Smithsonian Science for Makerspaces
Smithsonian Science for Makerspaces is a series of free engineering design challenges for students to engage with emerging technologies through hands-on learning. Inspired by Smithsonian Science for the Classroom, these activities bridge formal science education and the makerspace movement by helping educators and teachers engage with digital and physical technologies within the context of science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) by asking them to make something new.
Smithsonian Science for Makerspaces include 3-D models and thoughtfully designed lesson plans that will guide educators and students throughout the engineering design process by observing, making, designing and testing solutions to a problem.
- Use Smithsonian resources to introduce the topics
- Teacher support is provided through step-by-step instructions
- Aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards
- Available for free
- Designed for grades 1-5
- Can be used in the classroom and makerspaces
