James Baldes works on a radio in a makerspace deconstruction area where students learn to take apart objects.

Burr Elementary School media center teacher Helena Foust-Mantel holds a drone with sixth graders Ava Mortimore and James Baldes.
Photo by Deb Jacques
STERLING HEIGHTS — Burr Elementary School sixth grader James Baldes recalls the excitement of using his school’s media center makerspace for a school assignment. The assignment taught him how a computer’s…