Help Us Create Our STEAM Makerspace
Design, Innovate and Create
What is a STEAM Makerspace Lab?
Our STEAM Makerspace Lab will be located in the Media Center at the back of the current TMC on the Attales side and also a portion of the Media Center middle room. The space will house our 3D printer and other supplies as well as space for a class to come in to create, design, and innovate. It will be ever changing as the projects come to life on the workspaces and our Lego wall.
We are very excited about this new addition to our Media Center and to our curriculum. Our students will be exposed to 21st century technologies that will assist them in becoming productive citizens of the future.
STEAM Makerspaces Need Supplies
We are looking for the following supplies to stock our Makerspace. If you have any of these items not being used, please consider donating to our project.*
*You may request a letter of donation for tax purposes. Contact Mrs. Hagar.
We Need.....
- Legos
- Green Lego base plates
- iPhone 3, 4, or 5 with cameras that we can turn into iPods*
- craft supplies
- origami paper
- Tinker Toys
- Erector sets
- small tools - pliers, wire snips, screwdrivers
- paper towel tubes
- craft sticks
- duct tape
- pompoms
- wrapping paper tubes
- fabric
- felt
- egg cartons
- corks
- brown paper bags
- bubble wrap
- film canisters
- cardboard
- paper and plastic cups
- old CDs and floppy discs
- packing foam
- tooth picks
- clean plastic containers
- clean plastic soda and water bottles
- screws, nuts, bolts
- wire
- toothbrushes
- marbles
- craft kits
- string, yarn, ribbon, fishing line, dental floss
- wire
- pipe cleaners
- cotton balls
- straws
- coffee filters
- card stock - plain or colored
- paper clips
- rubber bands
- index cards
- safety goggles
- plastic bins for storage
- If you are not sure if we can use something...ask!
Please contact the Media Center with any questions about our space or other supplies we may need need.
Click Below to See Two of Our First STEAM Projects in the Media Center
Projects We Would Like Accomplish...
- Videos using green screen technology
- Designing items to be printed on the 3D printer
- Coding with robots and Legos
- Electronic circuits
- Creating a tools an astronaut could use while exploring the solar system
- How magnets work
- Eco-systems from recycled materials
- Habitats for animal research projects
- STEAM in literature by designing a bridge for The GIngerbread Man or a lock to keep Goldilocks out
- Robot raceways for toothbrush robots
- Water rockets
- ...and the list goes on and on.
Thank you from the Students in the Absecon Public Schools!!!
Absecon Schools Media Center
Email: rhagar@abseconschools.org
Website: www.abseconschools.org
Location: 800 Ireland Avenue, Absecon, NJ, United States
Phone: 609-641-5375
Twitter: @RoseHagar