STEM Education Consultant, Diana Wehrell-Grabowski, PhD provides an introduction to establishing and maintaining a Makerspace within a school or public library setting. For more information on Maker Ed, and STEM professional staff development for K-12 educators and media specialists contact Diana Wehrell-Grabowski, PhD at http://www.dianawehrellgrabowski.com

4. Vocational Education

6. Maker Movement
umbrella term for:
Independent
Inventors
Designers, and
Tinkerers

7. More people will create products
versus only consume them.

8. Make
Share
Give
Learn
Tool Up
Play
Participate
Support
Change

9. • Creativity and Innovation
• Critical Thinking and Problem-
Solving
• Communication and
• Collaboration

10. Maker Movement incorporates Design Thinking

11. Maker Movement may incorporate the
Engineering Design Process as well.

13. Makerspaces, FabLabs, Hackerspaces,
Creation Labs, and More…

16. Purpose
People
Equipment
Location
Funding
Set-Up
Promotion
Creating a School-Based Makerspace

18. Makerspaces Vary in Scope and Size

28. Holy Trinity Elementary School

47. Makerspaces can be Outdoors

53. 3D Printer Station

54. Enable

60. Video Game Development &
Virtual Reality Stations

62. FlyBrix

65. Bloxels
Video Game Development

67. Digital Microscopes

72. Recycled Art

73. Sphero

75. Microbits

77. Dash and Dot
Ozobot

79. LittleBits

80. Snap Circuits

85. Use Playdoh™ or homemade conductive
dough , LEDs, battery holder with leads to
build electrical circuits.

90. Meccanoid

93. Using “real tools” take apart broken
household gadgets, toys etc.

103. Building with recyclable materials,
blocks, kits, and more…