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Students will use kaleidoscopes to copy a pattern on paper.   Since most of the kids had never seen a kaleidoscope they were fascinated with them.  Then using cardboard tube, plastic folder, and a handful of sparkly beads students made their own kaleidoscopes.

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I decorated a bulletin board in the Media Center for a Marvelous Math center. There is a primary math problem and an intermediate math problem posted, along with answer slips for students to complete and return to envelopes on the board. Below the board I have a bench seat with shelving underneath with books connected with Math. The students can choose a book and fill out a Marvelous Math book report to get a prize from my prize cart.

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This month the students were able to create images using Spirograph Jr. The students loved creating different flowers and objects.

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My students LOVE Osmo. I just purchased the Pizza Store and it is great. Students are the owners and must manage the store. They make the pizzas according to the customers' orders. (If they are happy, the customer will give them a tip!) Students must also make change for the customer. They also have to budget for supplies and business expenses.

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NEW YEAR NEW REVIEW-Students were to choose a book from the media center that they HAVE NOT read before.  Once they signed the book out, they were to come to maker space area and write 5 reasons why they chose that book.  We will keep the cards on file and when the books are completed, they will find their card and write a review of the book on the back.  

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NEW YEAR NEW REVIEW-Students were to choose a book from the media center that they HAVE NOT read before.  Once they signed the book out, they were to come to maker space area and write 5 reasons why they chose that book.  We will keep the cards on file and when the books are completed, they will find their card and write a review of the book on the back.  

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I bought a giant connect four similar to Beth's at NNMS. The students love to come in and challenge each other. We even have teachers as well.

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I recently wrote a grant to get some bike pedals in the media center. It was funded so when the materials arrived I put them out for some of my 5th grade students to put together for me :)

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Working with FACS (who has established a student run branch of Suncoast Credit Union at Pine Ridge Middle), we have a makerspace in the media center where students color and then construct 'piggy banks'

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We had our book fair this month so we used pets as the inspiration for this makerspace. I put a selection of graphic novels on display along with pet books. I also puit the following comic strip templates that I downloaded off TpT for free. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/FreeDownload/Free-Download-Comic-Strip-Template-Pages-for-Creative-Assignments-149469
The students we asked to draw a short cartoon staring their pet!

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After our last media meeting, during which time we shared makerspaces idea, I decided to add Magformers to my Innovation Station area. The students are really enjoying connecting geometric shapes to create other objects. They are asking me to purchase additional sets.

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To celebrate and motivate students to read for Florida Literacy Week I collaborated with the digital design and photography teachers and had them send students to the library and create this display using their perspective skills and our library book covers.

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We have a 3-d printer on loan from the SWFLN. Students come in small groups to design original objects in tinkercad.

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3-D printing and design at the Media Center! @NNMSWildcats @ccpssteam @MediaCCPS https://t.co/p3Ga9lC4PO

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Math challenge is to use the tools provided to plan and budget a trip. 1.  Choose a destination. 2.  Setting a Budget. 2a. Vacation Shopping budget.

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If you give them the materials, they will build...

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If you give them the materials, they will build...

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We recently purchased the materials for a 5' 6" Christmas tree.  After the holidays we disassembled it and left the pieces for discovery.  Since then, it has been 3 different types of chairs, including a throne, a fallout shelter and a chess room.  Currently the blocks have been turned into two 7' pillar/gates at the entrance to the Media Center. They have been such a hit, I plan to more so that the students can build a sofa.

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Students from the Journalism class have been interviewing and writing articles for the morning announcements regarding the students with the most points for the 2nd quarter for Reading Counts.  Also, classes who have had the most points have been coming into the media center to celebrate their success by having time to create maker space projects of their choice

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LWTHS
Students from a Math for College Readiness did a Cardboard Challenge right before the end of the 1st semester (they already tested).  Students were told to create something interactive with cardboard and then reflect on how math was used in their creation.  Even though these are older students, they still got really into it.  We have another Cardboard Challenge tomorrow with our Project Explore students.  We learned from our 1st experience that we need a lot of adhesive!

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Christin Newell - CES
Students from Kindergarten to 5th grade love the Potato Head area in the library! They create little families and then ask to have family pictures taken. I enjoy listening to their conversations about their potatoes as they make them!

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Joyce Cordell GTE-Primary
This week at our Arts/Crafts makerspace there are materials for students to make a groundhog puppet.  Students color and cutout a groundhog and tape to a craft stick. They color a paper cup to look like a burrow and slide the craft stick through the bottom of the cup.  On Groundhog Day they can pop the groundhog up out of its "burrow"to check to see if he casts a shadow (Science). There are also books about groundhogs and Groundhog Day on the table for them to read. (Literacy)

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I put out a few boxes of kinetic sand for the stunts to be creative with. It has been a popular place for them to work. 

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I put out a few boxes of kinetic sand for the stunts to be creative with. It has been a popular place for them to work. 