I’m a rule follower. I always have been. When I was a kid, I would get so nervous I would sweat when I thought someone wasn’t following...

It may be more important than ever to give our students opportunities to learn about the environment, ways to protect it, and the effects of...

Teaching summer school was typically my favorite time of the year. As one of the sixth-grade teachers in my building, I worked with incoming sixth...

Implementing a makerspace can feel overwhelming. There are a lot of hands-on learning material options available and once decisions are made about...

When I worked at a children’s science center, my favorite time of the year was summer camp season. We ran seven weeks of summer camps every year...

Starting to offer maker opportunities to students can feel overwhelming. And, finding the right tools for students to use can be...

Figuring out what robotics tools to get for your makerspace or classroom can be tricky. There are many options out there and they are typically a...

Before I started facilitating regular maker experiences in my classroom, I had quite a few reasons in mind for not pursuing this type of...

When I first started to offer more opportunities for making, I discovered there were quite a few logistics and organization strategies...

One of the most important elements to operating a successful makerspace is creating a schoolwide culture of making. A maker culture is...