Now a phenomenon that’s reached global levels, the Maker Movement has brought so many creative people together. Now, as that spirit has found its way into countless schools, classrooms, and libraries, it is also helping out educators with finding fresh ways to excite students and empower them to learn and express themselves through perseverance and project design.
Classified as a desktop 3D vacuum former, the Mayku FormBox serves as an easy-to-use and affordable machine that helps enable your students to create 3D objects safely and quickly. The FormBox comes with the getting started manual, a casting guide, and a forming guide and the Mayku Teach portal contains helpful project ideas for students and insights for teachers.
The Strawbees STEAM kits provide students with a complete solution for hands-on design, engineering, and programming. Each kit is comprised of reusable and recyclable straws and connectors that fit together so kids can build structures and robotic mechanisms. Teachers can also access lesson plans, activities, and more on the Strawbees Classroom platform!
Inventiveness, if you ask us, is something that goes hand in hand with problem solving and creativity but, despite its incorporation enabling educators to challenge students creatively, it’s oftentimes overlooked. Luckily, inventiveness is key to STEM education and one of the key soft skills students can work on as soon as they enter the classroom.
With the 3Doodler Build & Play, inventing is much more accessible for even the youngest children. Its own take on 3Doodler’s classic 3D printing pens, the Build & Play is a simplified machine that kids as young as four can use for creating three-dimensional objects in almost any learning environment. So, head inside to learn about using it with Pre-K
A compact and affordable tool, students can use the micro:bit board to start out with beginner level programming and eventually learn to use it in creating programs with greater complexity. Its true value, however, may come in its compatibility with other teaching tools, including the newest option, the littleBits micro:bit Adapter among other educator favorites.
MakeDo is loved by many and serves as an easy-to-use STEAM tool in and out of the classroom. It is a collection of construction tools, including screws, screwdrivers, and a saw, that students can use for building with cardboard. They’re totally reusable, which often inspires and educates students on the importance of reusing and upcycling while creating.
We’re excited to be able to present another dedicated educator with an EdTech grant. For the month of January, we’ve selected Kern Kelley, a middle school teacher from RSU 19 in Newport, Maine as the recipient! Among all of the submissions we received, Kern’s stood out to us due to the connections to the spirit of the Maker Movement.
This new release contains a carefully selected set of Bits designed to help educators discover how littleBits can help students learn and grow through STEAM. The kit allows teachers to get a feel for teaching with littleBits and allows district leaders to observe how well students interact with the technology before committing to purchasing larger kits.
The Matter and Form 3D scanner is a tool well suited for older students who want to bring more complex objects into their virtual toolbox quickly and easily. In this hands-on edition of the Eduporium Experiment, we will explore the imaging resolution of the Matter and Form 3D scanner. We’ll cover some of the most important information for you here!
