Makerspaces foster innovation through hands-on experimentation. Participants have the opportunity to be creative and apply personalized learning strategies to make changes to existing concepts or develop their own ideas, methods or products.
What's happening in the STEM lab Makerspace:
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February 2025 Makerspace is KEVA!
Teachers, access the slide show here:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15jQobLuWzsZb3b6pAa8Pt_HVm9w5VrP91mc_DioZZ14/present?slide=id.p |
Maker Mats for each month are in the STEM Lab
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MONTHLY MAKER MENU 2023-24
October - KEVA Design Challenge - Build a Fish Ladder
November - Mishoon Challenge
December - Stop Motion
January - Lego Build & Race
February - Breaker Space
March - Textiles and Sewing
April - Mazes and Pathways
May - National Parks
May-ker Space: Nature Journaling, Animal Tracks, Shells from Cumberland Island, Building NPS landmarks with KEVA & more in May's National Park Maker Space
APRIL MAKER SPACE - MAZES AND PATHWAYS
MARCH MAKER SPACE - SEWING AND TEXTILES
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October Maker Space
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Thank you to the Salmon Super Highway for partnering with us for this STEM challenge
Jacob Jesionek, Restoration Project Manager with Trout Unlimited, explains how the The Salmon Super Highway project uses STEM to restore access to almost 180 miles of blocked habitat throughout six major salmon & steelhead rivers of Oregon’s North Coast.
🐟 FISH LADDER CHALLENGE 🐟
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Fat Bears depend on salmon to fatten up for hibernation. Unfortunately some habitats and ecosystems have been disrupted by man. Salmon must swim upstream to complete their lifecycle, but sometimes dams and roads block the river. In addition to replacing culverts like in the Salmon Super Highway project, engineers have designed some other ways to help the salmon get upstream. Examples include:
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NOAA - What is a fish ladder |
If students have finished the challenge and there is still time, they can design a bridge to go over a stream that replaced a culvert - as seen in the Salmon Super Highway video.
Click to view the Underwater Salmon Camera or the Brooks Falls live cam on explore.org
All teachers who submits photos will be entered into a drawing for Salmon Super Highway bling!
Want to learn more about fish ladders - watch this 12 minute video by the Army Corp of Engineers
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NOVEMBER - Mishoon Challenge
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So what is a mishoon? During the 17th century, the mishoon–a traditional Native American canoe–was the most common boat in North American waters. A typical 17th-century mishoon was created from a giant tree and capable of carrying 40 men.
So how does one create a mishoon? Picking the tree is the first step of course. After the tree is selected, it was burned down by wrapping clay around the trunk and burning the roots. The log would then be worked with using fire. By burning into the widest point of the tree a natural keel is created, where the bottom of the boat is thicker than its sides. Historically, mishoons were burned 24 hours a day, since the longer the fire was maintained the hotter it would get. Typically, it would take about 10-12 days for mishoons to be created in the 17th century. Although this seems like a long time, trees during this period were typically over 150 feet tall and 6 feet wide, capable of creating the mishoons that could carry 40 men. |
Click on image for the 4 minute challenge video
Clic here to view the Mishoon Challenge Video on the Stem Infusion page
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