Maker space middle school

28 engaging hands-on STEM activities that use recylced and craft materials for a home, library, or classroom makerspace

These fun and flexible areas can help students develop creative and analytical thinking skills.

Come learn how to create a STEM Makerspace in your classroom! I have some tips and ideas for how you can have a functional and organized room for your elementary students. You will also learn what kind of activities, challenges, and projects your students can make. These simple hacks will make life easy throughout the year.

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.

Are you looking for fun engineering activities for middle school students? Engineering activities are a great example of STEM activities for middle school students.

Why bring character education to STEM classrooms? The STEM ideals found throughout this series aim to identify the special way scientists, and really all STEM Pros, think and behave so we may better practice the traits ourselves – in (and hopefully beyond) STEM classes! Yes, growth mindset is an important piece, but it doesn't tell the whole story! Click through to the blog post to learn more!

There's a lot more to it than cardboard and duct tape.

A maker space encourages hands-on, collaborative, and innovative activities that can enhance the writing process. Explore these 8 creative ideas for transforming your classroom writing workshop into a dynamic maker space.

This Week in the Classroom I'm going to explore a variety of design challenges that I use in my classroom. I designed each of these projects to prompt students to explore the engineering design process, learn basic scientific concepts, such as forces and loads on structures, learn executive functioning and soft skills, and develop presentation…