Make Way for Makerspace!

School:: Wildlight Elementary School
Subject:: Stem
Teacher:: Jennifer Bozeman
Students Impacted:
Grade:: K-5
Date:: March 13, 2017

Investor

Thank you to the following investor for funding this grant.

Nassau education Foundation - $987.37

Goal

To provide elementary school students with enriching learning experiences through
the use of a Makerspace.

What will be done with my students

This will be a permanent space within the Wildlight library where students will have the ability to come together to design, create, and build items of their own creation through inquiry-based learning.

Benefits to my students

1. Making and tinkering are powerful and empowering ways to learn.
2. Makerspaces are learner-centered opportunties.
3. Makerspaces offer authentic learning experiences connected to the real world.
4. Makerspaces help to prepare students for the future.
5. Makerspaces address differentiation and multiple intelligences.
6. Makerspaces can function as catalysts for change.

Budget Narrative

The items listed will create various centers within the library and/or Makerspace classroom.

Items

#	Item	Cost
1	Kit Maker Simple Machines	$150.59
2	Keva Contraptions: Plank 200 PCS	$59.99
3	Lego Classic XL Creative Brick Box	$179.97
4	Magformers Miracle Brain	$329.99
5	K'NEX Intro to Simple Machines: Gears	$59.96
6	K'NEX Wheels, Axles and Inclined Planes	$59.96
7	Imaginarium Wooden Block Set	$24.99
8	Lego Classic Green Baseplate	$31.96
9	Shipping & Taxes	$89.96
	Total:	$987.37

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