This hangs in our Innovation Lab at Grant Elementary. Some of our kids WILL build robots someday. Let’s prepare them for that by getting their hands on things in the classroom! Gail Myers Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools @mrslegerski Gina Kevern #myohioclassroom #STEMeducation #stemteachers

Even teachers love a good STEM Challenge! This is becoming wildly popular across the district this week. Help students discover how gravity, intertia, and Newton’s Laws work. Gail Myers Gina Kevern Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools Grant Elementary #GoWMSWarriors #STEMeducation #makerspace

It’s a SPECIAL day at Grant Elementary! I am running our first test prints on the new Makerbot Replicators. 🙌🏻 Gail Myers Gina Kevern Grant Elementary Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools @mrslegerski #STEMeducation #makerbot #3DPrinting #stemteachers

These 2nd grade Bulldogs worked from a design card and then made it their own! Gail Myers Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools @mrslegerski Gina Kevern Grant Elementary #STEMeducation #makerspace #stemteachers

Our 5th Grade Makerspace Staff learned to 3D print on our new Makerbot! These students are AMAZING and I enjoy every minute I get to train them. Gail Myers Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools School of Innovation @mrslegerski #makerspace #makerbot #STEMeducation #3dprinting

Dress up Clockspring's little 3D printed spider with a variety of masks or design your own mask using Tinkercad! 🕷️ 👻 🎃 💀 tinkercad.com/things/3cs2Ir0… #3Dprinted #MadeWithTinkercad #3DprintHalloween #Halloween

Austin is on our SOI Makerspace Staff. Today, he designed his name in Cut Studio and operated the vinyl cutter with his coworkers. Watch out world……these School of Innovation 5th grade students have mad skills! Gail Myers @mrslegerski Gina Kevern Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools #rolandvinylcutter

SECOND graders communicating, collaborating, and planning together to design a monster with at least 40 LEGO bricks, 3 layers, and tentacles! I was amazed at the way they problem solved together. Gail Myers Grant Elementary Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools @mrslegerski #makerspace #legochallenge

He worked for almost 30 minutes, trying to figure out how to assemble the six 3D printed pieces into a cube design. I believe he’ll try again next week….Gail Myers Grant Elementary Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools Gina Kevern #perseverance #ProblemSolving

Grant 4th graders are learning to use our new @Makerbot 3D printers. Students designed animals in Tinkercad and their 3D printed creatures will go into an ecosystem shoebox. Gail Myers Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools Grant Elementary @mrslegerski #makerspace #stemteachers #3DPrinting #3ddesign

Future electrical engineer? Perhaps the cutest one I’ve ever seen! Love working with my second graders at Grant Elementary. Gail Myers Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools Gina Kevern @mrslegerski #makerspace #innovationlab #StemEducation #stemteachers

I’m busy making fidgets for some very special students and their teacher at Jefferson Elementary! Check out the first run on the new Makerbot printers! Gail Myers Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools @mrslegerski @wes_tjes #makerbot #innovationlab #stemteachers #3Dprinting

And sometimes we fail…..and try again. My 3rd grade friend and I checked his design, problem solved, and are reprinting. Gail Myers Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools Grant Elementary @mrslegerski #3dprinting #makerspace #stemteachers

Challenge: Design and construct a cardboard marble maze that incorporates 3 or more types of angles. Our @WES_EdisonElem students show off their design skills. Gail Myers Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools @mrslegerski #makerspace #stemteachers #designprocess #STEM

A little guy just stopped in the Makerspace after school to say hi and check the date for his class’s next visit. He said, “I wanna learn that next time”, referring to our electronics kits. Second grader…..my heart is full. @weSTEMlady Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools @WES_EdisonElem #makerspace

Holiday Tree Challenge: Balance 15 cups on a cardboard roll and piece of cardboard. Check out the team that constructed a three layer tree! 😳🎄 Gail Myers Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools @edison #makerspace #STEMchallenge #kidengineers

Design a skier that will not fall over going down your slope. Gail Myers Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools Grant Elementary Gina Kevern #STEMeducation #stemteachers #makerspace #designprocess

These 2nd grade engineers were inspired by the upcoming Eclipse. Cool models! Gail Myers Grant Elementary Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools #makerspace #innovationlab #STEM

4th graders learned to program our new Sphero BOLT robots and had a ball! Thank you for your generosity, Grant Elementary. We are so fortunate to be able to provide our students with this learning opportunity. Gail Myers Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools Grant Elementary #makerspace #blockcoding

First graders at Grant Elementary designed and built LEGO marbles mazes while following 3 constraints: a way in, a way out, and a trap! Gail Myers Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools #innovationlab #makerspace