We had five sessions of about 15-20 minutes each for students and their parents to circulate around and get hands-on with different materials. Next time, I think I'll have more sessions that are shorter so that everyone can have more opportunities to at least TOUCH all the materials, if not get deeply involved in tinkering... Overall, it was a lot of fun!
Maker Night was our culminating event to celebrate all the activities we had in our Maker Space all year long. I only had enough materials for 200 students, so I sent out Eventbrite invitations and parents procured free tickets through the Eventbrite website in order to attend.
We had five sessions of about 15-20 minutes each for students and their parents to circulate around and get hands-on with different materials. Next time, I think I'll have more sessions that are shorter so that everyone can have more opportunities to at least TOUCH all the materials, if not get deeply involved in tinkering... Overall, it was a lot of fun!
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Margaret
5/27/2015 12:22:47 am
Thanks for all you do for our children!!!! You and Ms. Melton make going to the library FUN!! Fern Bluff Elementary has the BEST Librarians!!!!!
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Ginna HillI'm the librarian at Fern Bluff Elementary. We're piloting a Maker Space in the library this year. Maker Spaces, STEAM labs and fab labs are popping up in schools across the country. Maker Spaces provide hands-on, creative ways to encourage students to design, experiment, build and invent as they deeply engage in science, engineering and tinkering.I'm going to share what works and what doesn't. Archives
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