STEM Makerspaces- Building with Magna Tiles

School:: Herbert Cambridge Elementary
Subject:: Stem
Teacher:: Tiffany Weeks
Students Impacted:: 175
Grade:: K-5
Date:: September 11, 2020

Investor

Thank you to the following investor for funding this grant.

Naples Luxury Builders - $55.00

Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 175

This year has been a challenging one. Based on CDC Covid guidelines, my hope to create makerspaces in the media center was not possible, however we adapted!

In order to align with the safety guidelines, we created individual packs of the magna tiles that students could borrow and take home to create. Then when the pack was returned the tiles were cleaned before being given to another student.

This was positive since students were able to work with family members to create their masterpieces!

The tiles will remain at the school and will continue to be used this year and again in future years, whether we will continue like this year or be able to set up makerspaces is unknown, but either way the students will be able to explore and create using the materials donated.

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To-go pack with a 4th grader

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To-Go pack with a Kindergarten Student

Original Grant Overview

Goal

The goal is to empower the students' pursuit of life-long learning and to inspire them to shape and reinvent their world through making, creating and iterating. The students will use their problem solving and critical thinking skills to independently or collaboratively build a variety of projects at multiple levels of difficulty. I want to make learning fun and get the students excited about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)!

What will be done with my students

Special areas, called Makerspaces, will be set up in the media center. These areas will house a variety of STEM projects. These spaces will allow students to independently or collaboratively create a variety of projects using the supplies and instructions purchased by this grant.
Young builders can reason with the shapes as they snap together 2D flat art configurations or assemble houses, castles and other 3D creations.
These spaces will be facilitated by the media specialist but will be designed so that students can mostly create and explore independently or with peers.

Benefits to my students

Learning by doing provides in-depth understanding of concepts with application for real-life scenarios.
Working in pairs or teams, facilitates interactive group problem-solving and teamwork, especially in conjunction with design thinking processes.
These fun projects will get students excited about learning and also build their STEM skills and knowledge.

Budget Narrative

This kit will be able to be reused over and over again to create a variety of projects.

Items

#	Item	Cost
1	100 piece Magna Tile Set	$55.00
	Total:	$55.00

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