More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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The goal of Invent to Learn: Makerspace Science is to get my third through fifth grade students making, tinkering, and engineering science projects in our gifted classroom. You may be asking what a Makerspace is? It is a basically a place for people to make things that are substantial, shareable, and personally meaningful to them. The goal of my project is to have students explore science concepts through the process of actually working to make something. The Lego base plates are going to be used to create a Lego wall to create the unimaginable! When they build they will have to see things in a different perspective to post to a wall as opposed to building up from the ground. I want them to create theories, use trial and error, and make creations. There is no better way to learn than to do.
There is a lot of research supporting the concept of “project-based learning”. This concept means creating projects that are substantial, shareable, and personally meaningful for the student. Makerspaces allow young learners to get in there, to “play” and learn, to create and test theories, and then have a finished product. The students will use the Lil Bits Electronic Gizmos to test theories and learn to be risk takers in their learning. In my classroom, they are free of judgment and allowed to try new things and take risks without being laughed at for their ideas. The combination of tools and supplies will allow my students to “get their hands dirty” and to actually learn while creating. Students will reinforce science skills while having fun learning and creating. The students will use the K'NEX Robotics to code their creations' movements. They will go through the engineering design process to test ideas through coding their creations.
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The goal of Invent to Learn: Makerspace Science is to get my third through fifth grade students making, tinkering, and engineering science projects in our gifted classroom. You may be asking what a Makerspace is? It is a basically a place for people to make things that are substantial, shareable, and personally meaningful to them. The goal of my project is to have students explore science concepts through the process of actually working to make something. The Lego base plates are going to be used to create a Lego wall to create the unimaginable! When they build they will have to see things in a different perspective to post to a wall as opposed to building up from the ground. I want them to create theories, use trial and error, and make creations. There is no better way to learn than to do.
There is a lot of research supporting the concept of “project-based learning”. This concept means creating projects that are substantial, shareable, and personally meaningful for the student. Makerspaces allow young learners to get in there, to “play” and learn, to create and test theories, and then have a finished product. The students will use the Lil Bits Electronic Gizmos to test theories and learn to be risk takers in their learning. In my classroom, they are free of judgment and allowed to try new things and take risks without being laughed at for their ideas. The combination of tools and supplies will allow my students to “get their hands dirty” and to actually learn while creating. Students will reinforce science skills while having fun learning and creating. The students will use the K'NEX Robotics to code their creations' movements. They will go through the engineering design process to test ideas through coding their creations.