As we are still altering our ways of instruction to meet the needs of students during a pandemic, I wanted to get creative about new ways to invite students into our makerspace. Sometimes the activities we have out aren’t always the easiest to clean or easy for students to share the materials. Below are some of the activities I’ve added or tried to expand on this school year, and I have linked to purchases or resources for each. Hopefully these are ideas you can incorporate into your own media programs or classrooms.
Large pop it games: Pop its are all the rage right now, so what better way to bring students into the makerspace? The best part is up to four students can play on each game board.
Digital sticker puzzle: My students love the Stick Together sticker puzzles, but I think they like the digital puzzles even more! The best part about this is that it is out in the learning commons for all students and teachers to contribute to not just in our makerspace.
Mackin maker cards: These free makerspace resources and task cards from Mackin have made setting up makerspace stations easier this year. I used the grades 3-5 task cards for multiple makerspace stations for strawbees, keva planks, legos, and snap circuits.
Golf tee pegboard: I ordered this pegboard display on wheels, and I have colorful golf tees out for students to use to build shapes, numbers, or letters. We even had a class borrow it to each multiplication and arrays. The students love designing items for the board, and this is another maker option we keep readily available in the learning commons outside of the makerspace.
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