Osmo Masterpiece has been a big hit at lunch library recess. Osmo uses a base and reflective mirror on the iPad camera to reflect an image back at you. When finished, each piece is set to time-lapse... see the videos below!

Adding KEVA PLANKS to lunch library recess has given students the opportunity to expand their creativity when it comes to structures.

Over the course of 8 weeks the 4th and 5th graders were engaged in a unit that involved:

researching an invention that already exists with multiple databases choosing to modify that invention into something that helps humans, animals or the planet  developing a detailed sketch (blueprint) of the invention or modification that included detailed parts, drawing parts that move, explaining what each part does and what materials it is made of answering questions about where this product would be sold and for what price, would your friends purchase it? building a model of the invention using our library recyclables MAKERSPACE  having a limit on how many supplies they could use each day (replicating funding and resource scarcity)  experiencing a time limit of three 20 minute sessions to complete developing questions to ask other teams about their inventions based on all the previous steps

THEN...

Having the opportunity to share their inventions with their classmates in a conference style gallery walk!

VIDEO ONE
VIDEO TWO
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VIDEO FIVE
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The Buckman Library was gifted this awesome "tinker camp" cart from another library at the end of last year. 

Our MakerSpace has some concepts we follow: