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Many libraries create stations or challenge cards for their library users to engage in the makerspace resources. Some use the technologies in the makerspace while others use physical materials like cardboard, blocks, paints, paper, sticks, tape and found objectives.
For this activity you are going to select one of the activities on the Maker Mat. This is a choice board built on the work of Brooke Brown who shared Maker Mats: Creative Choice Boards for Makerspaces and Homework. in TeachersPayTeachers (https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Maker-Mats-for-Makerspaces-Distance-Learning-3077816). She created one for each month of the year along with lists of resources and handouts that can guide students through the creation process. These are similar to some of the activities being sent home right now by teachers as they manage online learning. They are activities that can be done at different levels and by groups of mixed ages and involve many of the skills we have been talking about.
- Do Your Challenge: Select one of the activities in the chart using materials you can find in your house. You can do this alone or with people isolated with you in your house. Be creative - don't just find a pattern online and follow that. Once you have done the activity, take a picture of the result (or a video).
- Create a Challenge; Create a makermat of at least 9 challenges that could be used in a makerspace for students at your level. The middle one can be free choice. Consider some type of theme or content tie-in. You may choose the resources available to students. Give an idea of what they might have available.
- Create a curricular tie-in: Develop an idea to suggest to teachers for using your challenges tied to classroom curriculum. Think about how the challenges might be tied to one curricular area and allow students a choice of ways to explore content and demonstrate mastery.
- Include an objective, at least one relevant standard that could be included, a description of an activity, and considerations on it implementation (e.g., equipment needs, student skills, grouping, timeframe).
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