What is the difference between a makerspace and a meaningful makerspace? A makerspace is a place in a classroom, school, or library where students are encouraged to create, tinker, and explore. Nevertheless, a meaningful makerspace goes beyond giving students Legos and telling them to build. Rath
Ready to create a school makerspace? Use this manual to decide what items you need, what you don’t, and how to get your space up and running.
28 engaging hands-on STEM activities that use recylced and craft materials for a home, library, or classroom makerspace
The Art of Tinkering is an amazing, beautiful book that can provide tons of inspiration to makers. Profiles of artists, DIY project tutorials and more.
Ready to create a school makerspace? Use this manual to decide what items you need, what you don’t, and how to get your space up and running.
We are looking at the top 5 big trends in e-learning and education technology that can change the teaching-learning in 2016 and beyond. Below are some key ideas for online educators as well as for teach-preneurs in E-learning and educational technology. Discover how internet of things connected classroom, Open Educational Resources, Microlearning, MakerSpaces and Coding in Classroom will disrupt classrooms of 2016
Can you think back to the first time you entered a laboratory? The beakers, the smells, the lab coats — it was a safe place for you and your fellow learners to experiment and design together. Safety was the biggest priority. How do educators achieve a safe makerspace without losing out on fun, engaging activities?
Circuit Blocks in the Classroom: This is part of a series of Instructables intended for teachers about educating students in the classroom around making and tinkering. For more about the details of this project, check out this video on YouTube. Learning about circuits and electrici…
The engineering design process is a series of steps used by engineers and designers to come up with products.
30+ engineering STEM challenges with simple materials. Kids can tinker with bridges, catapults, boats, and more using recycled and inexpensive materials.
If you are ready for an entire year's worth of STEM Challenges, this set is a perfect choice. This collection of student-tested problem-solving STEM Challenges for elementary students is jam-packed full of so many activities- 60 to be exact. This is all you will need for an entire school year! Incl...
Tinkering Summer Camp 14
There's a lot more to it than cardboard and duct tape.
10 genius Science and STEM Activities that use craft sticks to inspire learning in elementary with budget friendly Popsicle Sticks.
Note: This post was originally called: Project Based Learning: Don’t Start with a Question. However, through an excellent discussion below with Drew Perkins, I have changed the title to: Project Ba…
Last year I was lucky enough to receive a class set of BBC Microbits. I’d obviously seen them, played with them, and tinkered a bit, but nothing in the classroom. On Twitter and blogs there a…
Kids will LOVE these engineering challenges with craft sticks, cups, and wood cubes. Engaging, open-ended, and creative!
28 engaging hands-on STEM activities that use recylced and craft materials for a home, library, or classroom makerspace
Challenge your preschoolers to design, engineer and build with these fun STEM projects that are perfect for 3-6 year olds.
Tinkering Resources Compiled by Sylvia Martinez and Gary Stager of The Constructivist Consortium & Constructing Modern Knowledge Recommended tinkering books from the Constructivist Consortium List of open-ended creativity software and construction materials used at Constructing Modern Knowledge Reggio Emilia books and constructive toys Learning Materials Workshop Project Websites and Communities Howtoons – Comic strip stories […]
Knex Catapult: This is an really cool catapult! it shoots pretty far and its really simple! This is my original idea. Hope you like it!! :):):):)
I have been using centers in the library for several years now and absolutely love them. They work really well at giving students choices of activities to do after the lesson and checking out new books. Now that I have 50-minute library classes as part of the Special’s rotation, this has proven to... Read more
What is Tinkering? Tinkering is the first step in the Experiential Learning continuum. Experiential Learning is the process of learning through experience but can be more specifically defined as "learning through reflection on doing". ... Beginning in t
A quick class project to design a Bee-Bot jacket.
Recently, my wife, Carla Sinclair (founding editor-in-chief of CRAFT magazine) copyedited a book called Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom. As she was editing it, she kept teling me, "this book is great." So I started reading it. She's right. Written by Sylvia Libow Martinez and Gary S. Stager, Invent to Learn (which was published this week) describes the benefits and opportunities of maker-based learning. Almost every page of the book has an insightful gem.
12 BRILLIANT DIY ENGINEERING PROJECT FOR KIDS
Take a peek into the Action Potential Lab makerspace from Toronto, Canada, in this interview with founder Lisa Carrie Goldberg.
Build a Simple Circuit From a Pizza Box (No Soldering): I learn best through tactile teaching methods. Teaching and learning basic circuits, electronics, and electricity from books is good, but why not build a simple circuit from scratch and learn from doing. This is a great way to get hands on and teach…
Do your children love tinkering with electronics? Check out snap circuits! A fun and safe way to introduce your electronics in your homeschool.
Do you want to know how to teach STEAM in your school or homeschool? Learn why STEAM education is important and how to incorporate it!
45 PROJECTS w/ Templates - Learn about electricity while creating interactive circuits in your makerspace. LEDs, copper tape, coin cell batteries, PDF
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