In a small classroom in Quest Charter School, one might hear the snapping of fettuccine noodles, whirring of robots and phrases such as “Look what I created,” “If you try this…,” or “Let me show you how to do that.”
This isn’t any ordinary classroom though.
It’s makerspace.
According to Quest fifth-grade teacher Janet Ernst who manages makerspace, it is a free-time project area that’s “giving students the opportunity to be innovative and creative and have that kind of tinker-play type time to discover and learn.”
She added makerspace is based on the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) initiative, but Quest also incorporates art as well, so for the charter school, it’s STEAM.
Makerspace has been a trend for the last four…
