To bring maker education to your school, find a space, purchase equipment and supplies carefully, budget and partner creatively, and encourage ongoing student involvement.
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Here are some ways to save time while your students study space topics. This includes an escape room, task cards, and reading resources.
Over 60 Maker space ideas for your Maker / STEM program. Collected from top maker educators. These ideas are sure to light a spark in you & your students
We talk a lot about setting up tinkering spaces here at TinkerLab, and I’m often asked for advice on how to set up a maker space at home. There are so many ways to approach this, and we all have different spaces with multiple constraints and possibilities. However, there are some cornerstone tips on how to […]
Nasa Control Panel for Kids: I built this for my sister in law that runs a day care. She saw my lager one I built almost three years ago for a company maker faire and really liked it so I built this one for her for a Christmas present. Link to my other project here: https://w…
Blast off to an exciting space themed dental office! View gallery photos of the themed reception desk, play area, and airlock door.
In this blog post from Modern Teaching Aids, we introduce the concept of Makerspace, outline the benefits and suggest ideas to set up a Makerspace in your school.
Today’s journalism and media students may produce all kinds of projects. They might code websites, develop multimedia, build devices and contribute to a huge range of collaborative efforts that require both new ways of thinking and innovative ways of working within schools’ physical spaces. I recently talked with faculty at four institutions who are creating …
28 engaging hands-on STEM activities that use recylced and craft materials for a home, library, or classroom makerspace
Over 20 awesome free STEM activities, worksheets, workbooks, printables and more. Excellent tools for the classroom to inspire STEM learning.
A Shuttle Mission Control Mock-Up for Kids: A Mission Control Center for children was constructed to manage a pretend launch of the space shuttle. I wanted to play-out the make believe mission with nothing but LED lamps to tell the story; both 7-segment displays and graphic displays with LED …
An exciting journey into space for all ages
Bilbo Baggins: You can promise that I will come back? Gandalf: No. And if you do, you will not be the same. The Hobbit The great discussion among fans regarding The Lord of the Rings is whether or not Jackson's omissions from the original text for the movies are justified. For The Hobbit, it's the other way around - the debate is going to revolve around the parts that were either extended or outright invented solely for the movie. For example, a lot of the narrative deals with the villainous Azog, leader of the goblin hordes, who is eager for revenge on Thorin Oakenshield, the leader of the dwarf band, for cutting off his left hand in battle. In the book? Azog gets one line from Gandalf: "Your grandfather Thror was killed, you remember, in the mines of Moria by Azog the Goblin." Similarly, Gandalf's fellow wizard Radagast the Brown, played in the movie by Sylvester McCoy of Doctor Who fame, also gets one line in the book - well, really more of a reference than a line: "I am a wizard," continued Gandalf. "I have heard of you, if you have not heard of me; but perhaps you have heard of my good cousin Radagast who lives near the Southern borders of Mirkwood?" It's a big jump from that single reference to the somewhat slapstick character in the movie who occupies ten or fifteen minutes of screen time.* And that's where the problem comes in. It's been generally expected that in order to extend The Hobbit to the same length as the Lord of the Rings trilogy, there was going to be some expansion of certain parts of the novel. But there's a difference between expansion and creation, and a lot of what I saw in the three hours on screen was outright invention. Sadly, in that act of invention we are faced with a very simple and obvious truth: the people doing the inventing are not J. R. R. Tolkien. The unfortunate result is that the new scenes don't ring true against the rest of the narrative. The section with Radagast was an interesting extrapolation, but there was a lack of dignity to the character that didn't seem right to me. A council of war takes place between Elrond, Galadriel, Gandalf and Saruman at Rivendell - again, created from whole cloth for the movie version - which was completely off key, at least to my experienced ear. Not badly written, but not the right style, not for Tolkien. One of the hallmarks of Tolkien's heroes is their directness and honesty, and to hear Gandalf and Galadriel having a concealed magical conversation was in direct contrast to the style of the book. Finally, the climax of the movie involves a bonding moment between Bilbo and Thorin, where Bilbo rescues Thorin from death at the hands of goblins, thereby finally establishing Bilbo's value to the quest and to Thorin personally. Which is great, except it's another manufactured moment - in this case, to give the movie a climax that Tolkien didn't write for the end of Chapter Six of his book. Which takes us to page 112 of my 285 page paperback copy, so presumably there's some further creative moments to come in the next two films. - Sid * Radagast is discussed at greater length in the appendices to The Return of the King, but I guarantee there's nothing there about caked white streaks of bird guano in his beard and a sledge pulled by a trained team of Rhosgobel rabbits.
