Description
What do you get when you combine makerspace tasks with choice boards? Make-Tac-Toe! These highly engaging challenges are perfect for your makers, regardless of how much space you have! These tasks have been designed around a central material, so that students all start with a basic material and then pull in other materials as needed. This takes some of the guess work out of the materials portion of the makerspace challenge (and translates well to mobile STEM carts).
This set of Make-Tac-Toe cards is designed to be used primarily with paper plates.
What You'll Get
- Teacher Instructions
- Helpful links (general and specific links for idea springboarding)
- Makerspace planning pages: includes 2 printable plus digital recording options
- Rubric options: lower elementary and upper elementary/secondary rubrics included, plus digital editable rubric options
- Digital, editable, donation request letter templates so you may request materials you need for your makerspace
- Make-Tac-Toe Board: includes 9 makerspace activity challenges (students can work together, in pairs, or teams to try and get 3 in a row!). Two boards are included: one with 9 defined task, and another with 9 defined tasks and a maker's choice (free space). You may also opt to use this resource over several weeks and have students completely fill their makerspace choice board! If you do this, the board will last for 3-6 class periods. ***Please note these boards are full page but can be printed at 2 or 4 pages per sheet.
Where can I used Make-Tac-Toe boards?
You don't need a physical makerspace to use these tasks! Makerspace activities can happen anywhere - at STEM or science stations, in your library, at STEM family night, or try Maker Mondays!
How are makerspace tasks different than STEM challenges?
Makerspace tasks encourage exploration of materials and tools, may use instructions to complete a build, and are a way for students to build skills that will come in handy when completing STEM challenges. This is a great time for "experts" to share their knowledge and collaborate with others (you may have some students who are skilled at paper folding, using certain tools, or know how to create stable structures. Let them share their knowledge in your space!).
STEM challenges require that students follow the engineering design process (EDP) to attempt to solve a problem. STEM challenges will not follow step-by-step building instructions and often times result in prototype failure (this is to be expected!). Students will use skills such as joining and measuring techniques, and rely on some previous or newly acquired knowledge to solve the problem.
I like to think of makerspace tasks as tasks that are more easily achieved, to build confidence in creating, crafting, tinkering, and making, and STEM challenges as tasks that may or may not be successfully achieved, but should strive to build perseverance and growth mindset while following the EDP.
STEM Task Cards Choice Board Easy STEM Makerspace Activities for Paper Plates
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Description
What do you get when you combine makerspace tasks with choice boards? Make-Tac-Toe! These highly engaging challenges are perfect for your makers, regardless of how much space you have! These tasks have been designed around a central material, so that students all start with a basic material and then pull in other materials as needed. This takes some of the guess work out of the materials portion of the makerspace challenge (and translates well to mobile STEM carts).
This set of Make-Tac-Toe cards is designed to be used primarily with paper plates.
What You'll Get
- Teacher Instructions
- Helpful links (general and specific links for idea springboarding)
- Makerspace planning pages: includes 2 printable plus digital recording options
- Rubric options: lower elementary and upper elementary/secondary rubrics included, plus digital editable rubric options
- Digital, editable, donation request letter templates so you may request materials you need for your makerspace
- Make-Tac-Toe Board: includes 9 makerspace activity challenges (students can work together, in pairs, or teams to try and get 3 in a row!). Two boards are included: one with 9 defined task, and another with 9 defined tasks and a maker's choice (free space). You may also opt to use this resource over several weeks and have students completely fill their makerspace choice board! If you do this, the board will last for 3-6 class periods. ***Please note these boards are full page but can be printed at 2 or 4 pages per sheet.
Where can I used Make-Tac-Toe boards?
You don't need a physical makerspace to use these tasks! Makerspace activities can happen anywhere - at STEM or science stations, in your library, at STEM family night, or try Maker Mondays!
How are makerspace tasks different than STEM challenges?
Makerspace tasks encourage exploration of materials and tools, may use instructions to complete a build, and are a way for students to build skills that will come in handy when completing STEM challenges. This is a great time for "experts" to share their knowledge and collaborate with others (you may have some students who are skilled at paper folding, using certain tools, or know how to create stable structures. Let them share their knowledge in your space!).
STEM challenges require that students follow the engineering design process (EDP) to attempt to solve a problem. STEM challenges will not follow step-by-step building instructions and often times result in prototype failure (this is to be expected!). Students will use skills such as joining and measuring techniques, and rely on some previous or newly acquired knowledge to solve the problem.
I like to think of makerspace tasks as tasks that are more easily achieved, to build confidence in creating, crafting, tinkering, and making, and STEM challenges as tasks that may or may not be successfully achieved, but should strive to build perseverance and growth mindset while following the EDP.
