engineering, architecture, and product design
Rapid prototyping - test ideas before committing to expensive builds
CNC operation - a marketable manufacturing skill
Failure tolerance - the ability to iterate without quitting when something doesn't work
These aren't "soft skills." These are capabilities that translate to real work.
Why Schools Choose Us
Lecture halls don't teach problem-solving. Most "maker programs" are supervised glue guns.
We give students access to professional-grade equipment and teach them to fail forward until they succeed. Roadstead Montessori has trusted us for a decade because their students leave with capabilities, not crafts.
If You Run A School, Homeschool Co-Op, Scout Troop, or Corporate Training Program:
We design custom programs: weekly semester-long curriculums, one-day intensive workshops, multi-week project series.
This isn't theoretical education. It's applied manufacturing.
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