Butterflies are Carnegie Elementary second grade student Sydney Sullivan’s favorite insect.
So when it came time for a class project to research flowers and insects, Sydney, 7, used pink and purple paper to create her own craft butterfly.
Sydney — and the rest of the school’s students — showcased their work from the school’s “Matt’s Makerspace” lab during a grand opening May 15.
The makerspace is a classroom where students create things to supplement what they’re learning about in the class. Makerspaces give people the opportunity for hands-on learning and to create new things, said Matt’s Makerspace founder Noelle Conover.
“It’s a place where anybody can go to learn, to create, to tinker, hands-on,” Conover said. “It’s a place where it’s OK to make mistakes and learn from them.”
About 50 Matt’s Makerspaces exist around the region, Conover said….
