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](https://oakgroveelementary.edublogs.org/files/2015/02/IMG_0270-2-zifjbo.jpg)
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](https://oakgroveelementary.edublogs.org/files/2015/02/IMG_0271-2-1qqxdm9.jpg)
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!
![Qba Marble Maze Marble Maze](https://oakgroveelementary.edublogs.org/files/2015/02/IMG_0341-1h0qowt.jpg)
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](https://oakgroveelementary.edublogs.org/files/2015/02/IMG_0296-25ihm4w.jpg)
Cubelets – Students used simple robotic cubes to learn about input and output. They can build different robots by putting different blocks together.
![Makey Makey](https://oakgroveelementary.edublogs.org/files/2015/02/IMG_0292-12t2tbz.jpg)
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:
- Marble/Car Run
- Qba Marble Maze
- Cubelets
- Marble/Car Run
- Catapults
- Cubelets
- Makey Makey
- Makey Makey
- Makey Makey
- Cubelets
- Catapults
- Qba Marble Maze