Makerspace Intro with Mrs. Glowczynski’s Class
First Grade visited the Makerspace last week. The were introduced to some of the activities available in the Makerspace:
Car/Marble Runs – Hot Wheels track building for cars and marbles. In this center, students explore engineering skills as well as force and motion.
Creating Catapults – Students are challenged to build a machine to launch a puff ball using a variety of low-tech materials. Iteration is important here!
Q-ba Marble Maze- Students design marble mazes that will allow a marble to travel through. Today they explored how these worked. Great for engineering skills.
Cubelets – Students used simple robotic cubes to learn about input and output. They can build different robots by putting different blocks together.
Makey Makey — Makey Makey explores both circuits and conductivity. Students use different materials to design a game controller…then use it to play the piano!
Students had a great time! When they were done, they wrote about what they learned. Cubelets were the favorite, with Race Tracks and Makey Makey also getting votes. Take a look at some of the pictures below:
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- Marble/Car Run
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- Qba Marble Maze
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- Cubelets
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- Marble/Car Run
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- Catapults
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- Cubelets
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- Makey Makey
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- Makey Makey
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- Makey Makey
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- Cubelets
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- Catapults
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- Qba Marble Maze