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Making/Makerspaces
This includes STEM, creating in 3D, computers, coding, and technology art.
LEGO Education Science is a new science-focused LEGO set and educational tool, with LEGO’s signature bricks playing the literal building blocks of hands-on science experiments and lessons. Designed for K–8 students, LEGO Education Science engages children in science through building with LEGO bricks, along with guided lessons exploring dozens of scientific concepts.
Make48 is a nationwide invention-competition docuseries. For the last eight years, the series has been a syndicated television program through PBS and has now partnered with “This Old House Makers” channel on Roku for seasons 6–8.
A former school librarian helped create Library Makers, an online platform designed to connect librarians and educators who manage makerspaces or run maker events and programs.
InventEd is a coalition of K–12 educators, nonprofit leaders, researchers, government agencies, funders, and others who are building the field of invention education by sharing resources and working together to develop awareness and understanding of invention education.
TinkRWorks’ TinkRpedia has everything educators need to get started with STEM/STEAM Project-based Learning. Teachers can browse the educator-curated Makerspace Lesson Library, featuring free, hands-on projects that cover a variety of subjects and difficulty levels.
The nonprofit Makers for Change (M4C) serves students and teachers by increasing equitable access to advanced technologies, supporting community engagement in makerspaces, and inspiring makers to become changemakers.
Twig Science Next Gen is a preK–8 STEM program built to address the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The program provides comprehensive coverage of 3D science standards through engaging hands-on and digital investigations in which students take on the roles of real-world scientists and engineers.
The US Department of Education has launched CTE Mission: CubeSat, a national challenge to inspire high school students to build technical skills for careers in space and beyond. Students from across the country are invited to design and build prototypes of CubeSats (cube satellites), or satellites that aid in space research, bringing space missions out of the clouds and into the classroom.
Parents and children will find a wide variety of engaging camp activities to take part in when they dive into Camp Wonderopolis. Some of the activities revolve around STEM-field careers, others are designed to boost literacy and comprehension, and still others to help foster and improve critical thinking and creativity in young minds.