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    • Welcome to the  
      SMS MAKERSPACE
       
       
       Paper Tower Design Room Creation
       

      SMS MakerSpace "I Like" Video

      A space where students can gather to invent, create, tinker, explore and discover using a variety of fun tools and materials.

       

      The Somers Middle School MakerSpace is a hands-on, prototyping classroom that was designed and built by students to be the center of innovation and creativity for the school. The room is a community collaborative space for students and teachers to turn ideas they are passionate about into reality. The space promotes the solving of real-world problems through the steps of the Engineering Design Process, digital fabrication, and rapid prototyping. Students in the MakerSpace are taught to take control of their own learning and have an active role in deciding how they use the room. 

      Students understand that not everything will go their way in the MakerSpace. Failing multiple times is part of the journey to finding a successful solution and to an improved understanding. 

                                                                               What Most People Think vs. What Successful People Know

       
      MakerSpace Contract
       

      Grade 6 Design Challenges
       
      Cardboard Design Challenge 
       
      Roller Coaster Design Challenge
       
      Rube Goldberg Design Challenge
       
      Robotic Hand Design Challenge 
       
      Skate Park Design Challenge 
       

      Grade 7 Design Challenges
       
      Cardboard Design Challenge 
       
      Tundra Ferry Design Challenge
       
      Animal and Habitat Design Challenge 
       
      Passive Phone Speaker Design Challenge 
       
      Ollie Robot Innovation Design Challenge  
       

      Grade 8 Design Challenges

       
      Green Home Design Challenge
       
      Hat Loom Design Challenge     
       
      Solar Cooker Design Challenge
       

       Design Squad Challenges
       
       http://pbskids.org/designsquad/build/
       
       Hat Loom Link
       
       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKE_JK5oF7U


       
       Why I Make - Adam Savage from MythBusters 
       
       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEGQMHvjWnI

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