Model, Tsiolkovsky Space Craft Soviet model makers built this spacecraft based on the designs and notes of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. Late in his life, much of Tsiolkovsky’s theoretical work focused on...
KerbalController: a Custom Control Panel for Rocket Game Kerbal Space Program: Why build a KerbalController? Well, because pushing buttons and throwing physical switches feels so much more substantial than clicking your mouse. Especially when it's a big red safety switch, where you have to open the cover first, flick the switc…
This Maker Space / STEM Lab STEAM Lab starter kit has everything you need to get a FabLab going in your classroom or library. Included are MakerSpace task cards, bin labels, parent letter, posters, and more! Young kids need STEAM Labs, too! It's time to get our students thinking, building, engineering and creating. A MakerSpace is the perfect way to do that. Please take a moment to look at the preview! Included in this download are: Weekly MakerSpace Journal (with picture cues for young students) Weekly MakerSpace Journal (blank space for open ended journal entry) Student Planning Page MakerSpace Posters MakerSpace Rules 36 MakerSpace Task Cards (simple wording with clipart) 36 MakerSpace Task Cards with a problem to solve Labels for material bins (Label with a picture cue included on each card) Parent letter for materials request Introducing Students to MakerSpace Ideas MakerSpace Journal Covers (Color and Black and White Options) Interest Inventory Journal Entry Page MakerSpace Self-Evaluation A photograph of materials for each letter of "M.A.K.E.R.S.P.A.C.E." Thank you for shopping with Classroom Base Camp! MakerSpace, Maker Space, Fab Lab, Fablab, engineering, building, creating, STEM, STEM Lab, projects, STEAM, beginning on the year, classroom management, math centers, science centers, task cards, STEAM
As much as the headlines like to focus on 3D printing, robots, and new manufacturing companies, there's actually a more important trend happening in the maker movement: accessibility. Even (and especially) if you don't consider yourself a maker or tinkerer.
These fun and flexible areas can help students develop creative and analytical thinking skills.
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Good afternoon! I am so excited to share with y’all the cheapest, easiest blueprint-making-method ever! Carrie A. (who is part of our Maker Fun Factory facebook group) made these phenomenal (and huge) blueprints for pennies. They are large and will be a quick, easy way to decorate spaces (think hallways, stairwells, on stage, etc). This...
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Inspiring educational spaces can change the way we teach and learn. Educational professionals can learn more about the impact of space on learning.
Find the latest teaching resources and ideas for the elementary and middle school classroom. Interactive notebooks, classroom management, and more
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Here are some tips on how to design and set up a mini maker space made just for your kids.
KerbalController: a Custom Control Panel for Rocket Game Kerbal Space Program: Why build a KerbalController? Well, because pushing buttons and throwing physical switches feels so much more substantial than clicking your mouse. Especially when it's a big red safety switch, where you have to open the cover first, flick the switc…
Warp travel as portrayed in the science fiction film, “Star Trek Beyond” may just become a reality. According to NASA, the International Space Station (ISS) is discovering and creating ways for farther travels to the corners of the universe.
Figuring out how to keep your makerspace organized can be a daunting task. Here's what I've learned about creating makerspace organization that works.
Find out the necessary components to create an effective space for your maker community.
