Makerspace
Our Makerspace group of STEMinists has completed a number of activities in technical workshops and then transferred their learning to work with groups of primary school students.
What is a Makerspace?
"A grassroots creative space either a physical space or an online space where people can gather to make or create new things"A place where people can come together to use, and learn to use materials as well as develop creative projects. Makerspaces promote learning through play and can be created in a classroom, a library or even in a stand alone building. The important idea is that it is a place that can be used for a range of activities with changing and flexible educational goals and creative purposes. Most commonly Makerspaces are associated with using technology to create and design, typically the spaces will;
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