Jefferson Houston School

[one_half] JOB NAME: Jefferson Houston PK-8 School LOCATION: Alexandria, VA CONTRACTOR: Turner Construction ARCHITECT: VMDO Architects/Concordia AWARDS Seeking LEED Silver Certification DATE OF INSTALLATION: Summer 2014 SUMMARY: Jefferson Houston School is a 130,000 square foot new building that houses Pre-K through 8th grades in Alexandria City, VA. The contemporary learning facility houses up to 800 … Continued

Langley Middle School

[one_half] JOB NAME: The Langley Middle School SCHOOL: The Langley School LOCATION: McLean, VA PARTNER: The Langley School CONTRACTOR: Miller Brothers ARCHITECT: DCS Design DATE OF INSTALLATION: Summer 2014 SUMMARY: The Langley Middle School is a 28,000 square foot new building that is part of The Langley School K through 8th campus in McLean, VA. … Continued

VSTE 2014 Conference

Join us at the Virginia Beach Conference Center, December 7-9 for the VSTE Annual Conference! Come visit our booth for a hands-on demonstration with the new immersive 3D classroom technology, zSpace. For more information, visit: https://des.com/event/vste-2014-conference/ Here’s a preview: [divider_hidden] Featured Partners [one_third] [/one_third] [one_third] [/one_third]

Afinia Receives MAKE Distinction for 3rd Year

Afinia Receives MAKE: Distinction for 3rd Year in a Row The Afinia H480 was named as “Reliable Performer” in Make: Magazine’s “Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing 2015.” The Afinia is also included in their top 10 3D printers (out of the 26 tested). In recent years, the machine has also been awarded “Best Overall Experience,” … Continued

Seven Modules, Two Stories

Grace Metz Middle School, Manassas, VA, was recently featured in the August-September 2014 of The Pitsco Network, published by Pitsco Education. The article, entitled “Seven Modules, Two Stories” highlights the school’s use of a Pitsco Module lab to support middle school Science classes, the student score gains they have experienced, and the methods they used … Continued

FREE 3D Printing Curriculum from Afinia

Afinia is offering FREE 3D Printing Curriculum with machines purchased through DES! Starting in August, Afinia will be including a FREE download of 3DVinci’s “Modeling with SketchUp for 3D Printing” by Bonnie Roskes with all new machines purchased from Diversified Educational Systems, Inc. This offer is exclusively available through Afinia’s Authorized Educational Resellers, and is … Continued

3D Immersive Learning – zSpace – New Product from DES

DES is proud to announce our new partnership zSpace, the cutting edge 3D Immersive Learning tool. zSpace offers 3D augmented reality experiences for Science, Technology and Engineering topics, with more on the way. Please take 2 minutes to watch the video below on how zSpace changed one school:   [button_medium color=”dark” target=”_blank” url=”https://des.com/prototype/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/140429-zSpace-STEM-Brochure-DES.pdf”] Download PDF … Continued

NEW Afinia H480

Afinia is excited to announce the next generation of its award winning H-Series 3D Printer: The Afinia H480. With the added features of Auto-Leveling Platform Calibration and Nozzle Height Detection, the easiest Desktop 3D printer to use just got easier! The Auto-Leveling Feature makes calibrating the build platform easier than ever! – Compensates for warped … Continued

Pitsco 3D Printing Designing and Prototyping Curriculum

We’re happy to announce the release of Pitsco’s NEW 3D Printing Curriculum, featuring the Afinia 3D printer! This curriculum is designed for three-weeks of class time, and students begin by learning engineering and rapid prototyping processes and seeing how the 3-D printer operates. Then, they work in teams to design their own battery-operated car, using … Continued

Dunbar High School

[one_half] JOB NAME: Dunbar High School SCHOOL: Dunbar High School LOCATION: Washington, DC PARTNER: District of Columbia Public Schools and Department of General Services CONTRACTOR: Smoot / Gilbane Construction ARCHITECT: Perkins Eastman / Moody Nolan DATE OF INSTALLATION: Summer, 2013 AWARDS: 2013 – LEED Platinum Certification SUMMARY: In partnership with Perkins Eastman Architects, Smoot / … Continued

ARCHITECTURE DC – “Two Cool Schools”

The Spring 2013 issue of Architecture DC magazine includes a feature article “Two Cool Schools”, highlighting the firm Cox, Graae & Spack’s renovation/re-design of two DC Public High Schools, Woodrow Wilson HS, and H. D. Woodson HS. DES is proud to have worked closely with CGS architects on both projects, along with DCPS, including design … Continued

Woodberry Forest School

[one_half] JOB NAME: Manning Science Building SCHOOL: Woodberry Forest School LOCATION: Woodberry Forest, VA PARTNER: Woodberry Forest School CONTRACTOR: Martin & Horn ARCHITECT: Bartzen & Ball DATE OF INSTALLATION: Summer, 2012 SUMMARY: In partnership with Bartzen & Ball and the Woodberry Forest Science Department Faculty, DES assisted in the design and fit-out of labs, lecture … Continued

Langley Education Campus

[one_half] JOB NAME: Langley Education Campus – Living with Science Laboratory SCHOOL: Langley Education Campus LOCATION: Washington, DC PARTNER: Root Cause, Inc DATE OF INSTALLATION: December, 2011 SUMMARY: In partnership with DCPS Office of Innovation, Langley EC School Administration, and Root Cause, DES donated seating and LJ Create “Living with Science” software curriculum and equipment … Continued