Our team hopes that our cross-disciplinary MakerSpace fosters a creative mindset in students that will follow them as they go on to higher education. We want students to approach problems with a design-forward mind, to critically think about the world around them, and to further their skills in a technologically forward approach.
meet the team
Alex Shafer
Biology, Senior
“I someday aspire to teach high school science and bring the concepts of making, design thinking, intersectionality, and project-based learning into the mainstream classroom.”
Bridget Read
Intelligence Analysis, Senior
“I’m excited to be working with Plains Elementary because I believe we have the ability to truly impact the lives of students.”
Natalie Nhan
IDLS, Junior
“My passion for kids and inclusive learning has led me to the Plains Elementary team!”
Danielle Levin
Health Science, Sophomore
“My interest in working with children of varying ages and abilities has brought me to the Plains Elementary project. My goal is to create an inclusive room that fosters creativity.”
Adam Farnsworth
CIS, Senior
“As a team, we’d like to provide Plains Elementary students and faculty a facility that can foster a new type of learning experience. The goal is to create a room where students can expand their horizons and enjoy learning in their own unique way.”
the process
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We have created a WOW Room Start Up Guide. The start up guide covers everything you might need to know in order to get the WOW Room off the ground. This includes funding, teacher training, potential budgets, demo lesson plans, as well as appendices of all of our research conducted for the project. To see our plans and what we have created, please click here.
