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Organized into an easy-to-follow, month-by-month plan for implementation, this book provides field-tested and research-based knowledge that will serve educators as they create and maintain a meaningful Makerspace. Although science, technology, engineering, arts, and math have made huge gains in the past decade, STEAM jobs are not being filled at the rate they are being created or needed. Makerspaces in School promotes innovative thinking in students that fills this need. Through Makerspaces, project-based learning provides opportunities for credible, legitimate, and authentic growth and development. This book will allow any educator to walk away with a plan to create a Makerspace in his or her classroom or a school- or districtwide model that works for many. Makerspaces are very fluid places--each is unique in its own way!

2020 Teachers' Choice Award for Professional Development Winner

ISBN-13: 9781618217806

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Publication Date: 07-01-2018

Pages: 190

Product Dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

Age Range: 5 - 12 Years

Lacy Brejcha has been an elementary education teacher for more than 15 years. She graduated from Baylor University in 2002.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 August: What Is a Makerspace? 3

Chapter 2 September: Why Are Makerspaces Important? 23

Chapter 3 October: Makerspace Planning and Wonder Walls 41

Chapter 4 November: Developing and Implementing Makerspace Activities 55

Chapter 5 December: Providing Assessment and Recording Standards 75

Chapter 6 January: Being Resourceful: Requesting Donations for Materials, Getting Helpers or Outside Experts, and Help… We Don't Have Room for a Makerspace! 93

Chapter 7 February: Keeping a Makerspace Planned, Playful, and Purposeful 105

Chapter 8 March: Structured Versus Unstructured Makerspaces in a Classroom, Schoolwide, or Districtwide Model 121

Chapter 9 April: The Problem-Solving Process and Presentations of Projects and Challenges 137

Chapter 10 May: Technology Integration and High(er) Tech Materials 149

Conclusion: Keep Making 169

References 171

Appendix: Additional Resources 175

About the Author 179