What is Makerspace?
Makerspace is a hands-on, creative environment for learning life skills. Students engage in STEAM challenges (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) with a focus on helping people, animals, and our planet.
We cannot predict what careers will emerge in the next 5 years. Makerspace helps prepare students for any challenge ahead by teaching healthy habits of mind. Makers develop a sense of purpose and resilience through empathy, critical thinking, creative problem-solving, and an understanding of cause and effect.
The engineering design curriculum allows students to plan, build, test, and improve their own ideas using different tools and materials. This is exactly the same process Google and IDEO use in their design sprints. It emulates Reggio-Emilia and Constructivist educational philosophies of educating the whole child.
Makers overcome challenges, try, fail, and try again in a supportive environment, and persist.
Makers help our classmates brainstorm, learn from others, and become strong, collaborative team members for the common good.
Makerspace supports the child's innate wish to have autonomy, competence and relatedness.
Makerspace is a place for all students to do meaningful work - to experiment, innovate, and invent.
We cannot predict what careers will emerge in the next 5 years. Makerspace helps prepare students for any challenge ahead by teaching healthy habits of mind. Makers develop a sense of purpose and resilience through empathy, critical thinking, creative problem-solving, and an understanding of cause and effect.
The engineering design curriculum allows students to plan, build, test, and improve their own ideas using different tools and materials. This is exactly the same process Google and IDEO use in their design sprints. It emulates Reggio-Emilia and Constructivist educational philosophies of educating the whole child.
Makers overcome challenges, try, fail, and try again in a supportive environment, and persist.
Makers help our classmates brainstorm, learn from others, and become strong, collaborative team members for the common good.
Makerspace supports the child's innate wish to have autonomy, competence and relatedness.
Makerspace is a place for all students to do meaningful work - to experiment, innovate, and invent.
How does a student participate?
All K-5 students in MBUSD have Makerspace Lab as part of the school curriculum.
What are the rules?
This is an open, student-directed, reflective place of learning and exploring where kids engage in trial and error. No grades. Everyone learns from their mistakes, iteration and self-reflection.
Where is the Meadows Makerspace?
Meadows has a designated Makerspace! Room 23 has been transformed into a high-tech lab that provides students with the ideal environment and hands-on tools to create, invent and inspire! Materials are provided by PTA funds and by much appreciated parent donations. Makerspace Specialist are made possible through generous funding from MBEF.
STEAM Education
STEAM projects span across curricular areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math, reading and more. Makerspace Specialists collaborate with Science Specialists to map NGSS lessons by grade level. The Makerspace Specialists at each site create lessons and prepare supplies that include goals from NGSS curriculum maps and beyond.
How can I help?
Get involved! Sign up to volunteer. Like our MakerspaceMBUSD Facebook Page. Share photos of projects! Be a guest speaker. Donate Maker materials in the drop-off bin outside the front office – clean cardboard tubes, bottle caps, water bottles, cereal boxes, shoe boxes OR purchase supplies from our Amazon Wish List.