Carly and Adam

MARCH 22, 2023

As elementary teachers, we play a pivotal role in fostering creativity in our students. 7 Tips for Teaching Creativity to Elementary Students: Encourage Curiosity and exploration. Creating an engaging makerspace in your classroom can do just that. Promote Collaboration and Teamwork. Integrate Arts and Creativity.

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Carly and Adam

MAY 21, 2023

This engineering STEM activity is designed to support STEM teachers, elementary classroom teachers, homeschooling parents, and after-school programs. The Mars Rover STEM activity is the perfect way to teach kids about space and our solar system. Build your own Mars Rover!

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Carly and Adam

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This is where creativity challenges come into play, serving as the perfect brain breaks during test prep and testing seasons for elementary students. The Importance of Brain Breaks Brain breaks are short mental breaks taken during periods of intense concentration or cognitive activity. What are Creativity Challenges?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Even after 144 years, Ward’s Science continues to be a leading provider of a full range of science products, kits, and resources for AP Science, Biology, Chemistry, Digital Science, Earth Science, Physics, and more for elementary-age students through High School (and beyond)–including Makerspace environments. No animations.

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User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

If there is a makerspace in your school, it may be down the hall, in the library, or in another building. If there is someone other than the teacher managing the makerspace or there is a schedule for the school, your kids may only be able to use it once a week or month. Crossed posted at [link]. The Design Thinking Process.

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Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

JANUARY 18, 2021

110: All About Choice Boards in the Classroom Loren Thorpe joins us today all the way from Australia! She is sharing her ideas for choice boards and shares her “50 Ways of Using Choice Boards in your Classroom.” She also shares the different options you could use on your choice board for different grade levels.

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Carly and Adam

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

She has planned fun icebreaker activities, reading lessons, and cooperative learning tasks. She has planned some getting to know you activities where students communicate with one another and share their interests. She is excited to have a busy space, full of learners talking, working, and playing.

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National Science Foundation

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Young children naturally and informally engage in engineering-related behaviors and activities (Petroski, 2003). Pre-college experiences for students in elementary through high school can offer foundational skills that are age appropriate and speak to their developmental levels. 2020; Ehsan et al.,

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STEM Supplies

MAY 19, 2020

I’ve put together a list of my favorite elementary STEM products that are easy to integrate, even if you’re completely new to STEM! Code & Go Mouse requires very little setup and allows students to create their own mazes, making it a great open-ended activity. Looking for secondary STEM teacher must-haves? Code & Go Mouse.

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User Generated Education

MAY 20, 2015

Maker education spaces can be as large as full high school workshops with high-tech tools, or as small and low-tech as one corner of an elementary classroom. A makerspace isn’t just about the tools and equipment, but the sort of learning experience the space provides to students who are making projects. (

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Carly and Adam

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Maybe you should consider adding a Lego wall in your STEM classroom or makerspace! The following is a guest post from Dr. Jacie Maslyk. Always looking for fun ways to engage your students? Do your students enjoy building? You will need to survey your space and determine what will work best for the room and your students. Michelle Bass.

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Futurum

JANUARY 24, 2023

Makerspace teaching methods can be particularly useful for teaching STEM subjects. Makerspace activities are student-led, which means that students do things themselves and can learn information in a way that suits their own learning style best. Students are also encouraged to ask a lot of questions during the activities.

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Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

112: OTT: All About Makerspace Materials in the Classroom Short on materials for your Makerspace? Transcripts from the Show: Welcome to One Tired Teacher, Episode 112, All About Makerspace Materials in the Classroom. Whether you are in an elementary school or just in a classroom. No worries!

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User Generated Education

JULY 2, 2017

Makerspaces, Maker Education, STEM, and STEAM are gaining lots of traction in Kindergarten though college level education. Makerspaces like vocational shops and science labs are great additions to schools. Materials and Activities to Spark Diverse Learners and Their Diverse Interests. An Agile and Nimble Learning Environment.

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STEM Supplies

MARCH 21, 2022

Additionally, Library Entities include public libraries, elementary and secondary school libraries, and college/university libraries. Makerspaces: Federal relief funding can be used to acquire equipment for your library or museum’s makerspace like 3D printers and other digital assets. . ARPA Funds. ARPA Funds. Eligibility.

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User Generated Education

JUNE 18, 2017

The learners engaged in these high tech learning activities with high excitement and motivation. Cardboard, my makerspace material of choice, is available in every home in America. The Experiential Nature of Maker Activities Makes Them Messy, Loud, and Chaotic. hours each morning during Summer, 2017.

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User Generated Education

JUNE 21, 2016

For the past two summers, I have gotten the marvelous opportunity to teach maker education camps to elementary level students, ages 5 to 12. Here are the webpages of resources I aggregated on these maker activities: DIY Science Toys – [link]. One or two launchers, though, would have been fine for this activity.

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