# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
WEATHERLY - Using a cardboard box, plastic cups and a whole lot of tape, Weatherly Area sixth-grader Kesi Wambold made a SkeeBall game that she called "Division Difficulties."

Players needed to answer a math question before they had a chance to roll a ball onto a ramp and into one of the game's three cup targets.

"Some of the other kids said it's rigged, but I got the ball in," said Evan Miller, one of the fifth-grade students who played games crafted by sixth-graders in Brian Lutz's math classes.

Wambold's game - complete with a working ball return - was set up with others Friday as part of the school's first "Cardboard Arcade."

Lutz explained that he challenged students like Wambold to use their imagination - and math skills - to make games from boxes. They could work solo or with another student.

The completed their projects over winter break and returned with games like ring toss, basketball and Plinko.

"They went above and beyond my expectations," Lutz said.

To play the games, students had to correctly answer math problems. They then offered up a penny, nickel or dime to the game creators - who, in turn, will donate the money to the Weatherly Animal Shelter.

"We made $2 so far," Klaus Eroh said of a basketball game he set up with Jack James. Those who consecutively swooshed the ball through the net on the "Dunk-a-Tron" received candy prizes, James noted.

Another duo, Mason Claypoole and Isobel Hoffman, made a ring toss game from a single box. They had to figure out how to make it portable, Claypoole said, partly because they needed to transport it on the school bus.

Juliette Bartel said she had no idea what to make until she painted a box silver. It reminded her of outer space, she said, so she called it "Houston, We Have a Problem." Players tossed tinfoil balls at "asteroids" suspended inside the box, which was decorated with working lights.

"If you hit the asteroid you save Apollo 13," Bartel said.

Lutz said the cardboard game idea was based on the story of Caine Monroy, who spent his summer vacation building a cardboard arcade inside his father's California auto parts store.

Contact the writer: jwhalen@standardspeaker.com; 570-501-3592

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Math + imagination = fun day at Weatherly Area Middle School

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
WEATHERLY - Using a cardboard box, plastic cups and a whole lot of tape, Weatherly Area sixth-grader Kesi Wambold made a SkeeBall game that she called "Division Difficulties." Players needed to answer a math question before they had a chance to roll a bal

# data[].attributes.body
Excited for innovative and hands on learning at Pali. I’m a interior designer.

# data[].attributes.body
I was introduced to maker spaces when we toured private schools last year. It would be great to have our public school offer our children resources that are competitive with those schools.

# data[].attributes.body
I'm curious:)

# data[].attributes.body
I wrote the book “Beginning Design for 3D Printing” , was involved in developing the 3D Printer World convention that was held in Burbank several years ago, and teach animation as an adjunct at PCC. I have some unique perspectives in using media for makers and how to combine animation and manufacturing. During the day I run a TV studio for an automotive manufacturer.

# data[].attributes.body
My child loves to create.

# data[].attributes.body
Looking to expand minds in an innovative and creative way ...outside the box!

# data[].attributes.body
I have worked in the frontier technology space my entire career - OTT video, games, AR, VR, AI, etc. plus I’m passionate about kids using tech to learn.

# data[].attributes.body
Innovative project based learning is important for our kids' future

# data[].attributes.body
Hi! I am a content producer, excited about bringing this 21st century learning space to Pali

# data[].attributes.body
I think our students will get great benefits from this creative opportunity.

# data[].attributes.body
My child is a maker

# data[].attributes.body
Experience teaching in, working with, and designing learning experiences in makerspaces.

# data[].attributes.body
I am a former elementary school teacher (15 years) and we had an Innovation Lab (Makerspace) in my last school in the Bay Area. I am in contact with my colleagues who have created and teach in the I-Lab. Tara Connon

# data[].attributes.body
Would be amazing to have a makers space at Pali! I am a construction project manager.

# data[].attributes.body
I am interested in learning about new, more progressive was of learning, and to learn how makerspace can be used to better prepare our children for their future.

# data[].attributes.body
I have experience creating a Makerspace at my older daughter’s middle school.

# data[].attributes.body
Creativity, Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration, Choice

# data[].attributes.body
I would love to have this for my students!!!